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'''John Sessions''' (born '''John Gibb Marshall''' on [[11 January (people)|11 January]] [[1953 (people)|1953]]<ref>[https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?code=11863 Doctor Who Guide]</ref> - [[2 November (people)|2 November]] [[2020 (people)|2020]]<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54797823 BBC News]</ref>) was a {{w|RADA}} trained actor, comedian and sometimes panelist on British quiz comedies. He was particularly well known, at least in Britain, as one of the original regular panelists on {{wi|Whose Line Is It Anyway? (British TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?}}, and later as a recurring guest on {{wi|QI}}.
'''John Sessions''' (born '''John Gibb Marshall''' on [[11 January (people)|11 January]] [[1953 (people)|1953]]<ref>[https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?code=11863 Doctor Who Guide]</ref> - [[2 November (people)|2 November]] [[2020 (people)|2020]]<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54797823 BBC News]</ref>) voiced [[Gus (Mummy on the Orient Express)|Gus]] in [[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|''Mummy on the Orient Express'']] and General [[Tannis]] in the webcast ''[[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|Death Comes to Time]]'', as well as a number of characters for [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s audio adventures.


He appeared on televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'' with the [[Twelfth Doctor]]. He provided multiple voices for [[Big Finish Productions]], as well as voicing a character in a BBCI animated [[webcast]]. He was offered the role of the [[Eighth Doctor]].
== Career ==
John was a {{w|RADA}} trained actor, comedian and sometimes panelist on British quiz comedies. He was particularly well known, at least in Britain, as one of the original regular panelists on {{wi|Whose Line Is It Anyway? (British TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?}}, and later as a recurring guest on {{wi|QI}}.


== Death ==
Sessions died at the age of 67 of a heart attack at his home in London.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/john-sessions-actor-comedian-dies-aged-67/?utm_content=news&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1604408023</ref>
Sessions died at the age of 67 of a heart attack at his home in London.<ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/john-sessions-actor-comedian-dies-aged-67/?utm_content=news&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1604408023</ref>



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John Sessions (born John Gibb Marshall on 11 January 1953[1] - 2 November 2020[2]) voiced Gus in Mummy on the Orient Express and General Tannis in the webcast Death Comes to Time, as well as a number of characters for Big Finish's audio adventures.

Career

John was a RADA trained actor, comedian and sometimes panelist on British quiz comedies. He was particularly well known, at least in Britain, as one of the original regular panelists on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and later as a recurring guest on QI.

Death

Sessions died at the age of 67 of a heart attack at his home in London.[3]

Credits

Television

Doctor Who

BBCI webcast

Audio

Doctor Who Main Range

Torchwood

External links


Footnotes