Don Henderson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

84

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-11-10

Day of death

1997-06-22 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Leytonstone, London, England, UK

Don Henderson

Biography

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.

Known For

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Minder

    Minder

  • Star Wars

    Star Wars

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Red Dwarf

    Red Dwarf

  • Angels

    Angels

  • Screen Two

    Screen Two

  • Cracker

    Cracker

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • Dempsey and Makepeace

    Dempsey and Makepeace

  • Dick Turpin

    Dick Turpin

  • The Protectors

    The Protectors

  • Van der Valk

    Van der Valk

  • 2Point4 Children

    2Point4 Children

  • Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

    Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

  • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

    The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

  • The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

    The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond

  • The Detectives

    The Detectives

  • The New Statesman

    The New Statesman

  • The Prince and the Pauper

    The Prince and the Pauper

  • The Paradise Club

    The Paradise Club

  • The Wind in the Willows

    The Wind in the Willows

  • Warship

    Warship

  • Poldark

    Poldark

  • Brazil

    Brazil

  • The Island

    The Island

  • No Escape

    No Escape

  • Brannigan

    Brannigan

  • Carry On Columbus

    Carry On Columbus

  • The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner

    The Kamikaze Ground Staff Reunion Dinner

  • Pat and Margaret

    Pat and Margaret

  • Making Out

    Making Out

  • A Killer in Every Corner

    A Killer in Every Corner

  • The Big Sleep

    The Big Sleep

  • Tomorrow Calling

    Tomorrow Calling

  • How's Business

    How's Business

  • The Baby of Mâcon

    The Baby of Mâcon

  • The XYY Man

    The XYY Man

  • The War That Never Ends

    The War That Never Ends

  • Strangers

    Strangers

  • Black and Blue

    Black and Blue

  • The BFG

    The BFG

  • Footsteps

    Footsteps

  • One Day at a Time

    One Day at a Time

  • The Enigma Files

    The Enigma Files

  • Danielle Steel's Zoya

    Danielle Steel's Zoya

  • Callan

    Callan

  • The Trial

    The Trial

  • Bulman

    Bulman

  • Gotcha / Campion's Interview

    Gotcha / Campion's Interview

  • Scorpion Tales

    Scorpion Tales

  • Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen

    Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen

  • White Angel

    White Angel

  • Murder Elite

    Murder Elite

  • The Fool

    The Fool

  • The Ghoul

    The Ghoul

  • The Littlest Horse Thieves

    The Littlest Horse Thieves

  • Squaring the Circle

    Squaring the Circle

  • Annika

    Annika

  • Atlantis

    Atlantis

  • Miss Queencake

    Miss Queencake

  • Liberation

    Liberation

  • Dandelion Dead

    Dandelion Dead

  • A Crack in the Ice

    A Crack in the Ice

  • Preaching to the Perverted

    Preaching to the Perverted

  • Bottle Boys

    Bottle Boys

  • Knights of God

    Knights of God

  • Dead Head

    Dead Head

  • The Secret World of Polly Flint

    The Secret World of Polly Flint

  • Jo Brand Through the Cakehole

    Jo Brand Through the Cakehole

  • Voyage of the Damned

    Voyage of the Damned

  • Maigret

    Maigret

  • Danton's Death

    Danton's Death

  • Across the Andes by Frog

    Across the Andes by Frog

  • As You Like It

    As You Like It

  • Blanc de Chine

    Blanc de Chine

  • Tank Malling

    Tank Malling

  • The Boy Who Won the Pools

    The Boy Who Won the Pools

  • Take the Stage

    Take the Stage

  • My Friend Walter

    My Friend Walter

  • The Finishing Line

    The Finishing Line

  • Regan

    Regan