Jack Shepherd
Known for Acting · 112 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 (49)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Magnus Soane
Play for Today
1970
as William Waite / Wallace Pidgeon
Silent Witness
1996
Screen Two
1985
as Harry / Prisoner
American Playhouse
1982
as Bertolt Brecht
Playhouse
1974
as Colin Brent
Omnibus
1967
as Self / Gaughin
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as H1B
Waking the Dead
2001
as Ralph Palmer
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Tommy Smith / Des Hardy
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as 'Wing Nut' Williams
Wycliffe
1994
as Detective Superintendent Wycliffe
Performance
1991
as Bertolt Brecht
Lovejoy
1986
as Jamie
Between the Lines
1992
Moving On
2009
as Charlie
Churchill's People
1974
as Cornet Henry Denne
ScreenPlay
1986
as Johann Frink
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Jack Youngman
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as David Belcito
The Play on One
1988
as Malcolm Sloman / Paul
Screen One
1989
as Blake
Rebellion
2016
as General William Lowe
Budgie
1971
as PC Donnelly / Det. Constable Leadbetter
Second City Firsts
1973
as Gordon
The Jury
2002
as Ron Maher
Bill Brand
1976
as Bill Brand
Thorne
2010
as Jim Thorne
Full House
1972
as Actor in Sketches
Fearless
2017
as Arthur Banville
The Fixer
2008
The Chase
2006
The Politician's Husband
2013
as Joe Hoynes
Lorna Doone
2000
as Reuben Huckaback
4 Play
1989
as Mr. Allsop
The Mysteries
1985
as Lucifer / Judas / Satan
Scorpion Tales
1978
as Mark Hawkins
The Nativity
2010
as Melchior
Trapped
1967
as Webber
London
2004
as Thomas de Quincey
All About George
2005
as Gordon
High Stakes
2001
Red Letter Day
1976
as Phil Parish - Director
Plays of Today
1969
as Weaver
Count Dracula
1977
as Renfield
Calling the Shots
1994
as Nick
The Girls of Slender Means
1975
as Rudi Bittesch
Shoot to Kill
1990
as DCC John Stalker
World in Ferment
1969
as Doug Searchbaker
Movies (63)
The Golden Compass
2007
as Master
Van Gogh
1990
as Paul Gaugin
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
as Referee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
No Escape
1994
as Dysart
Wonderland
1999
as Bill
The Other Boleyn Girl
2003
as Thomas Boleyn
Escape from Sobibor
1987
as Itzhak Lichtman
A Cock and Bull Story
2005
as Surgeon
Blue Ice
1992
as Stevens
Twenty-One
1991
as Kenneth
Charlotte Gray
2001
as Pichon
The Bed Sitting Room
1969
as Underwater Vicar
Nina
1978
The Hospice
1987
as Maybury
Greed
2019
as Eric Weeks
Occupations
1974
as Antonio Gramsci
The Object of Beauty
1991
as Marty Slaughter
The Only Boy for Me
2006
as Grandpa
Into the Storm
2009
as Neville Chamberlain
Scoop
1987
as Corker
Lorna Doone
2001
as Reuben Huckaback
The Party
1988
as Malcolm Sloman
The Act
1989
as Johann Frink
The Virgin Soldiers
1969
as Sgt Wellbeloved
Man and Boy
2002
as Paddy Silver
The Big Man
1990
as Referee
Boudica
2003
as Claudius
Count Dracula
1977
as Renfield
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978
as H1B
Lights and Shadows
1988
as Teo
All Good Men
1974
All About George
2005
as Gordon
All Neat in Black Stockings
1969
as Dwyer
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
as Brodi
God on Trial
2008
as Kuhn
A Dad for Christmas
2006
as Bert
Tales from Hollywood
1992
as Bertolt Brecht
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989
A Pint of Plain
1975
A Woman at War
1991
as Tobias Moszkiewiez
Body Contact
1987
as Dickie Finn
Hard Travelling
1986
as Harry
The Angry Earth
1989
as Doctor Price
The Martins
2001
as DI Tony Branch
Two Days That Shook the Branch
1978
as Des Hardy
Something to Hide
1972
as Joe Pepper
Shoot to Kill
1990
as DCC John Stalker
Blue Black Permanent
1992
as Philip Lomax
Misterioso
1991
as Paul Webster
The Scarlet Tunic
1998
as Dr. Edward Grove
Trust Me
1992
as Blake
Sons and Lovers
1981
as Baxter Dawes
Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?
1974
as Wallace Pidgeon
The Unborn
1980
as Colin
Greyhawk
2014
as Howard
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
1989
as Joe Marriot
A Room for the Winter
1981
as James van Stanten
Through the Night
1975
as Dr Pearce
The Ballad of Ben Bagot
1973
as Willy Lit
Roll On Four O'Clock
1970
as Jack Youngman
Crimestrike
1990
as Director of Public Prosecutions
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
1976
as Phil Parish - Director
Hope In The Year Two
1994
as Prisoner
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 112 credits spanning from 1965 to 2019, Jack Shepherd has appeared in 63 films and 49 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jack Shepherd Movies
- The Golden Compass (2007) — as Master
- Van Gogh (1990) — as Paul Gaugin
- Ultimate Fights from the Movies (2002) — as Referee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
- No Escape (1994) — as Dysart
- Wonderland (1999) — as Bill
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