Don Henderson
Acting
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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
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mr. Tod
1998
Danielle Steel's Zoya
1997
Preaching to the Perverted
1997
The Wind in the Willows
1996
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
Dandelion Dead
1994
Pat and Margaret
1994
No Escape
1994
White Angel
1994
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
1994
Liberation
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
1990
The Fool
1990
Tank Malling
1989
The Paradise Club
1989
Jumping The Queue
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
The Secret World of Polly Flint
1987
Casualty
1986
Dead Head
1986
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985
A Crack in the Ice
1985
Bulman
1985
Brazil
1985
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
Screen Two
1985
Murder Elite
1985
Bottle Boys
1984
Annika
1984
Squaring the Circle
1984
The Master of Ballantrae
1984
Dramarama
1983
Atlantis
1983
The Boy Who Won the Pools
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
Across the Andes by Frog
1977
The Prince and the Pauper
1977
Star Wars
1977
Gotcha / Campion's Interview
1977
The Finishing Line
1977
Voyage of the Damned
1976
The XYY Man
1976
The Littlest Horse Thieves
1976
Ripping Yarns
1976
Poldark
1975
Angels
1975
Against the Crowd
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
New Scotland Yard
1972
Play for Today
1970
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Theatre 625
1964
Doctor Who
1963