Dᴇᴀᴛʜ In Paradise and Rising Damp star Don Warrington steps out holding hands with PR manager Paula Rabbitt
Don Warrington looked in good spirits as he stepped out holding hands with communications manager Paula Rabbitt in London on Wednesday.
The Dᴇᴀᴛʜ In Paradise star, 72, was all smiles as he and Paula, who works at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, went for a stroll.
Don is thought to still be married to wife Marry Maddocks who he shares adult sons Jacob and Archie with.
Like Don, Mary has had a successful acting career appearing in shows including Coronation Street, Doctor Who and Midsomer Murders.
Mary has also been a director in the West End and starred in The Rocky Horror Picture Show musical.
Paula has had a long career in theatre public reations.
Don Warrington looked in good spirits as he stepped out holding hands with communications manager Paula Rabbitt in London on Wednesday
The Dᴇᴀᴛʜ In Paradise star, 72, was all smiles as he and Paula, who works at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, went for a stroll
Don is thought to still be married to wife Marry Maddocks who he shares adult sons Jacob and Archie with (pictured together in 2012)
She was previously Head of Marketing & Communications for the West Yorkshire Playhouse before taking up her royal at the Royal Theatre Exchange in 2015.
‘The Exchange is a truly unique theatre and it still takes my breath away when I step into the building,’ she said in an interview with ArtsProfessional.co.uk.
Paula is active on X/Twitter where her profile picture is a selfie of her and Don together.
Along with his TV career, Don has also worked in the theatre in plays like Driving Miss Daisy and a London revival of Glengarry Glen Ross with Christian Slater.
He has played Commissioner Selwyn Patterson on Dᴇᴀᴛʜ In Paradise since 2011
‘The show is a very different beast now to when I first started,’ he previously said.
‘Every Inspector, every cast change brings with it a dimension that wasn’t there before. I don’t feel like ‘the dad’ of the show, because everyone contributes, everyone is part of it.’
Don, whose real surname is Williams, was born in Trinidad and immigrated to Newcastle with his mother and brother when he was seven, not long after the Dᴇᴀᴛʜ of his father.
Paula has had a long career in theatre public reations and has worked at the Royal Theatre Exchange since 2015
Along with his TV career, Don has also worked in the theatre in plays like Driving Miss Daisy and a London revival of Glengarry Glen Ross with Christian Slater
Paula is active on X/Twitter where her profile picture is a selfie of her and Don together
Speaking to the Daily Mail, he said: ‘I gradually learned to adjust to my new life, especially after I got hooked on American films and British TV, and after seeing Marlon Brando in On The Waterfront I decided to be an actor.
‘I took Warrington as my stage name from Warrington Road in Newcastle where we lived.’
The actor recalled changing his accent in order to settle in with the locals when he first moved to England.
He said: ‘My brother and I were the only black kids in our school. The way you survive in those circumstances is to become like the locals, so I became a Geordie who was good at football.’
