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 Shirl...
Star Wars
1977
Brazil
1985
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
Brannigan
1975
The Trial
1993
No Escape
1994
The Island
1980
Footsteps
1974
The Prince and the Pauper
1977
Tank Malling
1989
The Big Sleep
1978
The Ghoul
1975
Voyage of the Damned
1976
The Baby of MΓ’con
1993
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985
Carry On Columbus
1992
Preaching to the Perverted
1997
The Wind in the Willows
1996
Regan
1974
Atlantis
1983
The War That Never Ends
1991
The BFG
1990
Danielle Steel's Zoya
1997
Callan
1974
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
White Angel
1994
Squaring the Circle
1984
Maigret
1988
Danton's Death
1978
As You Like It
1992
Pat and Margaret
1994
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
1987
Tomorrow Calling
1993
A Crack in the Ice
1985
Across the Andes by Frog
1977
The Finishing Line
1977