Philip Voss
Philip Voss (born 1936) is a British stage, radio, film and television actor who has been active since the 1960s. He played roles in the Doctor Who serial Marco Polo,[1] Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, the 1981 Lord of the Rings radio series,[2] 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 Chekov short story.[3] More recently, he played recurring roles in the TV series Fish as Ivan Vishnevski and Vicious as Ian McKellen's cynical brother Mason.
Philip Voss | |
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Born | 1936 (age 83–84) Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Stage actor Radio actor Film actor Television actor |
Years active | 1963–present |
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 Chekov's The Wood Daemon.
Career
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1974 | Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell | Ernst | |
1980 | Hopscotch | Helicopter Pilot | |
1983 | Octopussy | Auctioneer | |
1986 | Lady Jane | Herald | |
Clockwise | Headmaster #9 | ||
1990 | Mountains of the Moon | Colonel Rigby | |
1992 | Northern Crescent | Education Chief | |
1993 | The Secret Rapture | Civil Servant | |
1994 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | Laura's Father - Wedding One | |
1996 | Indian Summer | Duncan | |
2013 | About Time | Theatre Judge |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1963 | Suspense | Randolph Yerbray | Season 2, Episode 31: "The White Hot Coal" |
Maupassant | Belloncle | Season 1, Episode 10: "Bachelors" | |
1964 | No Hiding Place | Jaroslav Konowski | Season 6, Episode 2: "Who Takes the Blame?" |
1964
1968 |
Doctor Who | Acomat
Wahed |
Season 1: (3 episodes)
Season 6, Episode 1: "The Dominators: Episode 1" |
1965 | Out of the Unknown | Police Officer | Season 1, Episode 5: "Time in Advance" |
1967 | Theatre 625 | Piotr Ollendorf | Season 4, Episode 15 "Hotel Torpe" |
1968 | Virgin of the Secret Service | Captain Nigel Bratby | Season 1, Episode 6: |"The Rajah and the Suffragette" |
1970 | The Troubleshooters | Bosun | Season 6, Episode 1: "The Slick and the Dread" |
1971 | Elizabeth R | King Richard | TV Mini-series |
1972 | Crime of Passion | Chief Inspector Marsan | Season 3, Episode 11: "Baptiste" |
1974 | Dial M for Murder | Inspector | Season 1, Episode 13: "Recording Angel" |
Melissa | Detective Chief Inspector Carter | Season 1: (3 episodes) | |
1975 | Raffles | Albany Manager | Season 1, Episode 1: "The Amateur Cracksman" |
1977 | Jubilee | Newsreader | Season 1, Episode 4: "Nanny's Boy" |
1978 | Lillie | Edward Carson | Season 1, Episode 11: "Mr. Jersey" |
1980 | Crossroads | Raymond Hilier | Season 1, Episode 3254 |
Spy! | Solms | Season 1, Episode 5: "The Venlo Incident" | |
Ladykillers | Auguste de Mean | Season 1, Episode 6: "Miss Madeleine Smith" | |
Escape | Unknown | Season 1, Episode 2: "Hijack to Mogadishu" | |
1983 | Pig in the Middle | Police Inspector | Season 3: (2 episodes) |
Goodnight and God Bless | George | Season 1, Episode 3: "Did You Hear the One About?" | |
1985 | C.A.T.S Eyes | Mr. Jenkins | Season 1, Episode 11: "Fingers" |
Shine on Harvey Moon | Vicar | Season 4, Episode 2: "Anything Goes" | |
Me and the Girls | Professor Lembach | TV Movie | |
1986 | Murrow | Censor | TV Movie |
1987 | Inspector Morse | Coroner | Season 1: (2 episodes) |
Floodtide | Vicar | TV Mini-series | |
1994 | The Dwelling Place | Cunnimgham | Season 1: (3 episodes) |
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Shepard
Judge |
Season 2, Episode 5: "The Winter's Tale" | |
1995 | A Village Affair | Richard Jordan | TV Movie |
Boon | Jeremy Walters | Season 7, Episode 14: "Thieves Like Us" | |
1996 | Testament: The Bible in Animation | Lord Potiphar
Judge |
Season 1, Episode 7: "Joseph" |
A Royal Scandal | Sir Robert Gifford | TV Movie | |
1999 | Where the Heart Is | Gerald Webster | Season 3, Episode 14: "The Letter" |
Let Them Eat Cake | Physician | Season 1, Episode 1: "The Pox" | |
2000 | In Motion | Narrator | TV short |
Fish | Ivan Vishnevski | Season 1: (6 episodes) | |
Trial & Retribution | Lord Justice Henry Bradpiece | Season 4, Episode 2 | |
North Square | Judge Christopher Darling | Season 1, Episode 1 | |
Second Sight: Hide and Seek | David Ingham | TV Movie | |
2002 | Dinotopia | Cortez | Season 1, Episode 3: "Handful of Dust" |
2003 | The Brides in the Bath | Mr. Justice Scrutton | TV Movie |
2011 | Law & Order: UK | Justice Reynolds | Season 6, Episode 5: "Line Up" |
2013–2016 | Vicious | Mason Thornhill | Season 1: (4 episodes) / Season 2: (6 episodes) |
Theatre
- Ivanov as Shabelsky, Director Trevor Nunn, National Theatre
- Love's Labour Lost as Boyer, Director Trevor Nunn, National Theatre
- As You Like It as Jacques, 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
- Doctor Who BBC Home. Retrieved March 2011
- Philip Voss naxos.com. Retrieved March 201
- The Black Monk BBC Radio 4. Retrieved March 2011