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Gender: Male

Place of birth: Manchester, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 15

TV Involvements: 15


Most Famous Work

Biography

​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.

Most Famous Work

Midsomer Murders
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8

Midsomer Murders

(1997) Arthur Potts
Casualty
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6

Casualty

(1986) Lenny Adams
Father Brown
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7

Father Brown

(2013) Barny Butterfield
Heartbeat
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7

Heartbeat

(1992) Albert Ross
Cracker
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6

Cracker

(1993) Quarry Foreman
Life on Mars
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8

Life on Mars

(2006) Ted Bannister
A Street Cat Named Bob
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8

A Street Cat Named Bob

(2016) Tube Station Guard
6 Days
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6 Days

(2017) Metropolitan Police Spokesman

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Bus Driver
2022 Thaddeus Saxon (the landlord)
2021 Ken
Jim Knightshade
Tony
2019 Pavlo
2018 Nobby Cook
Jack Friar
Percy
2017 Butcher / Mr. Fezziwig
Metropolitan Police Spokesman
2016 Tube Station Guard
Harbour Master
2015 N/A
2014 John White
Judge
Dennis
2013 Stan Bond
Danny
Marcus Peabody
Barny Butterfield
2012 John Holt
Harry
2011 N/A
Alfred Huggins
2010 Self
Frank
Mr Pony
2009 Glen
Meatballs
Bill Hadley
Bar Owner
2007 Dad
Charlie
John Prescott
2006 Des
Paul
DCS Arthur Benfield
Councillor Seeley
Ted Bannister
2003 Ken Dixon
Clive Saxon
2002 Davis
Dad
N/A
Wilf Bradshaw
Bruce Gutteridge
Arthur
2001 Pete Copsey
Cochran
2000 Ken Burley
1998 Roy
Roger Kavanagh
1997 Arthur Potts
1996 M.C
1993 Quarry Foreman
1992 Guard
Albert Ross
1991 Murray's Minder
1990 Doorman
1986 Lenny Adams
1984 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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