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.
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Brazil
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as CommanderAn account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of...
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Brannigan
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The Island
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The BFG
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The Baby of Mâcon
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Voyage of the Damned
as Engineering OfficerA luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
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The Big Sleep
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The Prince and the Pauper
as Burly RuffianTom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales...
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The Trial
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Preaching to the Perverted
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The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
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Carry On Columbus
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The Wind in the Willows
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Blanc de Chine
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The Ghoul
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Pat and Margaret
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Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
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Callan
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The Littlest Horse Thieves
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Atlantis
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Tank Malling
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The Secret World of Polly Flint
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Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
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Maigret
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The War That Never Ends
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Danton's Death
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Liberation: Between Two Fires
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Regan
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Footsteps
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Liberation: Resurrection
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Squaring the Circle
as KuronAn account of how Lech Walesa and the "Solidarity" trade union confronted the might of Communist...
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A Killer in Every Corner
as Boz BostyneA criminal psychologist invites three psychology students to his English countryside home to...
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Across the Andes by Frog
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Gotcha / Campion's Interview
as SellorsTwo stories about school. Gotcha by Barrie Keeffe: On his last day at school, a 'no hope'...
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Liberation: Flood of Blood
as Lord CurzonIt is the story of a nation's resurrection and victory, in which the War of Independence is told.
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White Angel
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Liberation: Salvation
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Miss Queencake
as uncreditedA tragi-comic boat movie in which Beauty and The Beast live out their own particular fairytales.
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Tomorrow Calling
as Mervyn KihnA photographer hired to shoot photos of "futuristic Americana" starts having visions of an...
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As You Like It
as The DukesHiding out in an industrial wasteland from the murderous wrath of a regional ruler, a woman,...
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Minder
as Billy LynchThis comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and...
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Doctor Who
as GavrokThe adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...
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Casualty
as Jerry HunterDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...
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Play for Today
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Red Dwarf
as Rogue SimulantThe adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep...
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Angels
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Cracker
as Hennessy SeniorThe wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight...
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Van der Valk
as UllmanVan der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV...
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Dempsey and Makepeace
as DonDempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for...
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BBC Play of the Month
as MercierPlay of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and...
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Dick Turpin
as uncreditedRichard O'Sullivan stars as Dick Turpin in this action-filled adventure series chronicling the...
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The New Statesman
as Brigadier MiljanicThe New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the...
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The Protectors
as WaltersThe Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It...
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The Paradise Club
as Frank KaneThe Paradise Club is a BBC television drama starring Don Henderson and Leslie Grantham as Frank...
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Poldark
as Tom CarnePeriod drama series about the brooding rivalry between former soldier Ross Poldark and local...
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Thriller
as Boz BostyneThriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is...
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The Detectives
as Brother RyanThe absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence -...
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2Point4 Children
as FrankThey're just your average family. Stressed mum Bill, daft dad Ben, and two troublesome teens....
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Warship
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Making Out
as uncreditedMaking Out is a British television series, shown by the BBC between 1989 and 1991. The series,...
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Strangers
as George BulmanStrangers is a UK police drama that appeared on ITV between 1978 and 1982. After the success of...
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Scorpion Tales
as EastermanScorpion Tales was a British thriller television series, originally screened in 1978. Produced...
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Bulman
as uncreditedBulman is a Granada TV series which ran from 1985–1987 and followed the fortunes of the major...
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The Enigma Files
as PrinceThe Enigma Files is a British television detective drama that ran for a single series of fifteen...
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Dandelion Dead
as uncreditedThis is a dramatisation of the true story of Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong, a solicitor and...
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The XYY Man
as George BulmanThe XYY Man began life as a series of novels by Kenneth Royce, featuring the character of...
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Knights of God
as uncreditedKnights of God was a British science fiction children's television serial, produced by TVS and...
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Dead Head
as Detective Inspector MalcolmLondon based petty crook, Eddie Cass agrees to pick up a package and courier it across the...
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Annika
as Mr DanielsPete, an eighteen year old Isle of Wight deck chair attendant, meets fifteen gear old Swedish...
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