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Jack Shepherd

Jack Shepherd

Acting1940Leeds, 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.

Acting History

2019
Greed
as Eric Weeks
2017
Fearless
TVas Arthur Banville6 eps
2016
Rebellion
TVas General William Lowe
2015
Midsomer Murders
TVas Magnus Soane1 eps
2014
Greyhawk
as Howard
2013
Moving On
TVas Charlie1 eps
2011
Waking the Dead
TVas Ralph Palmer2 eps
2010
Thorne
TVas Jim Thorne
2009
Into the Storm
as Neville Chamberlain
2008
2007
2005
2004
London
TVas Thomas de Quincey3 eps
2003
Warrior Queen
as Claudius
The Other Boleyn Girl
as Thomas Boleyn
2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
as Referee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
Man and Boy
as Paddy Silver
2001
Lorna Doone
as Reuben Huckaback
The Martins
as DI Tony Branch
1999
Wonderland
as Bill
1998
The Scarlet Tunic
as Dr. Edward Grove
Wycliffe
TVDirector1 eps
1994
No Escape
as Dysart
Wycliffe
TVas Detective Superintendent Wycliffe36 eps
1993
Lovejoy
TVas Jamie1 eps
1992
Blue Ice
as Stevens
Blue Black Permanent
as Philip Lomax
Trust Me
as Blake
Tales from Hollywood
as Bertolt Brecht
Performance
TVas Bertolt Brecht1 eps
1991
The Object of Beauty
as Marty Slaughter
Twenty-one
as Kenneth
A Woman at War
as Tobias Moszkiewiez
Misterioso
as Paul Webster
1990
The Big Man
as Referee
Shoot to Kill
as DCC John Stalker
Van Gogh
as Paul Gaugin
Omnibus
TVas Gaughin1 eps
1988
The Party
as Malcolm Sloman
The Play on One
TVas Paul / Malcolm Sloman
1987
Scoop
as Corker
Escape from Sobibor
as Itzhak Lichtman
Body Contact
as Dickie Finn
The Hospice
as Maybury
1986
1981
A Room for the Winter
as James van Stanten
1980
The Unborn
as Colin
Playhouse
TVas Colin Brent1 eps
1977
Count Dracula
as Renfield
1976
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
as Phil Parish - Director
1975
Through the Night
as Dr Pearce
1974
Play for Today
TVas Wallace Pidgeon1 eps
Churchill's People
TVas Cornet Henry Denne
Playhouse
TVWriter
1973
1972
Something to Hide
as Joe Pepper
1971
Budgie
TVas Det. Constable Leadbetter / PC Donnelly
1969
The Bed Sitting Room
as Underwater Vicar
The Virgin Soldiers
as Sgt Wellbeloved

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/29/1940
Day of Death
11/24/2025
Place of Birth
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK