Don Henderson
Acting
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.
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
Pat and Margaret
Billy
No Escape
Killian
White Angel
Inspector Taylor
Tomorrow Calling
Mervyn Kihn
The Baby of Mâcon
The Father Confessor
The Trial
The Flogger
As You Like It
The Dukes
Carry On Columbus
The Bosun
Black and Blue
Daddy Brett-Smith
My Friend Walter
Bertie Borrowbill
The War That Never Ends
Socrates
How's Business
Mr. Bailey
Miss Queencake
The BFG
Bloodbottler / Fleshlumpeater / Sergeant (voice)
The Fool
Bob
Tank Malling
Percy
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Commander
Blanc de Chine
Malcolm
Maigret
Barge Captain
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen
Gavrok
The Secret World of Polly Flint
Old Mazy
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
The Wednesday Man
A Crack in the Ice
The Peasant
Brazil
First 'Black Maria' Guard
Murder Elite
Sgt Jessop
Squaring the Circle
Kuron
Atlantis
Eddie
The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner
Tokkotai
The Island
Rollo
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 Littlest Horse Thieves
The Ghoul
The Ghoul
Brannigan
Geef
A Killer in Every Corner
Boz Bostyne
Footsteps
Policeman
Regan
Strip Club Heavy
Callan
George