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Jack Shepherd

Jack Shepherd

Known for: Acting

Born 29/10/1940
Died 2025-11-24
Place of birth Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK

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

Midsomer Murders Series ★ 7,5

Midsomer Murders

Magnus Soane

1997

Silent Witness Series ★ 7,5

Silent Witness

1996

Play for Today Series ★ 6,6

Play for Today

William Waite

1970

Play for Today Series ★ 6,6

Play for Today

Wallace Pidgeon

1970

Wycliffe Series ★ 6,0

Wycliffe

Detective Superintendent Wycliffe

1994

Waking the Dead Series ★ 7,3

Waking the Dead

Ralph Palmer

2001

Omnibus Series ★ 7,2

Omnibus

Self

1967

Omnibus Series ★ 7,2

Omnibus

Gaughin

1967

Screen Two Series ★ 7,1

Screen Two

Harry

1985

Screen Two Series ★ 7,1

Screen Two

Prisoner

1985

Playhouse Series ★ 7,0

Playhouse

Colin Brent

1974

ITV Playhouse Series ★ 7,0

ITV Playhouse

Tommy Smith

1967

ITV Playhouse Series ★ 7,0

ITV Playhouse

Des Hardy

1967

Lovejoy Series ★ 7,4

Lovejoy

Jamie

1986

ITV Saturday Night Theatre Series ★ 7,0

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Jack Youngman

1969

BBC2 Play of the Week Series ★ 7,0

BBC2 Play of the Week

H1B

1977

Series

Second City Firsts

Gordon

1973

ScreenPlay Series ★ 6,0

ScreenPlay

Johann Frink

1986

Performance Series ★ 6,3

Performance

Bertolt Brecht

1991

Moving On Series ★ 7,1

Moving On

Charlie

2009

Churchill's People Series ★ 5,0

Churchill's People

Cornet Henry Denne

1974

Between the Lines Series ★ 5,5

Between the Lines

1992

Screen One Series ★ 7,2

Screen One

Blake

1989

The Golden Compass Film ★ 6,1

The Golden Compass

Master

2007

Rebellion Series ★ 7,0

Rebellion

General William Lowe

2016

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries Series ★ 6,8

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

David Belcito

1973

Budgie Series ★ 7,2

Budgie

PC Donnelly

1971

Budgie Series ★ 7,2

Budgie

Det. Constable Leadbetter

1971

The Play on One Series ★ 6,0

The Play on One

Paul

1988

The Play on One Series ★ 6,0

The Play on One

Malcolm Sloman

1988

The Jury Series ★ 7,0

The Jury

Ron Maher

2002

Thorne Series ★ 6,5

Thorne

Jim Thorne

2010

Bill Brand Series ★ 7,3

Bill Brand

Bill Brand

1976

No Escape Film ★ 6,2

No Escape

Dysart

1994

Lorna Doone Series ★ 7,7

Lorna Doone

Reuben Huckaback

2000

Fixer Series ★ 6,6

Fixer

2008

Fearless Series ★ 6,7

Fearless

Arthur Banville

2017

The Chase Series ★ 6,5

The Chase

2006

The Politician's Husband Series ★ 6,8

The Politician's Husband

Joe Hoynes

2013

The Nativity Series ★ 8,8

The Nativity

Melchior

2010

Count Dracula Film ★ 7,0

Count Dracula

Renfield

1977

Greed Film ★ 5,6

Greed

Eric Weeks

2019

Scorpion Tales Series ★ 7,3

Scorpion Tales

Mark Hawkins

1978

Series ★ 10,0

London

Thomas de Quincey

2004

All About George Series

All About George

2005

All About George Series

All About George

Gordon

2005

Escape from Sobibor Film ★ 7,2

Escape from Sobibor

Itzhak Lichtman

1987

Charlotte Gray Film ★ 6,2

Charlotte Gray

Pichon

2001

High Stakes Series ★ 6,5

High Stakes

2001

Series

Full House

Actor in Sketches

1972

Count Dracula Series ★ 9,0

Count Dracula

Renfield

1977

A Cock and Bull Story Film ★ 6,2

A Cock and Bull Story

Surgeon

2005

The Object of Beauty Film ★ 5,2

The Object of Beauty

Marty Slaughter

1991

The Other Boleyn Girl Film ★ 7,2

The Other Boleyn Girl

Thomas Boleyn

2003

The Big Man Film ★ 4,9

The Big Man

Referee

1990

Series ★ 10,0

World in Ferment

Doug Searchbaker

1969

Into the Storm Film ★ 6,4

Into the Storm

Neville Chamberlain

2009

Scoop Film ★ 5,7

Scoop

Corker

1987

The Mysteries Series

The Mysteries

Lucifer / Judas / Satan

1985

Ultimate Fights from the Movies Film ★ 5,1

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

Referee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)

2002

The Girls of Slender Means Series ★ 3,7

The Girls of Slender Means

Rudi Bittesch

1975

Lorna Doone Film ★ 5,8

Lorna Doone

Reuben Huckaback

2001

Blue Ice Film ★ 5,3

Blue Ice

Stevens

1992

The Bed Sitting Room Film ★ 5,9

The Bed Sitting Room

Underwater Vicar

1969

Shoot to Kill Series ★ 7,0

Shoot to Kill

DCC John Stalker

1990

Boudica Film ★ 4,8

Boudica

Claudius

2003

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story Film ★ 5,9

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Brodi

1989

Wonderland Film ★ 6,5

Wonderland

Bill

1999

The Martins Film ★ 5,4

The Martins

DI Tony Branch

2001

Calling the Shots Series ★ 8,0

Calling the Shots

Nick

1994

A Pint of Plain Film

A Pint of Plain

1975

A Dad for Christmas Film ★ 6,6

A Dad for Christmas

Bert

2006

Series

Plays of Today

Weaver

1969

God on Trial Film ★ 6,8

God on Trial

Kuhn

2008

The Act Film

The Act

Johann Frink

1989

Red Letter Day Series ★ 6,0

Red Letter Day

Phil Parish - Director

1976

Man and Boy Film ★ 5,4

Man and Boy

Paddy Silver

2002

Trust Me Film ★ 8,5

Trust Me

Blake

1992

Sons and Lovers Film

Sons and Lovers

Baxter Dawes

1981

The Party Film

The Party

Malcolm Sloman

1988

The Virgin Soldiers Film ★ 6,8

The Virgin Soldiers

Sgt Wellbeloved

1969

Film ★ 4,9

Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage

Joe Marriot

1989

Something to Hide Film ★ 5,8

Something to Hide

Joe Pepper

1972

Twenty-One Film ★ 4,9

Twenty-One

Kenneth

1991

Body Contact Film ★ 5,6

Body Contact

Dickie Finn

1987

The Angry Earth Film ★ 4,7

The Angry Earth

Doctor Price

1989

Film

Nobody Here But Us Chickens

1989

All Neat in Black Stockings Film ★ 4,0

All Neat in Black Stockings

Dwyer

1969

Van Gogh Film ★ 1,0

Van Gogh

Paul Gaugin

1990

Film ★ 7,0

Crimestrike

Director of Public Prosecutions

1990

The Hospice Film ★ 7,0

The Hospice

Maybury

1987

All Good Men Film

All Good Men

1974

Shoot to Kill Film

Shoot to Kill

DCC John Stalker

1990

Occupations Film

Occupations

Antonio Gramsci

1974

Hard Travelling Film

Hard Travelling

Harry

1986

A Woman at War Film ★ 6,5

A Woman at War

Tobias Moszkiewiez

1991

Film ★ 4,0

The Only Boy for Me

Grandpa

2006

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat Film

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

H1B

1978

Nina Film ★ 4,8

Nina

1978

The Scarlet Tunic Film ★ 5,1

The Scarlet Tunic

Dr. Edward Grove

1998

Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove? Film

Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?

Wallace Pidgeon

1974

Film ★ 3,3

A Room for the Winter

James van Stanten

1981

Film ★ 10,0

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

Phil Parish - Director

1976

Tales from Hollywood Film ★ 3,0

Tales from Hollywood

Bertolt Brecht

1992

Film

Two Days That Shook the Branch

Des Hardy

1978

Through the Night Film

Through the Night

Dr Pearce

1975

Roll On Four O'Clock Film ★ 6,0

Roll On Four O'Clock

Jack Youngman

1970

Greyhawk Film ★ 6,4

Greyhawk

Howard

2014

Film ★ 6,1

Lights and Shadows

Teo

1988

The Unborn Film ★ 8,0

The Unborn

Colin

1980

All About George Film ★ 10,0

All About George

Gordon

2005

Blue Black Permanent Film ★ 5,6

Blue Black Permanent

Philip Lomax

1992

Misterioso Film

Misterioso

Paul Webster

1991

The Ballad of Ben Bagot Film

The Ballad of Ben Bagot

Willy Lit

1973

Hope In The Year Two Film ★ 7,0

Hope In The Year Two

Prisoner

1994