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Jack Shepherd
Jack Shepherd

Jack Shepherd

ActingBorn October 29, 1940Died November 24, 2025 (age 85)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.

Filmography

2019
Greed

as Eric Weeks

Movie
2017
Fearless

as Arthur Banville

TV
2016
Rebellion

as General William Lowe

TV
2014
Greyhawk

as Howard

Movie
2013TV
2010
The Nativity

as Melchior

TV
2010
Thorne

as Jim Thorne

TV
2009
Into the Storm

as Neville Chamberlain

Movie
2009
Moving On

as Charlie

TV
2008Movie
2008TV
2007Movie
2006Movie
2006Movie
2006TV
2005Movie
2005TV
2005Movie
2004
London

as Thomas de Quincey

TV
2003
Boudica

as Claudius

Movie
2003
The Other Boleyn Girl

as Thomas Boleyn

Movie
2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies

as Referee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)

Movie
2002
Man and Boy

as Paddy Silver

Movie
2002
The Jury

as Ron Maher

TV
2001Movie
2001
The Martins

as DI Tony Branch

Movie
2001
Waking the Dead

as Ralph Palmer

TV
2001
Lorna Doone

as Reuben Huckaback

Movie
2000
Lorna Doone

as Reuben Huckaback

TV
1999
Wonderland

as Bill

Movie
1998
The Scarlet Tunic

as Dr. Edward Grove

Movie
1997
Midsomer Murders

as Magnus Soane

TV
1994
Wycliffe

as Detective Superintendent Wycliffe

TV
1994Movie
1994
No Escape

as Dysart

Movie
1994TV
1992
Trust Me

as Blake

Movie
1992
Tales from Hollywood

as Bertolt Brecht

Movie
1992
Blue Ice

as Stevens

Movie
1992
Blue Black Permanent

as Philip Lomax

Movie
1991
Performance

as Bertolt Brecht

TV
1991
Twenty-One

as Kenneth

Movie
1991
A Woman at War

as Tobias Moszkiewiez

Movie
1991
Misterioso

as Paul Webster

Movie
1991
The Object of Beauty

as Marty Slaughter

Movie
1990
Crimestrike

as Director of Public Prosecutions

Movie
1990
The Big Man

as Referee

Movie
1990
Van Gogh

as Paul Gaugin

Movie
1990
Shoot to Kill

as DCC John Stalker

Movie
1990
Shoot to Kill

as DCC John Stalker

TV
1989Movie
1989
Screen One

as Blake

TV
1989
The Act

as Johann Frink

Movie
1989
The Angry Earth

as Doctor Price

Movie
1988Movie
1988
The Party

as Malcolm Sloman

Movie
1988
The Play on One

as Malcolm Sloman

TV
1988TV
1987
Body Contact

as Dickie Finn

Movie
1987
Scoop

as Corker

Movie
1987
Escape from Sobibor

as Itzhak Lichtman

Movie
1987
The Hospice

as Maybury

Movie
1986
ScreenPlay

as Johann Frink

TV
1986Movie
1986
Lovejoy

as Jamie

TV
1985
The Mysteries

as Lucifer / Judas / Satan

TV
1985
Screen Two

as Harry

TV
1985
Screen Two

as Prisoner

TV
1981
A Room for the Winter

as James van Stanten

Movie
1981
Sons and Lovers

as Baxter Dawes

Movie
1980
The Unborn

as Colin

Movie
1978Movie
1978Movie
1978
Scorpion Tales

as Mark Hawkins

TV
1978Movie
1977
Count Dracula

as Renfield

Movie
1977
Count Dracula

as Renfield

TV
1976
Bill Brand

as Bill Brand

TV
1976
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

as Phil Parish - Director

Movie
1976
Red Letter Day

as Phil Parish - Director

TV
1975
Through the Night

as Dr Pearce

Movie
1975TV
1974
Churchill's People

as Cornet Henry Denne

TV
1974
Occupations

as Antonio Gramsci

Movie
1974
Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?

as Wallace Pidgeon

Movie
1974
Playhouse

as Colin Brent

TV
1974Movie
1973Movie
1973TV
1973TV
1972
Full House

as Actor in Sketches

TV
1972
Something to Hide

as Joe Pepper

Movie
1971
Budgie

as PC Donnelly

TV
1971
Budgie

as Det. Constable Leadbetter

TV
1970
Roll On Four O'Clock

as Jack Youngman

Movie
1970
Play for Today

as William Waite

TV
1970
Play for Today

as Wallace Pidgeon

TV
1969
The Virgin Soldiers

as Sgt Wellbeloved

Movie
1969TV
1969
World in Ferment

as Doug Searchbaker

TV
1969
The Bed Sitting Room

as Underwater Vicar

Movie
1969TV
1967
Omnibus

as Self

TV
1967
Omnibus

as Gaughin

TV
1967
ITV Playhouse

as Tommy Smith

TV
1967
ITV Playhouse

as Des Hardy

TV
1967
Trapped

as Webber

TV
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre

as 'Wing Nut' Williams

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 29, 1940
Day of DeathNovember 24, 2025
Place of BirthLeeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Popularity0.6