Don Henderson
Actor
Born November 10, 1932 in Leytonstone, London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mr. Tod
Tommy Brock (voice)
Danielle Steel's Zoya
Feodor
Preaching to the Perverted
Commander Cope
The Wind in the Willows
The Sentry
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
Dandelion Dead
Pat and Margaret
Billy
No Escape
Killian
White Angel
Inspector Taylor
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
Liberation
Lord Curzon
Tomorrow Calling
Mervyn Kihn
Cracker
Hennessy Senior
The Baby of Mâcon
The Father Confessor
The Trial
The Flogger
The Detectives
Brother Ryan
As You Like It
The Dukes
Carry On Columbus
The Bosun
My Friend Walter
Bertie Borrowbill
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
Galapas
2Point4 Children
Frank
The War That Never Ends
Socrates
Miss Queencake
The BFG
Bloodbottler / Fleshlumpeater / Sergeant (voice)
Tank Malling
Percy
The Paradise Club
Frank Kane
Making Out
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Commander
Blanc de Chine
Malcolm
Maigret
Barge Captain
Red Dwarf
Rogue Simulant
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
Gavrok
The New Statesman
Brigadier Miljanic
The Secret World of Polly Flint
Old Mazy
Casualty
Jerry Hunter
Dead Head
DI Malcolm
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
The Wednesday Man
A Crack in the Ice
The Peasant
Bulman
George Bulman
Brazil
First 'Black Maria' Guard
Dempsey and Makepeace
Don
Screen Two
The Flogger
Bottle Boys
Les Burton
Annika
Mr Daniels
Squaring the Circle
Kuron
The Master of Ballantrae
Hicks (uncredited)
Dramarama
The Great Callisto
Atlantis
Eddie
The Island
Rollo
The Enigma Files
Prince
Minder
Billy Lynch
Dick Turpin
Bracewell
Strangers
DS George Bulman
Scorpion Tales
Easterman
Danton's Death
Mercier
The Big Sleep
Lou
One Day at a Time
Jack
Across the Andes by Frog
Sgt. Major
The Prince and the Pauper
Burly Ruffian
Star Wars
General Taggi
Gotcha / Campion's Interview
Sellors
The Finishing Line
Voyage of the Damned
Engineering Officer
The XYY Man
DS George Bulman
The Littlest Horse Thieves
Ripping Yarns
Sgt. Major
Poldark
Tom Carne
Angels
The Ghoul
The Ghoul
Brannigan
Geef
A Killer in Every Corner
Boz Bostyne
Footsteps
Policeman
Regan
Strip Club Heavy
Callan
George
Warship
Master-at-Arms Frank Heron
Thriller
Boz Bostyne
The Protectors
Walters
Van der Valk
Ullman
New Scotland Yard
Harry Watson
Play for Today
BBC Play of the Month
Mercier
Theatre 625
Doctor Who
Gavrok