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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1932-11-10
- event Death Date 1997-06-22
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 5.6
- info Birth Place Leytonstone, London, England, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Don Henderson
8.3
Star Wars
1977-05-25
5.3
The Island
1980-06-13
5.8
The Trial
1993-06-18
5.1
The Ghoul
1975-07-11
4.1
White Angel
1994-04-15
0
Liberation: Between Two Fires
1994-03-31
0
Liberation: Resurrection
1994-04-07
0
Liberation: Beginning of the end
1994-04-21
0
Liberation: Salvation
1994-04-28
0
Liberation: Flood of Blood
1994-04-14
5.5
As You Like It
1992-10-09
0
Footsteps
1974-10-12
0
The Secret World of Polly Flint
1987-02-16
4
Miss Queencake
1991-01-02
5.9
The Big Sleep
1978-03-13
0
Black and Blue
1992-09-27
6.1
Preaching to the Perverted
1997-07-04
6.3
No Escape
1994-04-29
4
Tank Malling
1989-12-01
6.9
The Littlest Horse Thieves
1976-05-26
0
Danton's Death
1978-04-23
8
Murder Elite
1985-01-01
7
The Baby of Mâcon
1993-09-17
5.6
The Finishing Line
1977-01-29
7.5
Pat and Margaret
1994-09-11
0
The War That Never Ends
1991-03-28
7
The Fool
1990-12-07
5
Squaring the Circle
1984-05-23
0
Maigret
1988-02-22
5.9
Brannigan
1975-03-21
0
Across the Andes by Frog
5.5
The Wind in the Willows
1996-10-16
6
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
1987-11-16
7
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988-12-07
0
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995-09-01
5.1
Danielle Steel's Zoya
1997-07-26
0
How's Business
1991-01-12
0
Regan
1974-06-04
3.8
Carry On Columbus
1992-10-02
5.6
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985-11-25
6.9
Callan
1974-05-23
0
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
1981-02-17
0
My Friend Walter
1992-04-24
5.9
Voyage of the Damned
1976-12-22
7.7
Brazil
1985-02-20
4
Tomorrow Calling
1993-10-01
0
Blanc de Chine
1988-04-20
0
Gotcha / Campion's Interview
1977-04-12
0
One Day at a Time
1977-11-22
6.1
The Prince and the Pauper
1977-06-03
0
Atlantis
1983-03-29
6.4
The BFG
1989-12-25
0
A Killer in Every Corner
1974-11-19
7
Strangers
1978-06-05
6
The XYY Man
1976-07-03
7.9
Doctor Who
1963-11-23
6.4
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985-01-11
5
Knights of God
1987-09-06
5.5
The Enigma Files
1980-04-15
6.7
Bulman
1985-06-05
8.1
Red Dwarf
1988-02-15
3.7
Angels
1975-09-01
7.3
Dick Turpin
1979-01-06
6.1
Play for Today
1970-10-15
5.5
Warship
1973-06-07
5
BBC Play of the Month
1965-10-19
5.3
Dead Head
1986-01-15
8
Dandelion Dead
1994-10-30
6.6
Poldark
1975-10-05
5.8
The Paradise Club
1989-09-19
6.6
Cracker
1993-09-27
3.7
Annika
1984-08-10
6.6
Thriller
1973-04-14
6
Scorpion Tales
1978-04-29
5.8
Making Out
1989-01-06
0
Take the Stage
1981-11-12
6.8
Minder
1979-10-29
5.8
Van der Valk
1972-09-13
7.2
2Point4 Children
1991-09-03
6.7
The Detectives
1993-01-27
6
Casualty
1986-09-06
7.6
The New Statesman
1987-09-13
5.6
The Protectors
1972-09-29
0
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
1994-04-08
7.6
Liberation
1994-03-22