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John Henshaw

Acting
Known For

74 Years Old

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.

Born

Manchester, England, UK on 1st August 1950

All Credits

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