Jack Shepherd
Known for Acting · 105 credits
- Born
- 1940-10-29
- Died
- 2025-11-24
- Place of birth
- Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
Jack Shepherd was an English actor, playwright, theatre director, saxophone player and jazz pianist, who made his film debut in 1969 with All Neat in Black Stockings and The Virgin Soldiers. He is perhaps best known for his television roles, most notably the title role in detective drama Wycliffe. His daughter Catherine Shepherd is also an actress.
Known For
TV Shows (42)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Magnus Soane
Play for Today
1970
as William Waite / Wallace Pidgeon
Silent Witness
1996
Waking the Dead
2001
as Ralph Palmer
Playhouse
1974
as Colin Brent
Omnibus
1967
as Self / Gaughin
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Tommy Smith / Des Hardy
Lovejoy
1986
as Jamie
Performance
1991
as Bertolt Brecht
Moving On
2009
as Charlie
Wycliffe
1994
as Detective Superintendent Wycliffe
Between the Lines
1992
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as H1B
Screen One
1989
as Blake
Churchill's People
1974
as Cornet Henry Denne
ScreenPlay
1986
as Johann Frink
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Jack Youngman
Budgie
1971
as PC Donnelly / Det. Constable Leadbetter
The Play on One
1988
as Paul / Malcolm Sloman
Rebellion
2016
as General William Lowe
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as David Belcito
The Jury
2002
as Ron Maher
Fearless
2017
as Arthur Banville
Thorne
2010
as Jim Thorne
Bill Brand
1976
as Bill Brand
The Chase
2006
Lorna Doone
2000
as Reuben Huckaback
Fixer
2008
Count Dracula
1977
as Renfield
The Nativity
2010
as Melchior
All About George
2005
as Gordon
The Politician's Husband
2013
as Joe Hoynes
Scorpion Tales
1978
as Mark Hawkins
London
2004
as Thomas de Quincey
Calling the Shots
1994
as Nick
Full House
1972
as Actor in Sketches
The Girls of Slender Means
1975
as Rudi Bittesch
The Mysteries
1985
as Lucifer / Judas / Satan
Shoot to Kill
1990
as DCC John Stalker
High Stakes
2001
World in Ferment
1969
as Doug Searchbaker
Red Letter Day
1976
as Phil Parish - Director
Movies (63)
The Golden Compass
2007
as Master
No Escape
1994
as Dysart
Escape from Sobibor
1987
as Itzhak Lichtman
Greed
2019
as Eric Weeks
Charlotte Gray
2001
as Pichon
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
as Referee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
Count Dracula
1977
as Renfield
Into the Storm
2009
as Neville Chamberlain
A Cock and Bull Story
2005
as Surgeon
Boudica
2003
as Claudius
Blue Ice
1992
as Stevens
The Big Man
1990
as Referee
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
as Brodi
Wonderland
1999
as Bill
The Martins
2001
as DI Tony Branch
God on Trial
2008
as Kuhn
Scoop
1987
as Corker
Lorna Doone
2001
as Reuben Huckaback
The Virgin Soldiers
1969
as Sgt Wellbeloved
The Other Boleyn Girl
2003
as Thomas Boleyn
The Object of Beauty
1991
as Marty Slaughter
Body Contact
1987
as Dickie Finn
The Bed Sitting Room
1969
as Underwater Vicar
Man and Boy
2002
as Paddy Silver
Trust Me
1992
as Blake
A Woman at War
1991
as Tobias Moszkiewiez
Twenty-One
1991
as Kenneth
Shoot to Kill
1990
as DCC John Stalker
Hard Travelling
1986
as Harry
The Party
1988
as Malcolm Sloman
The Only Boy for Me
2006
as Grandpa
Greyhawk
2014
as Howard
Roll On Four O'Clock
1970
as Jack Youngman
Crimestrike
1990
as Director of Public Prosecutions
A Dad for Christmas
2006
as Bert
The Act
1989
as Johann Frink
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989
The Hospice
1987
as Maybury
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
1976
as Phil Parish - Director
Lights and Shadows
1988
as Teo
Occupations
1974
as Antonio Gramsci
Nina
1978
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
1989
as Joe Marriot
All Neat in Black Stockings
1969
as Dwyer
Tales from Hollywood
1992
as Bertolt Brecht
Sons and Lovers
1981
as Baxter Dawes
The Scarlet Tunic
1998
as Dr. Edward Grove
Something to Hide
1972
as Joe Pepper
A Pint of Plain
1975
Through the Night
1975
as Dr Pearce
The Angry Earth
1989
as Doctor Price
Misterioso
1991
as Paul Webster
The Ballad of Ben Bagot
1973
as Willy Lit
All About George
2005
as Gordon
Van Gogh
1990
as Paul Gaugin
Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?
1974
as Wallace Pidgeon
A Room for the Winter
1981
as James van Stanten
Blue Black Permanent
1992
as Philip Lomax
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978
as H1B
The Unborn
1980
as Colin
Hope In The Year Two
1994
as Prisoner
Two Days That Shook the Branch
1978
as Des Hardy
All Good Men
1974
About Jack Shepherd
Jack Shepherd was an English actor, playwright, theatre director, saxophone player and jazz pianist, who made his film debut in 1969 with All Neat in Black Stockings and The Virgin Soldiers. He is perhaps best known for his television roles, most notably the title role in detective drama Wycliffe. His daughter Catherine Shepherd is also an actress. With 105 credits spanning from 1967 to 2019, Jack Shepherd has appeared in 63 films and 42 TV shows.
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- The Golden Compass (2007) — as Master
- No Escape (1994) — as Dysart
- Escape from Sobibor (1987) — as Itzhak Lichtman
- Greed (2019) — as Eric Weeks
- Charlotte Gray (2001) — as Pichon
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