Nicky Henson
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Nicholas Victor Leslie "Nicky" Henson (b. 12 May 1945, London, England) is an English actor who has portrayed many roles since 1963. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1977.
Nicky Henson attended St. Bede's (Anglican) College, Eastbourne and Charterhouse. He is a son of the comedian Leslie Henson by the elder Henson's third marriage.
Some of his most notable roles include the Fawlty Towers episode The Psychiatrist, and playing DS Harry Finlay in A Touch of Frost.
He appeared in George Clooney's Syriana as "Sydney Hewitt"; he later joined EastEnders inFebruary 2006, playing "Jack Edwards", father of Emma Barton's character, "Honey Mitchell".
He made his Broadway debut in a production of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, opposite Stephanie Beacham.
Henson has two sons, Joseph Henson and Christian Henson by his first wife, Una Stubbs. Both of these are composers. He is currently married to Marguerite Porter, a ballerina, by whom he has a third 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 was diagnosed with 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 was put on a regimen of chemotherapy and there has been no public news since.
