Don Henderson was an English actor of stage, television and screen. Henderson was 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 the popular Granada Television police drama series The XYY Man,Strangers, and Bulman, as priest Frank Kane in BBC drama The Paradise Club (1989–90), and as General Tagge in the first Star Wars film (1977). This last role also brought him attention from science fiction fans, and he later appeared in cult science fiction television series Red Dwarf and Doctor Who.
Known For
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Cast Credits
Dandelion Dead (1994)
Guest starring as Chief Inspector Crutchett
- Episode 1x02: Part 2 (Feb 13, 1994)
Screen One (1989)
Guest starring as Daddy Brett-Smith
- Episode 4x04: Black and Blue (Sep 27, 1992)
Guest starring as Billy
- Episode 6x03: Pat and Margaret (Sep 11, 1994)
Red Dwarf (1988)
Guest starring as The Simulant
- Episode 7x06: Beyond a Joke (Feb 21, 1997) [Special Guest Star]
Bulman (1985)
Starring as George Bulman
(20 episodes)
- Episode 2x07: Ministry of Accidents (Aug 8, 1987)
- Episode 2x06: W.C. Fields Was Right (Aug 1, 1987)
- Episode 2x05: Thin Ice (Jul 25, 1985)
- Episode 2x04: Chicken of the Baskervilles (Jul 18, 1987)
- Episode 2x03: White Lies (Jul 4, 1987)
- Episode 2x02: Death by Misadventure (Jun 27, 1987)
- Episode 2x01: Chinese Whispers (Jun 20, 1987)
- Episode 1x13: A Man of Conviction (Aug 28, 1985)
- Episode 1x12: A Moveable Feast (Aug 21, 1985)
- Episode 1x11: I Met a Man Who Wasn't There (Aug 14, 1985)
- Episode 1x10: A Cup for the Winner (Aug 7, 1985)
- Episode 1x09: Born Into the Purple (Jul 31, 1985)
- Episode 1x08: Another Part of the Jungle (Jul 24, 1985)
- Episode 1x07: Sins of Omission (Jul 17, 1985)
- Episode 1x06: One of Our Pigeons is Missing (Jul 10, 1985)
- Episode 1x05: The Name of the Game (Jul 3, 1985)
- Episode 1x04: Death of a Hitman (Jun 26, 1985)
- Episode 1x03: Pandora's Many Boxes (Jun 19, 1985)
- Episode 1x02: The Daughter Was a Dancer (Jun 12, 1985)
- Episode 1x01: Winds of Change (Jun 5, 1985)
Strangers (1978)
Starring as Det. Sgt. George Bulman
- Episode 2x05: Marriage, Deaths and Births (Feb 6, 1979)