John Henshaw
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Henshaw (born 1951, Ancoats, Manchester) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Henshaw, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Boat Story as Nigel
- 2023 · The Long Shadow as Mike Dugdale
- 2023 · The Full Monty as Bus Driver
- 2022 · Wolf Manor as Thaddeus Saxon (the landlord)
- 2021 · Early Doors - Live as Ken
- 2021 · Silky Hotel as Jim Knightshade
- 2021 · I'm Not in Love as Tony
- 2019 · Sunny as Pavlo
- 2018 · Stan & Ollie as Nobby Cook
- 2018 · The Keeper as Jack Friar
- 2018 · Pin Cushion as Percy
- 2017 · The Man Who Invented Christmas as Butcher / Mr. Fezziwig
- 2017 · 6 Days as Metropolitan Police Spokesman
- 2016 · A Street Cat Named Bob as Tube Station Guard
- 2016 · Swallows and Amazons as Harbour Master
- 2015 · Documentary Now! as
- 2014 · Cilla as John White
- 2014 · Closer to the Moon as Judge
- 2014 · The Night Runner as Dennis
- 2013 · By Any Means as Stan Bond
- 2013 · The Ringer as Danny
- 2013 · The Last British Execution as Marcus Peabody
- 2013 · Father Brown as Barny Butterfield
- 2012 · The Rochdale Pioneers as John Holt
- 2012 · The Angels' Share as Harry
- 2011 · Candy Cabs as
- 2011 · South Riding as Alfred Huggins
- 2010 · The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa as Self
- 2010 · In Our Name as Frank
- 2010 · Going Postal as Mr Pony
- 2009 · Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday as Glen
- 2009 · Looking for Eric as Meatballs
- 2009 · Red Riding as Bill Hadley
- 2009 · Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 as Bill Hadley
- 2009 · A Bit of Tom Jones? as Bar Owner
- 2007 · The Visit as Dad
- 2007 · Grow Your Own as Charlie
- 2007 · Confessions of a Diary Secretary as John Prescott
- 2006 · Starter for 10 as Des
- 2006 · Someone Else as Paul
- 2006 · See No Evil: The Moors Murders as DCS Arthur Benfield
- 2006 · Johnny and the Bomb as Councillor Seeley
- 2006 · Life on Mars as Ted Bannister
- 2003 · Early Doors as Ken Dixon
- 2003 · The Second Coming as Clive Saxon
- 2002 · The Fishmonger as Davis
- 2002 · Put Your Coat On as Dad
- 2002 · Born and Bred as
- 2002 · Born and Bred as Wilf Bradshaw
- 2002 · Cutting It as Bruce Gutteridge
- 2002 · This Is Not a Love Song as Arthur
- 2001 · Happy Now as Pete Copsey
- 2001 · The Parole Officer as Cochran
- 2000 · There's Only One Jimmy Grimble as Ken Burley
- 1998 · The Cops as Roy
- 1998 · The Royle Family as Roger Kavanagh
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Arthur Potts
- 1996 · When Saturday Comes as M.C
- 1993 · Cracker as Quarry Foreman
- 1993 · Olly's Prison as Prisoner (uncredited)
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Guard
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Albert Ross
- 1991 · G.B.H. as Murray's Minder
- 1990 · Dancin' Thru the Dark as Doorman
- 1986 · Casualty as Lenny Adams
- 1984 · The Bill as