John Henshaw

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John Henshaw

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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.

Films Featuring John Henshaw

Early Doors - Live

20216.0

Starter for 10

20066.4

A Bit of Tom Jones?

20093.8

Looking for Eric

20096.5

The Angels' Share

20126.9

The Ringer

2013

The Rochdale Pioneers

The Rochdale Pioneers

201210.0

Wolf Manor

20225.4

Put Your Coat On

Put Your Coat On

2002

This Is Not a Love Song

This Is Not a Love Song

20026.8

Confessions of a Diary Secretary

Confessions of a Diary Secretary

2007

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

20096.6

Olly's Prison

19939.0

When Saturday Comes

19965.7

Grow Your Own

20076.5

The Parole Officer

20015.8

Happy Now

20016.0

Swallows and Amazons

20166.4

Dancin' Thru the Dark

19907.1

The Fishmonger

20029.0

A Street Cat Named Bob

20167.9

6 Days

20176.0

Someone Else

20065.0

There's Only One Jimmy Grimble

20006.8

Pin Cushion

20186.4

The Keeper

20187.4

The Night Runner

2014

The Man Who Invented Christmas

20176.8

In Our Name

20105.3

Stan & Ollie

20186.9

The Last British Execution

2013

Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday

20095.8

I'm Not in Love

2021

Sunny

20193.0

Closer to the Moon

20146.5

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

20108.4

Silky Hotel

20217.0

Open Wide

2005

Cheeky

20036.6

Fishbrain