Don Henderson
Acting
1932-11-10 · Leytonstone, London, England, UK
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 · Movie
Danielle Steel's Zoya
1997 · Movie
Preaching to the Perverted
1997 · Movie
The Wind in the Willows
1996 · Movie
TFI Friday
1996 · Series
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995 · Movie
Dandelion Dead
1994 · Series
Pat and Margaret
1994 · Movie
No Escape
1994 · Movie
White Angel
1994 · Movie
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
1994 · Series
Liberation
1994 · Series
Tomorrow Calling
1993 · Movie
Cracker
1993 · Series
The Baby of Mâcon
1993 · Movie
The Trial
1993 · Movie
The Detectives
1993 · Series
As You Like It
1992 · Movie
Carry On Columbus
1992 · Movie
Black and Blue
1992 · Movie
My Friend Walter
1992 · Movie
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
1991 · Series
2Point4 Children
1991 · Series
The War That Never Ends
1991 · Movie
How's Business
1991 · Movie
Miss Queencake
1991 · Movie
The BFG
1990 · Movie
The Fool
1990 · Movie
Tank Malling
1989 · Movie
The Paradise Club
1989 · Series
Jumping The Queue
1989 · Series
Making Out
1989 · Series
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988 · Movie
Blanc de Chine
1988 · Movie
Maigret
1988 · Movie
Red Dwarf
1988 · Series
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
1987 · Movie
The New Statesman
1987 · Series
The Secret World of Polly Flint
1987 · Movie
Casualty
1986 · Series
Dead Head
1986 · Series
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985 · Movie
A Crack in the Ice
1985 · Movie
Bulman
1985 · Series
Brazil
1985 · Movie
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985 · Series
Screen Two
1985 · Series
Murder Elite
1985 · Movie
Bottle Boys
1984 · Series
Annika
1984 · Series
Squaring the Circle
1984 · Movie
The Master of Ballantrae
1984 · Movie
Dramarama
1983 · Series
Atlantis
1983 · Movie
The Boy Who Won the Pools
1983 · Series
Take the Stage
1981 · Series
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
1981 · Movie
The Island
1980 · Movie
The Enigma Files
1980 · Series
Minder
1979 · Series
Dick Turpin
1979 · Series
Strangers
1978 · Series
Scorpion Tales
1978 · Series
Danton's Death
1978 · Movie
The Big Sleep
1978 · Movie
One Day at a Time
1977 · Movie
Across the Andes by Frog
1977 · Movie
The Prince and the Pauper
1977 · Movie
Star Wars
1977 · Movie
Gotcha / Campion's Interview
1977 · Movie
The Finishing Line
1977 · Movie
Voyage of the Damned
1976 · Movie
The XYY Man
1976 · Series
The Littlest Horse Thieves
1976 · Movie
Ripping Yarns
1976 · Series
Poldark
1975 · Series
Angels
1975 · Series
Against the Crowd
1975 · Series
The Ghoul
1975 · Movie
Brannigan
1975 · Movie
A Killer in Every Corner
1974 · Movie
Footsteps
1974 · Movie
Regan
1974 · Movie
Callan
1974 · Movie
Warship
1973 · Series
Thriller
1973 · Series
The Protectors
1972 · Series
Van der Valk
1972 · Series
New Scotland Yard
1972 · Series
Play for Today
1970 · Series
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series
Theatre 625
1964 · Series
Doctor Who
1963 · Series