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Jack Shepherd

Acting 85 (deceased) years old Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK ★ 0.8
Born: October 29, 1940
Died: November 24, 2025

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.

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Known For

Silent Witness
Silent Witness 1996
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead Ralph Palmer 2001
Omnibus
Omnibus Gaughin 1967
Boudica
Boudica Claudius 2003
A Woman at War
A Woman at War Tobias Moszkiewiez 1991

Filmography

Acting Credits (105)

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

Directing Credits (1)

Writing Credits (4)

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