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{{real world}}'''John Sessions''' (born '''John Gibb Marshall''' on [[11 January (people)|11 January]] [[1953 (people)|1953]]) is a {{w|RADA}} trained actor, comedian and sometimes panellist on British quiz comedies. He is particularly well known, at least in Britain, as one of the original regular panellists on {{wi|Who's Line Is It Anyway?}} and, more recently, as a recurring guest on {{wi|Quite Interesting|QI}}.
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{{Infobox Person
|image          = John Sessions.jpg
|aka            = John Gibb Marshall
|job title      = [[Actor]]
|role          = [[Tannis]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]], [[Gus (Mummy on the Orient Express)|Gus]]
|imdb          = 0785938
|death date    = [[2 November (people)|2 November]] [[2020 (people)|2020]]
|birth date    = [[11 January (people)|11 January]] [[1963 (people)|1953]]
|time          = 2001-02, 2007, 2009, 2014-15
}}
'''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 General [[Tannis]] in the webcast ''[[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|Death Comes to Time]]'', [[Gus (Mummy on the Orient Express)|Gus]] in ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|Mummy on the Orient Express]]'', as well as a number of characters for [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s audio adventures.


As of 2014, he has lent only his voice to ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Alongside [[Colin Baker]], he was several characters — notably [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] — in the [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish ''Doctor Who'']] audio story ''[[My Own Private Wolfgang]]''. He later starred opposite [[Peter Davison]] in ''[[Castle of Fear]]'' as [[Roland of Brittany]]. In the same play, he played the [[Fifth Doctor]] in the piece's play-within-a-play. He was also [[Tannis]] in the webcast ''[[Death Comes to Time]]''.
== Career ==
Soon enough, he was on the show, playing [[Gus]] in ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express]]''.
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>
 
== Credits ==
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|Mummy on the Orient Express]]'' - [[Gus (Mummy on the Orient Express)|Gus]]
 
=== BBCI webcast ===
* ''[[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|Death Comes to Time]]'' - [[Tannis]]
 
=== Audio ===
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
* ''[[My Own Private Wolfgang (audio story)|My Own Private Wolfgang]]'' - [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] (part of the audio anthology ''[[100 (audio anthology)|100]]'')
* ''[[Castle of Fear (audio story)|Castle of Fear]]'' - [[Roland of Brittany]] / Mummer
 
==== Torchwood ====
* ''[[The Conspiracy (audio story)|The Conspiracy]]'' - [[George Wilson (The Conspiracy)|Wilson]]


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

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

Television[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

BBCI webcast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]

Torchwood[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Doctor Who Guide
  2. ↑ BBC News
  3. ↑ 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
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