
Cast
Don Henderson
Acting
Cast
Don Henderson
Known for
Acting
Born
1932-11-10
From
Leytonstone, London, England, UK
Died
1997-06-22
Biography
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.

Star Wars
as General Taggi

Brazil
as First 'Black Maria' Guard

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Commander

No Escape
as Killian

Brannigan
as Geef

Voyage of the Damned
as Engineering Officer

The Island
as Rollo

The Prince and the Pauper
as Burly Ruffian

The Big Sleep
as Lou

The BFG
as Bloodbottler / Fleshlumpeater / Sergeant (voice)

Carry On Columbus
as The Bosun

The Trial
as The Flogger

The Wind in the Willows
as The Sentry

Murder Elite
as Sgt Jessop

The Baby of MΓ’con
as The Father Confessor

The Fool
as Bob

Preaching to the Perverted
as Commander Cope

Danielle Steel's Zoya
as Feodor

Tank Malling
as Percy

Maigret
as Barge Captain

The Ghoul
as The Ghoul

Footsteps
as Policeman

Callan
as George

The Littlest Horse Thieves

Black and Blue
as Daddy Brett-Smith

The Master of Ballantrae
as Hicks (uncredited)

The Finishing Line

Danton's Death
as Mercier

Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
as The Wednesday Man

As You Like It
as The Dukes

Regan
as Strip Club Heavy

The War That Never Ends
as Socrates

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

Tomorrow Calling
as Mervyn Kihn

Squaring the Circle
as Kuron

White Angel
as Inspector Taylor

Gotcha / Campion's Interview
as Sellors

Pat and Margaret
as Billy

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
as Gavrok

The Secret World of Polly Flint
as Old Mazy

The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
as Tokkotai

A Killer in Every Corner
as Boz Bostyne

How's Business
as Mr. Bailey

Across the Andes by Frog
as Sgt. Major

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mr. Tod
as Tommy Brock (voice)

Atlantis
as Eddie

Miss Queencake

Blanc de Chine
as Malcolm

A Crack in the Ice
as The Peasant

My Friend Walter
as Bertie Borrowbill

One Day at a Time
as Jack