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John Sessions

Known for: Acting
Born: 11 January 1953
Died: 2 November 2020 (age 67)
Birthplace: Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
TV credits: 51
Films: 88

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

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

Known for

Spitting Image
VictoriaLord John Russell
Stella Street
OutlanderArthur Duncan
The LochDCI Frank Smilie
SkinsGeoff Fitzgerald
Oliver TwistMr Sowerberry
GormenghastDr Alfred Prunesquallor

All TV51

2020The GreatBishop Tarcinkus · 1 episode★ 8.1
2017The LochDCI Frank Smilie · 6 episodes★ 6.6
2016VictoriaLord John Russell · 8 episodes★ 7.4
2016Upstart CrowLord Inquisitor · 1 episode★ 7.3
2015Jonathan Strange & Mr NorrellJohn Murray · 1 episode★ 7.4
2014OutlanderArthur Duncan · 2 episodes★ 8.2
2013Father BrownReverend Adam Gillespie · 1 episode★ 7.7
2013BlandingsLord Didcot · 1 episode★ 7.2
2012Moone Boy1 episode★ 7.5

Talk shows and appearances (6)

2003Celebrity MastermindHimself · 1 episode
2003QISelf · 10 episodes★ 7.9
1990Have I Got News for YouSelf · 2 episodes★ 7.1
1988Whose Line Is It Anyway?Self · 21 episodes★ 7.7
1982WoganSelf · 2 episodes
1979Question TimeSelf - Panellist · 1 episode★ 5.9

Films (88)

2021BelfastJoseph Tomelty as Marley
2019Intrigo: Dear AgnesPumpermann
2019Loving Vincent: The Impossible DreamSelf
2018BallsBrownlow
2018The Town That Floored the WorldPresenter
2017Loving VincentPere Tanguy
2017Finding Your FeetMike Abbott
2016Red TopThe Accountant
2016Florence Foster JenkinsDr. Hermann
2016The Rack PackTed Lowe

2012

Dead BossSir Humphreys · 1 episode

★ 6.0

2011Death in ParadiseHugh Davenport · 1 episode★ 7.4

2011Friday Night DinnerMr. Murray · 1 episode★ 7.8

2010Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge1 episode★ 7.4

2010SherlockKenny Prince · 1 episode★ 8.5

2007Oliver TwistMr Sowerberry · 3 episodes★ 6.6

2007British Film Forever1 episode

2007Ronni Ancona & Co3 episodes

2007LewisProfessor Rufus Strickfaden · 1 episode★ 7.6

2007SkinsGeoff Fitzgerald · 2 episodes★ 8.1

2006Hotel BabylonDonovan Credo · 1 episode★ 7.3

2005Doctor WhoGus · 1 episode★ 7.6

2004ShamelessFather McGinn · 1 episode★ 7.5

2004New Tricks1 episode★ 7.3

2002The Inspector Lynley MysteriesJohn Corntel · 1 episode★ 7.4

2001Judge John Deed3 episodes★ 6.8

2001Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock HolmesProf. Rutherford · 1 episode★ 7.9

2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)1 episode★ 6.8

2000GormenghastDr Alfred Prunesquallor · 4 episodes★ 6.9

1998In the RedHercules Fortescue · 3 episodes

1997Stella Street39 episodes

1997The History of Tom Jones: A FoundlingHenry Fielding · 5 episodes

1997Midsomer MurdersBarrett Filby · 1 episode★ 7.5

1996Dalziel and PascoeCharlie Penn · 2 episodes★ 6.4

1994Nice Day at the Office6 episodes

1994John Sessions' Likely Stories6 episodes

1991Jute CityMcMurdo · 3 episodes

1991PerformanceDaniel · 1 episode

1991John Sessions' Tall Tales6 episodes

1990Rab C. NesbittChief Inspector Haggerty · 1 episode★ 7.1

1990Single VoicesBobby Buffet, Writer · 1 episode

1990Plunder1 episode

1990One Foot in the GraveMan on Phone (voice) · 1 episode★ 7.7

1989John Sessions On The Spot6 episodes

1988Menace UnseenLarry Knight · 3 episodes

1987The New StatesmanLord Penistone · 1 episode★ 7.5

1987Porterhouse BlueZipser · 4 episodes★ 7.2

1986ScreenPlayJames Boswell · 1 episode

1986BoonBarney Spitz · 1 episode★ 5.8

1985Girls On TopRodney · 1 episode★ 5.4

1985Happy FamiliesDean · 1 episode

1984Spitting Image132 episodes★ 7.2

2016Whisky GaloreDoctor McLaren

2016DenialProf. Richard Evans

2015Sean Connery: In His Own WordsNarrator

2015LegendLord Boothby

2015We're Doomed! The Dad's Army StoryArthur Lowe

2015Mr. HolmesMycroft Holmes

2015Hiroshima: The AftermathSelf - Narrator (voice)

2014Pudsey the Dog: The MovieThorne

2014The Silent StormMr. Smith

2013FilthToal

201230 Years of Comic Strip

2012The Domino EffectTalk Show Host

2011The Real American: Joe McCarthyJoe McCarthy

2011The Hunt for Tony BlairNorman Tebbit

2011The Iron LadyEdward Heath

2010Spies and LiesFolkes

2010Made in DagenhamHarold Wilson

2010The Making of Plus OneDerek - the line producer

2010Gerard Kelly: A CelebrationSelf

2009The Last StationDushan

2009Nativity!Mr. Lore

2009Breaking the MouldEdward Mellanby

2009MargaretGeoffrey Howe

2008InconceivableFinbar 'Finn' Darrow

2007Reichenbach FallsProfessor Bell

2006ScoopStrombel's Co-Worker (uncredited)

2006Low Winter SunProf Barry Lennox

2006The Good ShepherdValentin Mironov #1/Yuri Modin

2005The English HaremRidley

2005Rag TaleFelix Miles Sty

2004Five Children and ItPeasemarsh

2004Lighthouse HillMr. Reynard

2004The Merchant of VeniceSalerio

2004HawkingDennis Sciama

2004Stella Street

2004The Legend of the Tamworth TwoRival Newspaper Editor

2004Churchill: The Hollywood YearsAdditional Dialogue

2002George Eliot: A Scandalous LifeGeorge Henry Lewes

2002One of the Hollywood TenPaul Jarrico

2002Gangs of New YorkHarry Watkins / Lincoln

2002Doctor Who: Death Comes to TimeGeneral Tannis

2001High Heels and Low LifesDirector

2001David Macaulay: Mill TimesShadrack Moore (voice)

2000Around The World In 80 DaysJean Passepartout (voice)

2000A Profile of 'Brief Encounter'Self

1999A Midsummer Night's DreamPhilostrate

1999FaeriesChudley (voice)

1999The ManJerry Barnes

1998FaithBrian

1998The Scarlet TunicHumphrey Gould

1998Cousin BetteMusical Director

1998Queen's Park Story

1997My Night with RegDaniel

1996The Adventures of PinocchioSchoolmaster

1996The Treasure SeekersRedman

1995In the Bleak MidwinterTerry Du Bois

1994Citizen LockeJohn Locke

1994David Macaulay: Roman CityLaurens / Acco Bouvaix (voice)

1994Princess CarabooPrince Regent

1993Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western IslesJames Boswell

1992Sellers' BestSelf

1992Freddie As F.R.O.7.Scotty / Additional voices (voice)

1991The Pope Must DieDino

1990Sweet RevengeJohn

1990Some Enchanted EveningBobby Buffet

1989Henry VMacmorris

1988Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy ShowLaurence Olivier (Voice)

1988Spitting Image: Bumbledown – The Life and Times of Ronald ReaganVarious Roles

1987Gramsci: Everything that Concerns PeopleAntonio Gramsci

All TV51

2020The GreatBishop Tarcinkus · 1 episode★ 8.1
2017The LochDCI Frank Smilie · 6 episodes★ 6.6
2016VictoriaLord John Russell · 8 episodes★ 7.4
2016Upstart CrowLord Inquisitor · 1 episode★ 7.3
2015Jonathan Strange & Mr NorrellJohn Murray · 1 episode★ 7.4
2014OutlanderArthur Duncan · 2 episodes★ 8.2
2013Father BrownReverend Adam Gillespie · 1 episode★ 7.7
2013BlandingsLord Didcot · 1 episode★ 7.2
2012Moone Boy1 episode★ 7.5
2012Dead BossSir Humphreys · 1 episode★ 6.0
2011Death in ParadiseHugh Davenport · 1 episode★ 7.4
2011Friday Night DinnerMr. Murray · 1 episode★ 7.8
2010Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge1 episode★ 7.4
2010SherlockKenny Prince · 1 episode★ 8.5
2007Oliver TwistMr Sowerberry · 3 episodes★ 6.6
2007British Film Forever1 episode
2007Ronni Ancona & Co3 episodes
2007LewisProfessor Rufus Strickfaden · 1 episode★ 7.6
2007SkinsGeoff Fitzgerald · 2 episodes★ 8.1
2006Hotel BabylonDonovan Credo · 1 episode★ 7.3
2005Doctor WhoGus · 1 episode★ 7.6
2004ShamelessFather McGinn · 1 episode★ 7.5
2004New Tricks1 episode★ 7.3
2002The Inspector Lynley MysteriesJohn Corntel · 1 episode★ 7.4
2001Judge John Deed3 episodes★ 6.8
2001Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock HolmesProf. Rutherford · 1 episode★ 7.9
2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)1 episode★ 6.8
2000GormenghastDr Alfred Prunesquallor · 4 episodes★ 6.9
1998In the RedHercules Fortescue · 3 episodes
1997Stella Street39 episodes
1997The History of Tom Jones: A FoundlingHenry Fielding · 5 episodes
1997Midsomer MurdersBarrett Filby · 1 episode★ 7.5
1996Dalziel and PascoeCharlie Penn · 2 episodes★ 6.4
1994Nice Day at the Office6 episodes
1994John Sessions' Likely Stories6 episodes
1991Jute CityMcMurdo · 3 episodes
1991PerformanceDaniel · 1 episode
1991John Sessions' Tall Tales6 episodes
1990Rab C. NesbittChief Inspector Haggerty · 1 episode★ 7.1
1990Single VoicesBobby Buffet, Writer · 1 episode
1990Plunder1 episode
1990One Foot in the GraveMan on Phone (voice) · 1 episode★ 7.7
1989John Sessions On The Spot6 episodes
1988Menace UnseenLarry Knight · 3 episodes
1987The New StatesmanLord Penistone · 1 episode★ 7.5
1987Porterhouse BlueZipser · 4 episodes★ 7.2
1986ScreenPlayJames Boswell · 1 episode
1986BoonBarney Spitz · 1 episode★ 5.8
1985Girls On TopRodney · 1 episode★ 5.4
1985Happy FamiliesDean · 1 episode
1984Spitting Image132 episodes★ 7.2