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Don Henderson

Acting
Known For

64 Years Old

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.

Born

Leytonstone, London, England, UK on 10th November 1932

Died

22nd June 1997

All Credits

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Angels
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Doctor Who
Gavrok
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Red Dwarf
Rogue Simulant
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BBC Play of the Month
Mercier
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Play for Today
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The Protectors
Walters
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Minder
Billy Lynch
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Casualty
Jerry Hunter
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The New Statesman
Brigadier Miljanic
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Van der Valk
Ullman
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Warship
Master-at-Arms Frank Heron
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Strangers
George Bulman
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The Paradise Club
Frank Kane
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Cracker
Hennessy Senior
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Star Wars
General Taggi
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Thriller
Boz Bostyne
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Dempsey and Makepeace
Don
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Poldark
Tom Carne
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2Point4 Children
Frank
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The Detectives
Brother Ryan
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Dick Turpin
Bracewell
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Liberation
Lord Curzon
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Annika
Mr Daniels
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Bulman
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Knights of God
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Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
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Making Out
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Self
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Brazil
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Dandelion Dead
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Commander
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The XYY Man
George Bulman
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No Escape
Killian
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Dead Head
Detective Inspector Malcolm
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The Big Sleep
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The Enigma Files
Prince
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Brannigan
Geef
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Scorpion Tales
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Voyage of the Damned
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The Baby of Mâcon
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The Prince and the Pauper
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The Island
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The Wind in the Willows
The Sentry
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The BFG
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Carry On Columbus
The Bosun
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The Trial
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Preaching to the Perverted
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Danielle Steel's Zoya
Feodor
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The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
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Callan
George
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Danton's Death
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The Fool
Bob
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The Ghoul
The Ghoul
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Gotcha / Campion's Interview
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Tank Malling
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Pat and Margaret
Billy
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The Secret World of Polly Flint
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White Angel
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Maigret
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Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
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As You Like It
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Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
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Across the Andes by Frog
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The Littlest Horse Thieves
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Regan
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The War That Never Ends
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Blanc de Chine
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My Friend Walter
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Miss Queencake
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Squaring the Circle
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Footsteps
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Murder Elite
Sgt Jessop
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Atlantis
Eddie
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Tomorrow Calling
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A Killer in Every Corner
Boz Bostyne
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One Day at a Time
Jack