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| image          = John_Sessions.jpg|thumb
|image          = John Sessions.jpg
| aka            = John Gibb Marshall
|aka            = John Gibb Marshall
| birth date    = [[11 January (people)|11 Jaunary]] [[1953 (people)|1953]]
|job title      = [[Actor]]
| job title      = [[Actor]]
|role          = [[Tannis]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]], [[Gus (Mummy on the Orient Express)|Gus]]
| role          = General [[Tannis]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]], [[Gus (Mummy on the Orient Express)|Gus]]
|imdb          = 0785938
| story          = [[#Credits|See Credits Section]]
|death date    = [[2 November (people)|2 November]] [[2020 (people)|2020]]
| time          = 2002, 2007, 2009, 2015
|birth date    = [[11 January (people)|11 January]] [[1963 (people)|1953]]
| non dwu        = ''Spitting Image'', ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'', ''Henry V'', ''Have I Got News for You'', ''A Midwinter's Tale'', ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'', ''The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling'', ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', ''Gormenghast'', ''QI'', ''The Merchant of Venice'', ''Five Children and It'', ''Judge John Deed'', ''Absolute Power'', ''British Film Forever'', ''Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out'', ''Oliver Twist'', ''Margaret'', ''Sherlock'', ''Made in Dagenham'', ''Skins'', ''Outlander'', ''Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell'', ''We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story''
|time          = 2001-02, 2007, 2009, 2014-15
| imdb          = 0785938
| twitter        =
| official site  =
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'''John Sessions''' (born '''John Gibb Marshall''') 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|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 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.


In televised ''[[Doctor Who]]'', Sessions played [[Gus (Mummy on the Orient Express)|Gus]] in ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express]]''. For Big Finish Productions, he voiced [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] in ''[[My Own Private Wolfgang]]'', Roland of Brittany in ''[[Castle of Fear]]'', and [[George Wilson (The Conspiracy)|Wilson]] in ''[[The Conspiracy (audio story)|The Conspiracy]]''. He also voiced [[Tannis]] in the animated webcast ''[[Death Comes to Time]]''. 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>
 
== 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 ==
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Big Finish Doctor Who voice actors]]
[[Category:Big Finish Torchwood voice actors]]
[[Category:BBCi actors]]
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[[Category:Main Range voice actors]]
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[[Category:Doctor Who guest actors]]
[[Category:BFTW voice actors]]
[[Category:Actors who portrayed people from the real world]]

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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]]