Nicholas Victor Leslie Henson was a British actor.
21 Facts About Nicky Henson
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Nicky Henson was born in London, the son of Harriet Martha and comedian Leslie Nicky Henson, a few days after VE Day, hence his middle name, Victor.
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Nicky Henson attended St Bede's Prep School in Eastbourne and Charterhouse in Godalming.
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Nicky Henson trained as a stage manager at RADA and first appeared on stage himself as a guitarist.
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Nicky Henson appeared in various television roles, including guest roles in Fawlty Towers, Minder, Boon, Inspector Morse, A Touch of Frost, Heartbeat, After You've Gone, Lovejoy and Doctors.
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Nicky Henson played the eponymous hero in Shine on Harvey Moon when the series was revived in 1995.
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In February 2006, Nicky Henson joined the cast of EastEnders, playing Jack Edwards.
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Nicky Henson left the production towards the end of the year due to health problems.
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Nicky Henson played three different characters in the police drama series The Bill, the first in 1991, the second in 1998, and the third in 2007.
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Nicky Henson played Randolph Mepstead, the older brother of David Jason's character in the pilot episode of the mid-1970s series Lucky Feller.
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Nicky Henson played the role of Mr Johnson in the Fawlty Towers episode "The Psychiatrist".
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Nicky Henson was paid a modest appearance fee and he was told he might earn the same again in repeats fees.
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Nicky Henson graduated to lead roles in The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones and No 1 of the Secret Service, before returning to supporting roles in Vera Drake and George Clooney's Syriana.
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On stage, Nicky Henson played many Shakespearean characters and had leading roles in Look Back in Anger, Man and Superman, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, She Stoops to Conquer, Noises Off and others.
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Nicky Henson appeared as Mordred in the original 1964 London version of Camelot opposite Laurence Harvey as King Arthur.
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Nicky Henson made his Broadway debut in a production of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, opposite Stephanie Beacham.
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Nicky Henson 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.
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Nicky Henson started directing with a Restoration workshop at LAMDA with a production of The Provok'd Wife.
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Nicky Henson played Lemuel "Chipper" Barnet in Space Force series 1 and 2.
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The marriage ended after Nicky Henson began an affair in 1974 with actress Susan Hampshire, his co-star in several stage productions.
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Nicky Henson then married ballerina Marguerite Porter, with whom he had a third son, Keaton.