Nicky Henson
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Nicholas Victor Leslie Henson (born 12 May 1945) is a British actor who has portrayed many roles since 1963. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1977.
Nicky Henson was born in London, England and was educated at St. Bede's Church of England School, Eastbourne and at Charterhouse. He is the son of the comedian Leslie Henson by the elder Henson's third marriage.
Some of his most notable roles include playing Mr. Johnson in the Fawlty Towers episode "The Psychiatrist", and playing DS Harry Finlay in A Touch of Frost. He appeared in the Hollywood film Syriana as Sydney Hewitt and then joined EastEnders in February 2006 playing Jack Edwards, father of Emma Barton's character, Honey Mitchell, a role that was previously given to David Essex.
He made his Broadway debut in a production of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, opposite Stephanie Beacham.
Henson has two sons, Joe and Christian Henson with his first wife, the actress Una Stubbs. Both of his elder sons are composers. He is currently married to the ballerina Marguerite Porter, by whom he has a son Keaton.
He was nominated for a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical of 1997 for his role in Enter the Guardsman.
Henson suffered from cancer in 2003. Doctors removed tumours from around his spleen, but a routine check-up in 2006 showed that other tumours had grown and it would be dangerous to remove them. He has been put on a gruelling course of chemotherapy, and will soon find out whether the tumours have shrunk enough to be removed.
