Don Henderson

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: Acting

Born: Leytonstone, London, England, UK, 1932-11-10

Died: 1997-06-22

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1974	Callan	George	69
2	1974	Regan	Strip Club Heavy	0
3	1974	Footsteps	Policeman	0
4	1974	A Killer in Every Corner	Boz Bostyne	0
5	1975	Brannigan	Geef	60
6	1975	The Ghoul	The Ghoul	50
7	1976	The Littlest Horse Thieves		68
8	1976	Voyage of the Damned	Engineering Officer	59
9	1977	The Finishing Line		56
10	1977	Gotcha / Campion's Interview	Sellors	0
11	1977	Star Wars	General Taggi	82
12	1977	The Prince and the Pauper	Burly Ruffian	60
13	1977	Across the Andes by Frog	Sgt. Major	0
14	1977	One Day at a Time	Jack	0
15	1978	The Big Sleep	Lou	59
16	1978	Danton's Death	Mercier	0
17	1980	The Island	Rollo	52
18	1981	The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner	Tokkotai	0
19	1983	Atlantis	Eddie	0
20	1984	Squaring the Circle	Kuron	50
21	1985	Murder Elite	Sgt Jessop	80
22	1985	Brazil	First 'Black Maria' Guard	77
23	1985	Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire	The Wednesday Man	59
24	1987	The Secret World of Polly Flint	Old Mazy	0
25	1987	Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen	Gavrok	60
26	1988	Maigret	Barge Captain	60
27	1988	Blanc de Chine	Malcolm	0
28	1988	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Commander	70
29	1989	Tank Malling	Percy	30
30	1989	The BFG	Bloodbottler / Fleshlumpeater / Sergeant (voice)	64
31	1990	The Fool	Bob	70
32	1991	Miss Queencake		40
33	1991	How's Business	Mr. Bailey	0
34	1991	The War That Never Ends	Socrates	10
35	1992	My Friend Walter	Bertie Borrowbill	0
36	1992	Black and Blue	Daddy Brett-Smith	0
37	1992	Carry On Columbus	The Bosun	38
38	1992	As You Like It	The Dukes	55
39	1993	The Trial	The Flogger	58
40	1993	The Baby of Mâcon	The Father Confessor	70
41	1993	Tomorrow Calling	Mervyn Kihn	40
42	1994	White Angel	Inspector Taylor	41
43	1994	No Escape	Killian	62
44	1994	Pat and Margaret	Billy	75
45	1995	The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond		0
46	1996	The Wind in the Willows	The Sentry	56
47	1997	Preaching to the Perverted	Commander Cope	60
48	1997	Danielle Steel's Zoya	Feodor	48

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1963	Doctor Who	Gavrok	79
2	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Mercier	50
3	1970	Play for Today		63
4	1972	Van der Valk	Ullman	58
5	1972	The Protectors	Walters	56
6	1973	Thriller	Boz Bostyne	66
7	1973	Warship		55
8	1975	Angels		37
9	1975	Poldark	Tom Carne	68
10	1976	The XYY Man	George Bulman	60
11	1978	Scorpion Tales	Easterman	60
12	1978	Strangers	George Bulman	70
13	1979	Dick Turpin	Bracewell	73
14	1979	Minder	Billy Lynch	68
15	1980	The Enigma Files	Prince	55
16	1981	Take the Stage	Self	0
17	1984	Annika	Mr Daniels	37
18	1985	Dempsey and Makepeace	Don	64
19	1985	Bulman		67
20	1986	Dead Head	Detective Inspector Malcolm	53
21	1986	Casualty	Jerry Hunter	61
22	1987	Knights of God		50
23	1987	The New Statesman	Brigadier Miljanic	75
24	1988	Red Dwarf	Rogue Simulant	81
25	1989	Making Out		58
26	1989	The Paradise Club	Frank Kane	58
27	1991	2Point4 Children	Frank	72
28	1993	The Detectives	Brother Ryan	67
29	1993	Cracker	Hennessy Senior	66
30	1994	Liberation	Lord Curzon	78
31	1994	Jo Brand Through the Cakehole		0
32	1994	Dandelion Dead		80

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