John Henshaw

Acting · Born 1950-08-01 in Manchester, England, UK

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…

Filmography

• The Angels' Share as Harry
• A Street Cat Named Bob as Tube Station Guard
• The Keeper as Jack Friar
• Stan & Ollie as Nobby Cook
• Early Doors - Live as Ken
• Starter for 10 as Des
• A Bit of Tom Jones? as Bar Owner
• Looking for Eric as Meatballs
• The Rochdale Pioneers as John Holt
• Wolf Manor as Thaddeus Saxon (the landlord)

TV

• Life on Mars as Ted Bannister
• Father Brown as Barny Butterfield
• Early Doors as Ken Dixon
• The Bill
• Heartbeat as Guard
• The Cops as Roy
• The Visit as Dad
• Cutting It as Bruce Gutteridge
• Candy Cabs as Mervyn Monkford
• Johnny and the Bomb as Councillor Seeley