Don Henderson
Acting
Born 1932-11-10
Died 1997-06-22
Leytonstone, London, England, UK
93 credits
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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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Acting
53 credits
Doctor Who
Casualty
Star Wars
Minder
BBC Play of the Month
Screen Two
Red Dwarf
Van der Valk
Dempsey and Makepeace
Thriller
Cracker
The Protectors
Strangers
New Scotland Yard
The Paradise Club
Poldark
2Point4 Children
The Detectives
Dick Turpin
The New Statesman
Brazil
Dramarama
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
No Escape
Warship
Bulman
The XYY Man
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
The Enigma Files
Ripping Yarns
Liberation
The Baby of Mâcon
Voyage of the Damned
The Island
The Big Sleep
Annika
The Prince and the Pauper
Scorpion Tales
Bottle Boys
The Wind in the Willows
The Trial
The BFG
The Boy Who Won the Pools
Brannigan
Against the Crowd
Murder Elite
Dead Head
White Angel
Carry On Columbus
Maigret
Preaching to the Perverted
Footsteps
Danielle Steel's Zoya
Other credits
7 credits
Play for Today
Theatre 625
TFI Friday
Angels
Making Out
Dandelion Dead
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
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