Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 10, 1932
Died
Jun 22, 1997
Place of Birth
Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Credits
93 titles
Don Henderson
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
Filmography
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mr. Tod
Tommy Brock (voice)
Danielle Steel's Zoya
Feodor
Preaching to the Perverted
Commander Cope
The Wind in the Willows
The Sentry
TFI Friday
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
Dandelion Dead
Pat and Margaret
Billy
No Escape
Killian
White Angel
Inspector Taylor
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
Liberation
Lord Curzon
Tomorrow Calling
Mervyn Kihn
Cracker
Hennessy Senior
The Baby of Mâcon
The Father Confessor
The Trial
The Flogger
The Detectives
Brother Ryan
As You Like It
The Dukes
Carry On Columbus
The Bosun
Black and Blue
Daddy Brett-Smith
My Friend Walter
Bertie Borrowbill
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
Galapas
2Point4 Children
Frank
The War That Never Ends
Socrates
How's Business
Mr. Bailey
Miss Queencake
The BFG
Bloodbottler / Fleshlumpeater / Sergeant (voice)
The Fool
Bob
Tank Malling
Percy
The Paradise Club
Frank Kane
Jumping The Queue
Huw Jones
Making Out
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Commander
Blanc de Chine
Malcolm
Maigret
Barge Captain
Red Dwarf
Rogue Simulant
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
Gavrok
The New Statesman
Brigadier Miljanic
The Secret World of Polly Flint
Old Mazy
Casualty
Jerry Hunter
Dead Head
DI Malcolm
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
The Wednesday Man
A Crack in the Ice
The Peasant
Bulman
George Bulman
Brazil
First 'Black Maria' Guard
Dempsey and Makepeace
Don
Screen Two
The Flogger
Murder Elite
Sgt Jessop
Bottle Boys
Les Burton
Annika
Mr Daniels