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Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 10, 1932
Died
June 22, 1997
Place of Birth
Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Don Henderson
0.4 Popularity
Biography
Born Donald Francis Henderson in Leystonstone, 1931, Don Henderson was an English actor of stage, television and screen. He was best known for playing both "tough guy" roles and authority figures, and is remembered for his portrayal of detective George Bulman between 1976 and 1987 in a trilogy of popular Granada Television police drama series; The XYY Man, Strangers, and Bulman. Following the end of Bulman, Henderson starred as the priest Frank Kane in the BBC drama series The Paradise Club, penned by Bulman creator Murray Smith. Henderson starred in several cult and sci fi serials and films, most notably in the first Star Wars movie in which he played General Tagge, and Doctor Who and Red Dwarf. Prior to acting, Henderson was a dental technician in the army and a detective sergeant in the Essex constabulary, but he resigned when he found he had sympathy for the criminals he was obliged to arrest. He was married twice, firstly to Hilary who died in 1977, and then to the actress Shirley Stelfox, whom he met filming The XYY Man. The pair set up home in Stratford-Upon-Avon and appeared together professionally many times until his death from throat cancer in 1997.
Known For
4.8
Feodor
Danielle Steel's Zoya
1997
5.9
Commander Cope
Preaching to the Perverted
1997
5.6
The Sentry
The Wind in the Willows
1996
0.0
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
8.0
Dandelion Dead
1994
7.5
Billy
Pat and Margaret
1994
6.2
Killian
No Escape
1994
4.1
Inspector Taylor
White Angel
1994
0.0
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
1994
7.8
Lord Curzon
Liberation
1994
Credits
Danielle Steel's Zoya
as Feodor
1997
4.8
Preaching to the Perverted
as Commander Cope
1997
5.9
The Wind in the Willows
as The Sentry
1996
5.6
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
0.0
Dandelion Dead
1994
8.0
Pat and Margaret
as Billy
1994
7.5
No Escape
as Killian
1994
6.2
White Angel
as Inspector Taylor
1994
4.1
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
1994
0.0
Liberation
as Lord Curzon
1994
7.8
Tomorrow Calling
as Mervyn Kihn
1993
4.0
Cracker
as Hennessy Senior
1993
6.6
The Baby of Mâcon
as The Father Confessor
1993
7.0
The Trial
as The Flogger
1993
5.8
The Detectives
as Brother Ryan
1993
6.7
As You Like It
as The Dukes
1992
5.5
Carry On Columbus
as The Bosun
1992
3.8
🎬
Black and Blue
as Daddy Brett-Smith
1992
0.0
My Friend Walter
as Bertie Borrowbill
1992
0.0
2Point4 Children
as Frank
1991
7.2
The War That Never Ends
as Socrates
1991
1.0
🎬
How's Business
as Mr. Bailey
1991
0.0
Miss Queencake
1991
4.0
🎬
The Fool
as Bob
1990
7.0
The BFG
as Bloodbottler / Fleshlumpeater / Sergeant (voice)
1989
6.4
Tank Malling
as Percy
1989
3.0
The Paradise Club
as Frank Kane
1989
5.8
Making Out
1989
5.8
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Commander
1988
7.0
Blanc de Chine
as Malcolm
1988
0.0
Maigret
as Barge Captain
1988
0.0
Red Dwarf
as Rogue Simulant
1988
8.1
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
as Gavrok
1987
6.0
The New Statesman
as Brigadier Miljanic
1987
7.5
Knights of God
1987
5.0
The Secret World of Polly Flint
as Old Mazy
1987
0.0
Casualty
as Jerry Hunter
1986
6.1
Dead Head
as Detective Inspector Malcolm
1986
5.3
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
as The Wednesday Man
1985
5.9
Bulman
1985
6.7
Brazil
as First 'Black Maria' Guard
1985
7.7
Dempsey and Makepeace
as Don
1985
6.4
🎬
Murder Elite
as Sgt Jessop
1985
8.0
Annika
as Mr Daniels
1984
3.7
Squaring the Circle
as Kuron
1984
5.0
Atlantis
as Eddie
1983
0.0
🎬
Take the Stage
as Self
1981
0.0
🎬
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
as Tokkotai
1981
0.0
The Island
as Rollo
1980
5.2
The Enigma Files
as Prince
1980
5.5
Minder
as Billy Lynch
1979
6.8
Dick Turpin
as Bracewell
1979
7.3
Strangers
as George Bulman
1978
7.0
Scorpion Tales
as Easterman
1978
6.0
Danton's Death
as Mercier
1978
0.0
The Big Sleep
as Lou
1978
5.9
One Day at a Time
as Jack
1977
0.0
Across the Andes by Frog
as Sgt. Major
1977
0.0
The Prince and the Pauper
as Burly Ruffian
1977
6.0
Star Wars
as General Taggi
1977
8.2
Gotcha / Campion's Interview
as Sellors
1977
0.0
🎬
The Finishing Line
1977
5.6
Voyage of the Damned
as Engineering Officer
1976
5.9
The XYY Man
as George Bulman
1976
6.0
The Littlest Horse Thieves
1976
6.9
Poldark
as Tom Carne
1975
6.6
Angels
1975
3.7
The Ghoul
as The Ghoul
1975
5.0
Brannigan
as Geef
1975
5.9
A Killer in Every Corner
as Boz Bostyne
1974
0.0
Footsteps
as Policeman
1974
0.0
Regan
as Strip Club Heavy
1974
0.0
Callan
as George
1974
6.9
Warship
1973
5.5
Thriller
as Boz Bostyne
1973
6.6
The Protectors
as Walters
1972
5.6
Van der Valk
as Ullman
1972
5.8
Play for Today
1970
6.3
BBC Play of the Month
as Mercier
1965
5.0
Doctor Who
as Gavrok
1963
7.9