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John Henshaw

Acting 75 years old Manchester, England, UK ★ 0.7
Born: August 1, 1950

Biography

John Henshaw is a British actor famed for his roles as Ken the landlord in Early Doors, Wilf Bradshaw in Born and Bred and PC Roy Bramwell in The Cops.

Henshaw was born one of 12 children. He grew up in Ancoats, Manchester's "Little Italy" community. He was a refuse collector for ten years before deciding to become an actor at the age of 40.

His first big break in acting was as a minder to Robert Lindsay's character Michael Murray in the acclaimed Channel 4 series, G.B.H. Other TV credits include The Royle Family, The Visit, Life on Mars, whilst film credits include the Steve Coogan comedy The Parole Officer, the Bert Trautmann biopic The Keeper, and the Ken Loach films Looking For Eric and The Angels' Share. Henshaw is chairman of the 24:7 Theatre Festival, an annual festival of new writing for theatre based in Manchester.

External Links

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Known For

Casualty
Casualty Lenny Adams 1986
Heartbeat
Heartbeat Guard 1992
Heartbeat
Heartbeat Albert Ross 1992
The Bill
The Bill 1984
Talamasca: The Secret Order
Talamasca: The Secret Order Detective Hough 2025

Filmography

Acting Credits (72)

Talamasca: The Secret Order
Talamasca: The Secret Order Detective Hough 2025
Boat Story
Boat Story Nigel 2023
The Long Shadow
The Long Shadow Mike Dugdale 2023
The Full Monty
The Full Monty Bus Driver 2023
Wolf Manor
Wolf Manor Thaddeus Saxon (the landlord) 2022
Ridley
Ridley Frank Stanford 2022
Remembers…
Remembers… Self 2022
Early Doors - Live
Early Doors - Live Ken 2021
Silky Hotel
Silky Hotel Jim Knightshade 2021
I'm Not in Love
I'm Not in Love Tony 2021
Sunny
Sunny Pavlo 2019
Stan & Ollie
Stan & Ollie Nobby Cook 2018
The Keeper
The Keeper Jack Friar 2018
Pin Cushion
Pin Cushion Percy 2018
The Man Who Invented Christmas
The Man Who Invented Christmas Butcher / Mr. Fezziwig 2017
6 Days
6 Days Metropolitan Police Spokesman 2017
A Street Cat Named Bob
A Street Cat Named Bob Tube Station Guard 2016
Swallows and Amazons
Swallows and Amazons Harbour Master 2016
Cradle to Grave
Cradle to Grave Mr Glover 2015
Documentary Now!
Documentary Now! 2015
Cilla
Cilla John White 2014
Closer to the Moon
Closer to the Moon Judge 2014
The Night Runner
The Night Runner Dennis 2014
By Any Means
By Any Means Stan Bond 2013
The Ringer
The Ringer Danny 2013
The Last British Execution
The Last British Execution Marcus Peabody 2013
Father Brown
Father Brown Barny Butterfield 2013
The Rochdale Pioneers
The Rochdale Pioneers John Holt 2012
The Angels' Share
The Angels' Share Harry 2012
Candy Cabs
Candy Cabs Mervyn Monkford 2011
South Riding
South Riding Alfred Huggins 2011
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa Self 2010
In Our Name
In Our Name Frank 2010
Going Postal
Going Postal Mr Pony 2010
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 Bill Hadley 2009
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday Glen 2009
Looking for Eric
Looking for Eric Meatballs 2009
Red Riding
Red Riding Bill Hadley 2009
A Bit of Tom Jones?
A Bit of Tom Jones? Bar Owner 2009
The Visit
The Visit Dad 2007
Grow Your Own
Grow Your Own Charlie 2007
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
Confessions of a Diary Secretary John Prescott 2007
Starter for 10
Starter for 10 Des 2006
Someone Else
Someone Else Paul 2006
See No Evil: The Moors Murders
See No Evil: The Moors Murders DCS Arthur Benfield 2006
Johnny and the Bomb
Johnny and the Bomb Councillor Seeley 2006
Life on Mars
Life on Mars Ted Bannister 2006
Open Wide
Open Wide Brian Tonkin 2005
Cheeky
Cheeky Kenny 2003
Early Doors
Early Doors Ken Dixon 2003
The Second Coming
The Second Coming Clive Saxon 2003
The Afternoon Play
The Afternoon Play Sir Terry Bucklethwaite 2003
The Fishmonger
The Fishmonger Davis 2002
Put Your Coat On
Put Your Coat On Dad 2002
Born and Bred
Born and Bred Wilf Bradshaw 2002
Cutting It
Cutting It Bruce Gutteridge 2002
This Is Not a Love Song
This Is Not a Love Song Arthur 2002
Happy Now
Happy Now Pete Copsey 2001
The Parole Officer
The Parole Officer Cochran 2001
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble Ken Burley 2000
The Cops
The Cops Roy 1998
The Royle Family
The Royle Family Roger Kavanagh 1998
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders Arthur Potts 1997
When Saturday Comes
When Saturday Comes M.C 1996
Cracker
Cracker Quarry Foreman 1993
Olly's Prison
Olly's Prison Prisoner (uncredited) 1993
Heartbeat
Heartbeat Guard 1992
Heartbeat
Heartbeat Albert Ross 1992
G.B.H.
G.B.H. Murray's Minder 1991
Dancin' Thru the Dark
Dancin' Thru the Dark Doorman 1990
Casualty
Casualty Lenny Adams 1986
The Bill
The Bill 1984

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