Donald Worden

Who is Donald Worden?

Donald "Don" Worden is a retired Baltimore Police Department detective who was featured in David Simon's non-fiction book about the homicide unit, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. Worden, a native of Baltimore's Hampden neighborhood joined the department in 1962, and had worked in the department's Northwestern district before becoming a Homicide Detective. He was featured as a veteran member of Sergeant Terry McLarney's Homicide squad working under Shift Lieutenant Gary D'Addario. Worden was nicknamed The Big Man and provided the inspiration for the Homicide: Life on the Street character Stanley Bolander, played by Ned Beatty.