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

Voss was born inLeicester, the elder son of James Voss, a pharmacist, and his wife, Viola (née Walmsley). He had a younger brother, John. When he and his family moved to the village ofWollaton, nearNottingham, he attendedNottingham High Pavement Grammar School. He joined a local amateur theatre and, afternational service with theRAF, trained for the stage atRADA.

Voss played roles in the Doctor Who serialsMarco Polo andThe Dominators,^[1]Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, the1981 Lord of the Rings radio series,^[2]Indian Summer, anRSC 1996 revival ofThe White Devil,The Brides in the Bath, two plays in theArkangel Shakespeare and a small role in an audio dramatisation of anAnton Chekhov short story.^[3] He also played recurring roles in the TV seriesFish as Ivan Vishnevski andVicious asIan McKellen's cynical brother Mason Thornhill.

Other credits include a stint at the London Shakespeare Workout, two roles for the Shared Experience Company (inThree Sisters andThe Seagull), and playing Serebryakov in a West End rendition of Anton Chekhov'sThe Wood Daemon. At the RSC during the 1990s, he played Menenius inCoriolanus, Sir Epicure Mammon inBen Jonson’sThe Alchemist, Ulysses inTroilus and Cressida,Malvolio inTwelfth Night,Shylock inThe Merchant of Venice, andProspero inThe Tempest.

From the 1970s onwards, Voss lived inBushey, Hertfordshire, with his partner, writer John Peacock. They entered into acivil partnership in 2006, and remained together until Peacock’s death in 2017. Voss died from cancer and complications ofCOVID-19 inWatford, Hertfordshire, on 13 November 2020, aged 84. He was survived by his brother.^[4]

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

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

• Philip Voss home Page
• Philip Voss atIMDb
• Philip Voss discography atDiscogs

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