John Henshaw
Birthday: 1951-01-01 | Place of Birth: Manchester, England, UKFrom 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
Acting
Role
as Jim Knightshade
as Ken
as Tony
as Jack Friar
as Nobby Cook
as Percy
as Harbour Master
as Tube Station Guard
as John White
as Harry
as Alfred Huggins
as Bill Hadley
as Meatballs
as Charlie
as Dad
as DCS Arthur Benfield
as Des
as Clive Saxon
as Ken Dixon
as Cochran
as Pete Copsey
