John Henshaw

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John Henshaw (born 1951) 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. He is sometimes associated with playing "hard men".

Henshaw is one of 12 brothers and sisters. His first name, John, is common with several of his brothers and so he is known by a familiar version of his second name Joseph - Joey but still credited as John. He grew up in Ancoats in Manchester in a working class community called Little Italy, because there were so many Italian immigrants there. Despite poor conditions, Henshaw claims he never had it so good. It wasn't post-war prosperity he relished - it was community spirit. This may explain his natural talent when acting as a pub landlord.

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..

John's other credits include Nice Guy Eddie and When Saturday Comes.