John Sessions

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 125

Gender Male

Birthday January 11, 1953

Day of Death November 2, 2020 (67 years old)

Place of Birth Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

Also Known As

John Gibb Marshall
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John Sessions

Biography

Actor, comedian and impressionist who was better known for his improvisation comedy.

Known For

Acting

2021

as Joseph Tomelty as Marley

2020

(1 episode) as Bishop Tarcinkus

2019		Intrigo: Dear Agnes as Pumpermann
2019		Loving Vincent: The Impossible Dream as Self

2018		Balls as Brownlow
2018		The Town That Floored the World as Presenter

2017		Finding Your Feet as Mike Abbott
2017		Loving Vincent as Pere Tanguy
2017		The Loch (6 episodes) as DCI Frank Smilie

2016		Denial as Prof. Richard Evans
2016		Victoria (8 episodes) as Lord John Russell
2016		Whisky Galore as Doctor McLaren
2016		Florence Foster Jenkins as Dr. Hermann
2016		Red Top as The Accountant
2016		The Rack Pack as Ted Lowe

2015		We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story as Arthur Lowe
2015		Legend as Lord Boothby
2015		Sean Connery: In His Own Words as Narrator
2015		Mr. Holmes as Mycroft Holmes
2015		Hiroshima: The Aftermath as Narrator

2014		The Silent Storm as Mr. Smith
2014		Outlander (2 episodes) as Arthur Duncan
2014		Pudsey the Dog: The Movie as Thorne

2013		Filth as Toal
2013		Father Brown (1 episode) as Reverend Adam Gillespie
2013		Blandings (1 episode) as Lord Didcot

2012		30 Years of Comic Strip
2012		Moone Boy (1 episode)
2012		Dead Boss (1 episode) as Sir Humphreys
2012		The Real American: Joe McCarthy as Joe McCarthy

2011		The Iron Lady as Edward Heath
2011		Death in Paradise (1 episode) as Hugh Davenport
2011		The Hunt for Tony Blair as Norman Tebbit as Tebbit
2011		Friday Night Dinner (1 episode)

2010		Spies and Lies as Folkes
2010		Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge (1 episode)
2010		Made in Dagenham as Harold Wilson
2010		Sherlock (1 episode) as Kenny Prince
2010		The Making of Plus One as Derek - the line producer

2009		Nativity! as Mr. Lore
2009		The Last Station as Dushan
2009		Breaking the Mould as Edward Mellanby
2009		Margaret as Ian Gow

2008		Only Connect (1 episode) as Self - Contestant
2008		Inconceivable as Finbar 'Finn' Darrow

2007		Oliver Twist (6 episodes) as Mr. Sowerberry (2 episodes)
2007		Ronni Ancona & Co (3 episodes)
2007		Reichenbach Falls as Professor Bell
2007		Skins (1 episode) as Geoff Fitzgerald

2006		The Good Shepherd as Valentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin
2006		Low Winter Sun as Prof Barry Lennox
2006		Scoop as Strombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)
2006		Hotel Babylon (1 episode)

2005		The English Harem as Ridley
2005		Rag Tale as Felix Miles Sty
2005		Doctor Who (1 episode) as Gus

2004		Hawking as Dennis Sciama
2004		The Merchant of Venice as Salerio
2004		Five Children and It as Peasemarsh
2004		Lighthouse Hill as Mr. Reynard
2004		The Legend of the Tamworth Two as Rival Newspaper Editor
2004		Stella Street
2004		New Tricks (1 episode)

2003		Celebrity Mastermind (1 episode) as Himself
2003		The Key
2003		QI (10 episodes) as Self

2002		Gangs of New York as Harry Watkins / Lincoln
2002		George Eliot: A Scandalous Life as George Henry Lewes
2002		One of the Hollywood Ten as Paul Jarrico
2002		The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (1 episode) as John Corntel

2001		Judge John Deed (3 episodes)
2001		Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (1 episode) as Prof. Rutherford
2001		High Heels and Low Lifes as Director
2001		David Macaulay: Mill Times as Shadrack Moore (voice)

2000		Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (1 episode)
2000		Gormenghast (4 episodes)
2000		A Profile of 'Brief Encounter' as Self
2000		Around The World In 80 Days as Jean Passepartout (voice)

1999		A Midsummer Night's Dream as Philostrate
1999		Faeries as Chudley (voice)

1998		Cousin Bette as Musical Director
1998		The Scarlet Tunic as Humphrey Gould
1998		In the Red (3 episodes) as Hercules Fortescue
1998		Faith as Brian
1998		Queen's Park Story

1997		Stella Street (39 episodes)
1997		The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling (5 episodes) as Henry Fielding
1997		Midsomer Murders (1 episode) as Barrett Filby
1997		My Night with Reg as Daniel

1996		The Treasure Seekers as Redman
1996		The Adventures of Pinocchio as Schoolmaster

1995

as Terry Du Bois

1994		Nice Day at the Office (6 episodes)
1994		Princess Caraboo as Prince Regent
1994		John Sessions' Likely Stories (6 episodes)
1994		Citizen Locke as John Locke
1994		David Macaulay: Roman City as Laurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice)

1993

as James Boswell

1992

as Self

1991		The Pope Must Diet as Dino
1991		Performance (1 episode) as Daniel
1991		John Sessions' Tall Tales (6 episodes)

1990		Have I Got News for You (2 episodes) as Himself
1990		Rab C. Nesbitt (1 episode) as Chief Inspector Haggerty
1990		Sweet Revenge as John
1990		Plunder (1 episode)
1990		One Foot In the Grave (1 episode)

1989		Henry V as Macmorris
1989		John Sessions On The Spot (6 episodes)

1988

(21 episodes) as Himself

1987		The New Statesman (1 episode) as Lord Penistone
1987		Porterhouse Blue (4 episodes) as Zipser
1987		Gramsci: Everything that Concerns People as Antonio Gramsci

1986		Sky Bandits as Flight
1986		Whoops Apocalypse as Mr. Sweetzer
1986		Castaway as Man in Pub
1986		Boon (1 episode) as Barney Spitz

1985		Girls On Top (1 episode) as Rodney
1985		Happy Families (1 episode)
1985		Tender Is the Night (6 episodes) as Young Scot

1984		The Bounty as John Smith
1984		Spitting Image (94 episodes)

1982

(2 episodes) as Self

1979

(1 episode) as Self - Panellist

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2004

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2004

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