John Henshaw
John Henshaw | |
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| Born | John Joseph Henshaw August 1950 (age 73) |
| Occupation | Actor |
John Joseph Henshaw (born August 1950) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Ken Dixon the landlord in Early Doors, Wilf Bradshaw in Born and Bred and PC Roy Bramwell in The Cops. Often associated with characters who are "hard men", he played John Prescott in the 2007 ITV drama Confessions of a Diary Secretary.
Early life
One of 12 siblings, he was born in August 1950[1] and grew up in Ancoats, Manchester's "Little Italy" community. He was a binman for ten years before deciding, at the age of 40, to become an actor.[citation needed]
Acting career
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.. He had roles in the Steve Coogan film The Parole Officer and in the BBC Three sitcom The Visit, first shown in July 2007. In 2002 he appeared in the Scottish Gaelic drama, Anna Bheag (Wee Anna), although not as a Gaelic-speaking character.[2]
Other credits include Nice Guy Eddie,
He played the role of Ken, the deputy manager in the
In 2010 he played Mr Pony in
In 2013 he played Stan Bond in By Any Means and in 2014 played the judge in Closer to the Moon. In 2015 he played Murphy in "Charlie's Plan" directed by John McCormack.[4]
In 2017, he appeared in the BBC series Father Brown as Barney Butterfield episode 5.12 "The Theatre of the Invisible" and returned to playing Ken the landlord in the Early Doors live stage show.
He had a small role in the 2018 film Stan and Ollie as Nobby Cook, a British comedian who briefly stands in for Oliver Hardy when Hardy is taken ill.[5]
He also appeared as Disco Des in the 10000th episode of Coronation Street.
Personal life
Henshaw was Director of the 24:7 Theatre Festival, an annual festival of new writing for theatre based in Manchester, which started in 2004.[6]
Henshaw is also a patron of the Ancoats Dispensary Trust which campaigns to save and restore for community use the Grade II listed Ancoats Dispensary close to his birthplace.[7]
References
- ^ "John Joseph HENSHAW". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "4rfv website". 4rfv.co.uk. 16 December 2002. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
- ^ http://britishyouthfilmacademy.com/ British Youth Film Academy.
- ^ "FEATURE FILMS". mccormack-films.
- ^ Stan & Ollie (2018), IMDb, retrieved 30 January 2019
- ^ "24:7 Theatre Festival is here". Manchester Evening News. 18 April 2010. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ "Start page". Saveancoatsdispensary.com. 17 April 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
External links
- John Henshaw at IMDb
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