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| aka            = John Gibb Marshall
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| role          = [[Tannis]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]], [[Gus (Mummy on the Orient Express)|Gus]]
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|death date    = [[2 November (people)|2 November]] [[2020 (people)|2020]]
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|birth date    = [[11 January (people)|11 January]] [[1963 (people)|1953]]
| imdb          = 0785938
|time          = 2001-02, 2007, 2009, 2014-15
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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.


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}}.


== Filmography and audio roles ==
== 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>


=== ''Doctor Who'' TV Stories ===
== Credits ==
* ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express]] ''- [[Gus (Mummy on the Orient Express)|Gus]]
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* ''[[Mummy on the Orient Express (TV story)|Mummy on the Orient Express]]'' - [[Gus (Mummy on the Orient Express)|Gus]]


=== BBCI webcast ===
=== BBCI webcast ===
* ''[[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|Death Comes to Time]] ''- [[Tannis]]
* ''[[Death Comes to Time (webcast)|Death Comes to Time]]'' - [[Tannis]]


=== Big Finish Productions ===
=== Audio ===
 
==== Doctor Who Main Range ====
==== 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]]'')
* ''[[My Own Private Wolfgang (audio story)|My Own Private Wolfgang]] ''- [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]  
* ''[[Castle of Fear (audio story)|Castle of Fear]]'' - [[Roland of Brittany]] / Mummer
* ''[[Castle of Fear (audio story)|Castle of Fear]] ''- [[Roland of Brittany]]


==== Torchwood ====
==== Torchwood ====
* ''[[The Conspiracy (audio story)|The Conspiracy]] ''- [[George Wilson (The Conspiracy)|Wilson]]
* ''[[The Conspiracy (audio story)|The Conspiracy]]'' - [[George Wilson (The Conspiracy)|Wilson]]


== External links ==
== External links ==
{{imdb name|id=0785938}}
{{imdb name|id=0785938}}
== Footnotes ==
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Doctor Who webcast actors]]
[[Category:Doctor Who webcast actors]]
[[Category:Big Finish Torchwood voice actors]]
[[Category:BBCi actors]]
[[Category:BBCi actors]]
[[Category:Main Range voice actors]]
[[Category:Main Range voice actors]]
[[Category:Doctor Who guest actors]]
[[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]]