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.
Filmography
all 85
Movies 52
TV Shows 33
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Preaching to the Perverted (1997)
The Wind in the Willows (1996)
Danielle Steel's Zoya (1995)
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond (1995)
Dandelion Dead (1994)
Pat and Margaret (1994)
No Escape (1994)
Liberation: Salvation (1994)
Liberation: Beginning of the end (1994)
White Angel (1994)
Liberation: Flood of Blood (1994)
Liberation: Resurrection (1994)
Liberation: Between Two Fires (1994)
Tomorrow Calling (1993)
Cracker (1993)
The Baby of Mâcon (1993)
The Trial (1993)
The Detectives (1993)
As You Like It (1992)
Carry On Columbus (1992)
Black and Blue (1992)
My Friend Walter (1992)
Merlin of the Crystal Cave (1991)
2Point4 Children (1991)
The War That Never Ends (1991)
How's Business (1991)
Miss Queencake (1991)
The BFG (1989)
Tank Malling (1989)
The Paradise Club (1989)
Making Out (1989)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
Blanc de Chine (1988)
Maigret (1988)
Red Dwarf (1988)
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen (1987)
The New Statesman (1987)
Knights of God (1987)
The Secret World of Polly Flint (1987)
The Secret World of Polly Flint (1987)
Casualty (1986)
Dead Head (1986)
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1985)
Bulman (1985)
Brazil (1985)
Dempsey and Makepeace (1985)
Murder Elite (1985)
Annika (1984)
Squaring the Circle (1984)
Atlantis (1983)
Take the Stage (1981)
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner (1981)
The Island (1980)
The Enigma Files (1980)
Minder (1979)
Dick Turpin (1979)
Strangers (1978)
Scorpion Tales (1978)
Danton's Death (1978)
The Big Sleep (1978)
One Day at a Time (1977)
The Prince and the Pauper (1977)
Star Wars (1977)
Gotcha / Campion's Interview (1977)
The Finishing Line (1977)
Three Piece Suite (1977)
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
The XYY Man (1976)
The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976)
Poldark (1975)
Angels (1975)
The Ghoul (1975)
Brannigan (1975)
A Killer in Every Corner (1974)
Footsteps (1974)
Regan (1974)
Callan (1974)
Warship (1973)
Thriller (1973)
The Protectors (1972)
Van der Valk (1972)
Play for Today (1970)
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
Doctor Who (1963)
Dandelion Dead
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1932-11-10
Deathday1997-06-22 (64 years old)
Birth PlaceLeytonstone, United Kingdom
RelationshipsShirley Stelfox (1979-01-01 - 1997-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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