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John Henshaw

Cast & creator

John Henshaw

1950-08-01 (age 76) Manchester, England, UK Website IMDb

Best known for Midsomer Murders, Casualty, Father Brown

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.

Movies

41

film credits

Series

36

television credits

Career

77

1984–2026 · acting roles

Credit score

6.7

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Arthur Potts · 1997

Casualty

Casualty

Lenny Adams · 1986

Father Brown

Father Brown

Barny Butterfield · 2013

The Bill

The Bill

Acting · 1984

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Guard · 1992

Across film & television

Filmography (77)

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Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Arthur Potts

Casualty

Casualty

Lenny Adams

Father Brown

Father Brown

Barny Butterfield

The Bill

The Bill

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Guard

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Albert Ross

Ridley

Ridley

Frank Stanford

Documentary Now!

Documentary Now!

Cracker

Cracker

Quarry Foreman

Talamasca: The Secret Order

Talamasca: The Secret Order

Detective Hough

Remembers…

Remembers…

Self

Born and Bred

Born and Bred

Wilf Bradshaw

Life on Mars

Life on Mars

Ted Bannister

The Afternoon Play

The Afternoon Play

Sir Terry Bucklethwaite

The Cops

The Cops

Roy

New Street Law

New Street Law

Tony Lyons

The Grand

The Grand

Taxi Driver

The Grand

The Grand

Bob Jessop

Cutting It

Cutting It

Bruce Gutteridge

The Long Shadow

The Long Shadow

Mike Dugdale

The Royle Family

The Royle Family

Roger Kavanagh

The Full Monty

The Full Monty

Bus Driver

Red Riding

Red Riding

Bill Hadley

Johnny and the Bomb

Johnny and the Bomb

Councillor Seeley

By Any Means

By Any Means

Stan Bond

Cilla

Cilla

John White

Cradle to Grave

Cradle to Grave

Mr Glover

A Street Cat Named Bob

A Street Cat Named Bob

Tube Station Guard

Boat Story

Boat Story

Nigel

Going Postal

Going Postal

Mr Pony

Early Doors

Early Doors

Ken Dixon

G.B.H.

G.B.H.

Murray's Minder

The Angels' Share

The Angels' Share

Harry

The Man Who Invented Christmas

The Man Who Invented Christmas

Butcher / Mr. Fezziwig

Stan & Ollie

Stan & Ollie

Nobby Cook

South Riding

South Riding

Alfred Huggins

Starter for 10

Starter for 10

Des

6 Days

6 Days

Metropolitan Police Spokesman

The Second Coming

The Second Coming

Clive Saxon

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

Bill Hadley

Going Postal 2in1

Going Postal 2in1

Mr. Pony

The Visit

The Visit

Dad

Looking for Eric

Looking for Eric

Meatballs

The Parole Officer

The Parole Officer

Cochran

The Keeper

The Keeper

Jack Friar

There's Only One Jimmy Grimble

There's Only One Jimmy Grimble

Ken Burley

Silky Hotel

Silky Hotel

Jim Knightshade

Swallows and Amazons

Swallows and Amazons

Harbour Master

Candy Cabs

Candy Cabs

Mervyn Monkford

Closer to the Moon

Closer to the Moon

Judge

Open Wide

Open Wide

Brian Tonkin

Cheeky

Cheeky

Kenny

Fishbrain

Fishbrain

Jeb

When Saturday Comes

When Saturday Comes

M.C

Dancin' Thru the Dark

Dancin' Thru the Dark

Doorman

Pin Cushion

Pin Cushion

Percy

Happy Now

Happy Now

Pete Copsey

Grow Your Own

Grow Your Own

Charlie

Sunny

Sunny

Pavlo

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

Self

I'm Not in Love

I'm Not in Love

Tony

A Bit of Tom Jones?

A Bit of Tom Jones?

Bar Owner

Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday

Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday

Glen

Early Doors - Live

Early Doors - Live

Ken

This Is Not a Love Song

Arthur

In Our Name

In Our Name

Frank

The Last British Execution

The Last British Execution

Marcus Peabody

Wolf Manor

Wolf Manor

Thaddeus Saxon (the landlord)

Put Your Coat On

Dad

The Fishmonger

Davis

Someone Else

Someone Else

Paul

Confessions of a Diary Secretary

John Prescott

The Rochdale Pioneers

John Holt

Olly's Prison

Prisoner (uncredited)

The Night Runner

The Night Runner

Dennis

The Ringer

The Ringer

Danny

See No Evil: The Moors Murders

See No Evil: The Moors Murders

DCS Arthur Benfield