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.

Star Wars

8.2

Brazil

7.7

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

7.0

Doctor Who

7.9

No Escape

6.3

Red Dwarf

8.1

The BFG

6.4

Cracker

6.5

Brannigan

5.9

The Baby of Mâcon

7.0

The Island

5.3

The Big Sleep

5.9

Casualty

6.0

Voyage of the Damned

5.9

The Wind in the Willows

5.5

The Prince and the Pauper

6.1

The New Statesman

7.5

Carry On Columbus

3.8

The Ghoul

5.0

The Trial

5.8

Dempsey and Makepeace

6.4

Preaching to the Perverted

5.9

Minder

6.8

The Detectives

6.7

2Point4 Children

7.2

Liberation

7.6

Danielle Steel's Zoya

5.1

Poldark

6.6

Callan

6.9

The Littlest Horse Thieves

6.9

Thriller

6.6

The Protectors

5.6

Pat and Margaret

7.5

Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

5.6

The Finishing Line

5.6

Van der Valk

5.8

Play for Today

6.1

BBC Play of the Month

5.0

Dick Turpin

7.3

White Angel

4.1

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen

6.0

The Paradise Club

5.8

Making Out

5.8

Strangers

7.0

The XYY Man

6.0

Knights of God

5.0

Bulman

6.7

Angels

3.7

Dead Head

5.3

Annika

3.7

As You Like It

5.5

Tank Malling

4.0

Murder Elite

8.0

The Fool

7.0

Tomorrow Calling

4.0

The Enigma Files

5.5

Warship

5.5

Scorpion Tales

6.0

Miss Queencake

4.0

Squaring the Circle

5.0

Dandelion Dead

8.0

Liberation: Between Two Fires

0.0

Liberation: Resurrection

0.0

Liberation: Beginning of the end

0.0

Liberation: Salvation

0.0

Liberation: Flood of Blood

0.0

Footsteps

0.0

The Secret World of Polly Flint

0.0

Black and Blue

0.0

Danton's Death

0.0

The War That Never Ends

0.0

Maigret

0.0

Across the Andes by Frog

0.0

The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

0.0

How's Business

0.0

Regan

0.0

The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner

0.0

My Friend Walter

0.0

Blanc de Chine

0.0

Gotcha / Campion's Interview

0.0

One Day at a Time

0.0

Atlantis

0.0

A Killer in Every Corner

0.0

Take the Stage

0.0

Jo Brand Through the Cakehole

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