Clooney's Syriana (2005). Theatre On stage, Henson played many Shakespearean characters (including a period with the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1977) 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. He appeared as Mordred in the original 1964 London version of Camelot opposite Laurence Harvey as King Arthur. Henson made his Broadway debut in a production of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, opposite Stephanie Beacham. 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. He started directing with a Restoration workshop at LAMDA with a production of The Provok'd Wife. In 2009 he directed the Jack Shepherd play Only When I Laugh at the Arcola Theatre in London and Alan Ayckbourn's Intimate Exchanges at Sheringham Little Theatre. Radio Henson played Lemuel "Chipper" Barnet in Space Force series 1 and 2 (1984–85). Personal life Henson married actress Una Stubbs (who incidentally played his sister-in-law Caroline Bishop in EastEnders). The couple had two sons, Joe and Christian, both of whom are composers. The marriage ended after Henson began an affair in 1974 with actress Susan Hampshire, his co-star in several stage productions. He then married ballerina Marguerite Porter, by whom he had a third son, Keaton, a musician and illustrator. Health Henson was diagnosed with cancer in 2003. Surgeons 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. Henson was put on a regime of chemotherapy, and worked regularly to raise funds for cancer charities, especially Marie Curie Cancer Care. He died on 15 December 2019 from cancer, aged 74. Partial filmography 1964 Father Came Too! as Motorcyclist 1965 Every Day's a Holiday as Tailor's Shop Customer (uncredited) 1966 Doctor in Clover as Boutique Assistant 1967 The Jokers as Man At Party 1968 Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush as Craig Foster 1968 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia as Paul 1968 Witchfinder General as Swallow 1969 Crooks and Coronets as Lord Freddie Fitzmore 1969 Mosquito Squadron as Flight Sergeant Wiley Bunce 1970 There's a Girl in My Soup as Jimmy 1972 All Coppers Are... as Barry 1973 Psychomania as Tom Latham 1973 The Love Ban as Baker 1973 Penny Gold