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.
73 acting credits
Acting · 73
Midsomer Murders
1997
Casualty
1986
Father Brown
2013
Heartbeat
1992
The Bill
1984
Remembers…
2022
Cracker
1993
Talamasca: The Secret Order
2025
Documentary Now!
2015
Life on Mars
2006
Born and Bred
2002
The Long Shadow
2023
Cutting It
2002
Early Doors
2003
The Afternoon Play
2003
The Royle Family
1998
Red Riding
2009
The Grand
1997
Going Postal
2010
Boat Story
2023
The Full Monty
2023
Ridley
2022
By Any Means
2013
G.B.H.
1991
Cradle to Grave
2015
6 Days
2017
The Visit
2007
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009
Johnny and the Bomb
2006
South Riding
2011
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
The Cops
1998
The Keeper
2018
Cilla
2014
Stan & Ollie
2018
A Street Cat Named Bob
2016
Starter for 10
2006
The Second Coming
2003
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
2000
Candy Cabs
2011
Looking for Eric
2009
When Saturday Comes
1996
The Parole Officer
2001
The Angels' Share
2012
Cheeky
2003
Closer to the Moon
2014
Grow Your Own
2007
Happy Now
2001
Swallows and Amazons
2016
Wolf Manor
2022
Olly's Prison
1993
This Is Not a Love Song
2002
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
2009
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010
Confessions of a Diary Secretary
2007
Dancin' Thru the Dark
1990
Pin Cushion
2018
Silky Hotel
2021
I'm Not in Love
2021
A Bit of Tom Jones?
2009
Someone Else
2006
In Our Name
2010
Early Doors - Live
2021
See No Evil: The Moors Murders
2006
Open Wide
2005
The Last British Execution
2013
The Ringer
2013
Sunny
2019
The Night Runner
2014
The Rochdale Pioneers
2012
Put Your Coat On
2002
The Fishmonger
2002
Fishbrain
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