John Henshaw | ALEFAST

John Henshaw

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Manchester, England, UK, 1950-08-01

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1990	Dancin' Thru the Dark	Doorman	66
2	1993	Olly's Prison	Prisoner (uncredited)	90
3	1996	When Saturday Comes	M.C	57
4	2000	There's Only One Jimmy Grimble	Ken Burley	68
5	2001	The Parole Officer	Cochran	59
6	2001	Happy Now	Pete Copsey	54
7	2002	This Is Not a Love Song	Arthur	62
8	2002	Put Your Coat On	Dad	0
9	2002	The Fishmonger	Davis	0
10	2006	Someone Else	Paul	48
11	2006	Starter for 10	Des	64
12	2007	Confessions of a Diary Secretary	John Prescott	0
13	2007	Grow Your Own	Charlie	66
14	2009	A Bit of Tom Jones?	Bar Owner	38
15	2009	Looking for Eric	Meatballs	65
16	2009	Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday	Glen	58
17	2009	Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974	Bill Hadley	67
18	2010	In Our Name	Frank	53
19	2010	The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa	Self	84
20	2012	The Angels' Share	Harry	69
21	2012	The Rochdale Pioneers	John Holt	100
22	2013	The Last British Execution	Marcus Peabody	0
23	2013	The Ringer	Danny	0
24	2014	The Night Runner	Dennis	0
25	2014	Closer to the Moon	Judge	67
26	2016	Swallows and Amazons	Harbour Master	63
27	2016	A Street Cat Named Bob	Tube Station Guard	79
28	2017	6 Days	Metropolitan Police Spokesman	60
29	2017	The Man Who Invented Christmas	Butcher / Mr. Fezziwig	68
30	2018	Pin Cushion	Percy	64
31	2018	The Keeper	Jack Friar	74
32	2018	Stan & Ollie	Nobby Cook	70
33	2019	Sunny	Pavlo	30
34	2021	I'm Not in Love	Tony	0
35	2021	Silky Hotel	Jim Knightshade	70
36	2021	Early Doors - Live	Ken	0
37	2022	Wolf Manor	Thaddeus Saxon (the landlord)	56

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	The Bill		67
2	1986	Casualty	Lenny Adams	61
3	1991	G.B.H.	Murray's Minder	65
4	1992	Heartbeat	Guard	71
5	1992	Heartbeat	Albert Ross	71
6	1993	Cracker	Quarry Foreman	66
7	1997	Midsomer Murders	Arthur Potts	75
8	1998	The Royle Family	Roger Kavanagh	76
9	1998	The Cops	Roy	47
10	2002	Cutting It	Bruce Gutteridge	67
11	2002	Born and Bred		85
12	2002	Born and Bred	Wilf Bradshaw	85
13	2003	The Second Coming	Clive Saxon	67
14	2003	Early Doors	Ken Dixon	77
15	2006	Life on Mars	Ted Bannister	78
16	2006	Johnny and the Bomb	Councillor Seeley	65
17	2006	See No Evil: The Moors Murders	DCS Arthur Benfield	63
18	2007	The Visit	Dad	70
19	2009	Red Riding	Bill Hadley	65
20	2010	Going Postal	Mr Pony	72
21	2011	South Riding	Alfred Huggins	68
22	2011	Candy Cabs		70
23	2013	Father Brown	Barny Butterfield	75
24	2013	By Any Means	Stan Bond	65
25	2014	Cilla	John White	71
26	2015	Documentary Now!		70
27	2023	The Full Monty	Bus Driver	73
28	2023	The Long Shadow	Mike Dugdale	76
29	2023	Boat Story	Nigel	71