Philip James Voss (20 August 1936 – 13 November 2020) was a British stage, radio, film and television actor.

Early life Voss was born to pharmacist James Voss and his wife, Viola (née Walmsley) in Leicester. He had a younger brother, John. When he and his family moved to the village of Wollaton, near Nottingham, he attended Nottingham High Pavement Grammar School. He joined a local amateur theatre and, after national service with the RAF, trained for the stage at RADA.

Career Voss played roles in the Doctor Who serials Marco Polo and The Dominators,Doctor Who BBC Home. Retrieved March 2011 Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, the 1981 Lord of the Rings radio series,Philip Voss naxos.com. Retrieved March 201 Indian Summer, an RSC 1996 revival of The White Devil, The Brides in the Bath, two plays in the Arkangel Shakespeare and a small role in an audio dramatisation of an Anton Chekhov short story.The Black Monk BBC Radio 4. Retrieved March 2011 He also played recurring roles in the TV series Fish as Ivan Vishnevski and Vicious as Ian McKellen's cynical brother Mason Thornhill.

Other credits include a stint at the London Shakespeare Workout, two roles for the Shared Experience Company (in Three Sisters and The Seagull), and playing Serebryakov in a West End rendition of Anton Chekhov's The Wood Daemon. At the RSC during the 1990s, he played Menenius in Coriolanus, Sir Epicure Mammon in Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist, Ulysses in Troilus and Cressida, Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, and Prospero in The Tempest.

Personal life and death From the 1970s onwards, Voss lived in Bushey, Hertfordshire, with his partner, writer John Peacock. They entered into a civil partnership in 2006, and remained together until Peacock’s death in 2017. Voss died from cancer and complications of COVID-19 in Watford, Hertfordshire, on 13 November 2020, aged 84.

Filmography

Film YearTitleRoleNotes1974Frankenstein and the Monster from HellErnst1980HopscotchHelicopter PilotWrong Philip Voss1983OctopussyAuctioneer1986Lady JaneHeraldClockwiseHeadmaster #91990Mountains of the MoonColonel Rigby1992Northern CrescentEducation Chief1993The Secret RaptureCivil Servant1994Four Weddings and a FuneralLaura's Father - Wedding One1996Indian SummerDuncan2013About TimeTheatre Judge

Television YearTitleRoleNotes1963SuspenseRandolph YerbraySeason 2, episode 31: "The White Hot Coal"MaupassantBelloncleSeason 1, episode 10: "Bachelors"1964No Hiding PlaceJaroslav KonowskiSeason 6, episode 2: "Who Takes the Blame?"1964 1968Doctor WhoAcomat WahedSeason 1: "Marco Polo" (3 episodes) Season 6, episode 1: "The Dominators: episode 1"1965Out of the UnknownPolice OfficerSeason 1, episode 5: "Time in Advance"1967Theatre 625Piotr OllendorfSeason 4, episode 15 "Hotel Torpe"1968Virgin of the Secret ServiceCaptain Nigel BratbySeason 1, episode 6: |"The Rajah and the Suffragette"1970The TroubleshootersBosunSeason 6, episode 1: "The Slick and the Dread"1971Elizabeth RKing RichardTV mini-series1972Crime of PassionChief Inspector MarsanSeason 3, episode 11: "Baptiste"1974Dial M for MurderInspectorSeason 1, episode 13: "Recording Angel"MelissaDetective Chief Inspector CarterSeason 1: (3 episodes)1975RafflesAlbany ManagerSeason 1, episode 1: "The Amateur Cracksman"1977JubileeNewsreaderSeason 1, episode 4: "Nanny's Boy"1978LillieEdward CarsonSeason 1, episode 11: "Mr. Jersey"1980CrossroadsRaymond HilierSeason 1, episode 3254Spy!SolmsSeason 1, episode 5: "The Venlo Incident"Lady KillersAuguste de MeanSeason 1, episode 6: "Miss Madeleine Smith"EscapeUnknownSeason 1, episode 2: "Hijack to Mogadishu"1983Pig in the MiddlePolice InspectorSeason 3: (2 episodes)Goodnight and God BlessGeorgeSeason 1, episode 3: "Did You Hear the One About?"1985C.A.T.S. EyesMr. JenkinsSeason 1, episode 11: "Fingers"Shine on Harvey MoonVicarSeason 4, episode 2: "Anything Goes"Me and the GirlsProfessor LembachTV movie1986MurrowCensorTV movie1987Inspector MorseCoronerSeason 1: (2 episodes)FloodtideVicarTV mini-series1994The Dwelling PlaceCunnimghamSeason 1: (3 episodes)Shakespeare: The Animated TalesShepard JudgeSeason 2, episode 5: "The Winter's Tale"1995A Village AffairRichard JordanTV movieBoonJeremy WaltersSeason 7, episode 14: "Thieves Like Us"1996Testament: The Bible in AnimationLord Potiphar JudgeSeason 1, episode 7: "Joseph"A Royal ScandalSir Robert GiffordTV movie1999Where the Heart IsGerald WebsterSeason 3, episode 14: "The Letter"Let Them Eat CakePhysicianSeason 1, episode 1: "The Pox"2000In MotionNarratorTV shortFishIvan VishnevskiSeason 1: (6 episodes)Trial & RetributionLord Justice Henry BradpieceSeason 4, episode 2North SquareJudge Christopher DarlingSeason 1, episode 1Second Sight: Hide and SeekDavid InghamTV movie2002DinotopiaCortezSeason 1, episode 3: "Handful of Dust"2003The Brides in the BathMr. Justice ScruttonTV movie2011Law & Order: UKJustice ReynoldsSeason 6, episode 5: "Line Up"2013–2016ViciousMason ThornhillSeason 1: (4 episodes) / Season 2: (6 episodes)

Theatre Ivanov as Shabelsky, Director Trevor Nunn, National Theatre Love's Labour Lost as Boyet, Director Trevor Nunn, National Theatre As You Like It as Jaques, Director Peter Hall, Theatre Royal Bath/USA The Royal Hunt of the Sun as Miguel Estete, National Theatre Uncle Vanya as Alexandr Vladmiirovich Serebryakov, Director Hugh Fraser, Wilton's Music Hall The Giant as Lodovico/Soderini, Director Gregory Doran, Hampstead Theatre The Circle as Lord Porteous, Director Joanthan Church, Chichester Festival Theatre Apologia as Hugh, Director Josie Rourke, Bush Theatre Canary (2010) as Older Tom, Director Hettie MacDonald, Liverpool Everyman

Radio Aspects of Love as Sir George, BBC Radio The Lord of the Rings as the Lord of the Nazgûl, BBC Radio Tulips in Winter as Rabbi Menasseh Ben Israel, BBC Radio

References

External links Philip Voss home Page