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