Biography
Nicky Henson was a British actor. Born Nicholas Victor Leslie Henson in London on 12 May 1945, he was the son of comedian Leslie Henson. He trained as a stage manager at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made his theatrical debut in 1963.
Henson worked in theatre with the Young Vic from its founding, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. His screen roles include Trooper Swallow in Witchfinder General (1968), Mr Johnson in Fawlty Towers (1975), the private doctor in Vera Drake (2004), Sydney Hewitt in Syriana (2005), Charles Grigg in Downton Abbey (2010) and Superintendent Brown in Blitz (2011). He died on 15 December 2019.
