Don Henderson

Don Henderson

Birthday: 1932-11-10

Deathday: 1997-06-22

Place of birth: Leytonstone, London, England, UK

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0376405

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.

Played in movies:

Star Wars

Score: 8.2

Murder Elite

Score: 8.0

Brazil

Score: 7.7

Pat and Margaret

Score: 7.5

Maigret

Score: 7.0

The Fool

Score: 7.0

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Score: 7.0

The Baby of Mâcon

Score: 6.9

Callan

Score: 6.9

The Littlest Horse Thieves

Score: 6.8

The BFG

Score: 6.4

No Escape

Score: 6.2

Preaching to the Perverted

Score: 6.1

The Prince and the Pauper

Score: 6.0

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen

Score: 6.0

Brannigan

Score: 6.0

Voyage of the Damned

Score: 6.0

Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

Score: 5.9

The Big Sleep

Score: 5.9

The Trial

Score: 5.8

The Wind in the Willows

Score: 5.7

The Finishing Line

Score: 5.6

As You Like It

Score: 5.5

The Island

Score: 5.2

Squaring the Circle

Score: 5.0

The Ghoul

Score: 5.0

Danielle Steel's Zoya

Score: 4.8

White Angel

Score: 4.1

Tomorrow Calling

Score: 4.0

Miss Queencake

Score: 4.0

Carry On Columbus

Score: 3.8

Tank Malling

Score: 3.0

The War That Never Ends

Score: 1.0

A Killer in Every Corner

Score: 0.0

Atlantis

Score: 0.0

One Day at a Time

Score: 0.0

Gotcha / Campion's Interview

Score: 0.0

Blanc de Chine

Score: 0.0

My Friend Walter

Score: 0.0

The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner

Score: 0.0

Regan

Score: 0.0

How's Business

Score: 0.0

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

Score: 0.0

Across the Andes by Frog

Score: 0.0

Danton's Death

Score: 0.0

Black and Blue

Score: 0.0

The Secret World of Polly Flint

Score: 0.0

Footsteps

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Red Dwarf

Score: 8.1

Dandelion Dead

Score: 8.0

Doctor Who

Score: 7.9

Liberation

Score: 7.8

The New Statesman

Score: 7.5

Dick Turpin

Score: 7.3

2Point4 Children

Score: 7.2

Strangers

Score: 7.0

Minder

Score: 6.8

Poldark

Score: 6.8

The Detectives

Score: 6.7

Bulman

Score: 6.7

Cracker

Score: 6.6

Thriller

Score: 6.6

Dempsey and Makepeace

Score: 6.4

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

Casualty

Score: 6.1

Scorpion Tales

Score: 6.0

The XYY Man

Score: 6.0

Van der Valk

Score: 5.8

Making Out

Score: 5.8

The Paradise Club

Score: 5.8

The Protectors

Score: 5.6

Warship

Score: 5.5

The Enigma Files

Score: 5.5

Dead Head

Score: 5.3

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

Knights of God

Score: 5.0

Annika

Score: 3.7

Angels

Score: 3.7

The Boy Who Won the Pools

Score: 0.0

Jo Brand Through the Cakehole

Score: 0.0

Take the Stage

Score: 0.0