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.
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MOVIE1977
Star Wars
as General Taggi
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7.7
MOVIE1985
Brazil
as First 'Black Maria' Guard
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6.0
MOVIE1976
Voyage of the Damned
as Engineering Officer
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7.7
MOVIE1985
Murder Elite
as Sgt Jessop
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6.2
MOVIE1994
No Escape
as Killian
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4.9
MOVIE1994
White Angel
as Inspector Taylor
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7.0
MOVIE1988
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Commander
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7.5
MOVIE1988
Maigret
as Barge Captain
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6.9
MOVIE1993
The Baby of MΓ’con
as The Father Confessor
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6.1
MOVIE1977
The Prince and the Pauper
as Burly Ruffian
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5.3
MOVIE1980
The Island
as Rollo
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5.9
MOVIE1978
The Big Sleep
as Lou
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6.0
MOVIE1975
Brannigan
as Geef
MOVIE1983
Atlantis
as Eddie
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5.8
MOVIE1996
The Wind in the Willows
as The Sentry
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7.0
MOVIE1974
Footsteps
as Policeman
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3.9
MOVIE1992
Carry On Columbus
as The Bosun
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6.0
MOVIE1993
The Trial
as The Flogger
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5.6
MOVIE1977
The Finishing Line
β
5.0
MOVIE1975
The Ghoul
as The Ghoul
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6.2
MOVIE1987
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
as Gavrok
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9.0
MOVIE1992
Black and Blue
as Daddy Brett-Smith
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4.9
MOVIE1997
Danielle Steel's Zoya
as Feodor
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7.7
MOVIE1994
Pat and Margaret
as Billy
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6.0
MOVIE1992
As You Like It
as The Dukes
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6.4
MOVIE1990
The BFG
as Bloodbottler / Fleshlumpeater / Sergeant (voice)
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8.7
MOVIE1974
Regan
as Strip Club Heavy
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6.3
MOVIE1984
The Master of Ballantrae
as Hicks (uncredited)
MOVIE1998
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mr. Tod
as Tommy Brock (voice)
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6.1
MOVIE1997
Preaching to the Perverted
as Commander Cope
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3.8
MOVIE1989
Tank Malling
as Percy
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6.9
MOVIE1976
The Littlest Horse Thieves
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5.0
MOVIE1984
Squaring the Circle
as Kuron
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8.0
MOVIE1990
The Fool
as Bob
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5.0
MOVIE1991
The War That Never Ends
as Socrates
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9.0
MOVIE1978
Danton's Death
as Mercier
MOVIE1977
Across the Andes by Frog
as Sgt. Major
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7.0
MOVIE1992
My Friend Walter
as Bertie Borrowbill
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7.0
MOVIE1995
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
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5.7
MOVIE1993
Tomorrow Calling
as Mervyn Kihn
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6.1
MOVIE1985
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
as The Wednesday Man
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6.9
MOVIE1974
Callan
as George
MOVIE1985
A Crack in the Ice
as The Peasant
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10.0
MOVIE1987
The Secret World of Polly Flint
as Old Mazy
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4.0
MOVIE1991
Miss Queencake
β
7.0
MOVIE1988
Blanc de Chine
as Malcolm
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8.0
MOVIE1974
A Killer in Every Corner
as Boz Bostyne
MOVIE1977
One Day at a Time
as Jack
MOVIE1981
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
as Tokkotai
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9.0
MOVIE1991
How's Business
as Mr. Bailey
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8.0
MOVIE1977
Gotcha / Campion's Interview
as Sellors