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Personal Info

Birth date

1950-08-01 (74 Years)

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Manchester, England, UK

Also known as

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John Henshaw

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.

Filmography

Acting

2023Boat Story (1 Episode) as Nigel

2023The Long Shadow (5 Episodes) as Mike Dugdale

2023The Full Monty (1 Episode) as Bus Driver

2022Wolf Manor as Thaddeus Saxon (the landlord)

2021Early Doors - Live as Ken

2021Silky Hotel as Jim Knightshade

2021I'm Not in Love as Tony

2019Sunny as Pavlo

2018Stan & Ollie as Nobby Cook

2018The Keeper as Jack Friar

2018Pin Cushion as Percy

2017The Man Who Invented Christmas as Butcher / Mr. Fezziwig

20176 Days as Metropolitan Police Spokesman

2016A Street Cat Named Bob as Tube Station Guard

2016Swallows and Amazons as Harbour Master

2015Documentary Now! (1 Episode) as Unknown

2014Cilla (3 Episodes) as John White

2014Closer to the Moon as Judge

2014The Night Runner as Dennis

2013By Any Means (2 Episodes) as Stan Bond

2013The Ringer as Danny

2013The Last British Execution as Marcus Peabody

2013Father Brown (1 Episode) as Barny Butterfield

2012The Rochdale Pioneers as John Holt

2012The Angels' Share as Harry

2011Candy Cabs (3 Episodes) as Unknown

2011South Riding (3 Episodes) as Alfred Huggins

2010The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa as Self

2010In Our Name as Frank

2010Going Postal (2 Episodes) as Mr Pony

2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 as Bill Hadley

2009Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday as Glen

2009Looking for Eric as Meatballs

2009Red Riding (1 Episode) as Bill Hadley

2009A Bit of Tom Jones? as Bar Owner

2007The Visit (7 Episodes) as Dad

2007Grow Your Own as Charlie

2007Confessions of a Diary Secretary as John Prescott

2006Starter for 10 as Des

2006Someone Else as Paul

2006See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2 Episodes) as DCS Arthur Benfield

2006Johnny and the Bomb (2 Episodes) as Councillor Seeley

2006Life on Mars (1 Episode) as Ted Bannister

2003Early Doors (12 Episodes) as Ken Dixon

2003The Second Coming (2 Episodes) as Clive Saxon

2002The Fishmonger as Davis

2002Put Your Coat On as Dad

2002Born and Bred (33 Episodes) as Wilf Bradshaw

2002Cutting It (2 Episodes) as Bruce Gutteridge

2002This Is Not a Love Song as Arthur

2001Happy Now as Pete Copsey

2001The Parole Officer as Cochran

2000There's Only One Jimmy Grimble as Ken Burley

1998The Cops (24 Episodes) as Roy

1998The Royle Family (1 Episode) as Roger Kavanagh

1997Midsomer Murders (1 Episode) as Arthur Potts

1996When Saturday Comes as M.C

1993Cracker (1 Episode) as Quarry Foreman

1993Olly's Prison as Prisoner (uncredited)

1992Heartbeat (1, 1 Episode) as Guard, Albert Ross

1991G.B.H. (7 Episodes) as Murray's Minder

1990Dancin' Thru the Dark as Doorman

1986Casualty (1 Episode) as Lenny Adams

1984The Bill (1 Episode) as Unknown