
Jack Shepherd
Known for Acting · 108 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 (45)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Magnus Soane

Silent Witness
1996

Play for Today
1970
as William Waite / Wallace Pidgeon

Waking the Dead
2001
as Ralph Palmer

Omnibus
1967
as Self / Gaughin

Screen Two
1985
as Harry / Prisoner

Wycliffe
1994
as Detective Superintendent Wycliffe

Playhouse
1974
as Colin Brent

ITV Playhouse
1967
as Tommy Smith / Des Hardy

Lovejoy
1986
as Jamie

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Jack Youngman

Performance
1991
as Bertolt Brecht

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as H1B

ScreenPlay
1986
as Johann Frink

Moving On
2009
as Charlie

Churchill's People
1974
as Cornet Henry Denne

Between the Lines
1992

Screen One
1989
as Blake

Rebellion
2016
as General William Lowe

Budgie
1971
as PC Donnelly / Det. Constable Leadbetter

The Play on One
1988
as Paul / Malcolm Sloman

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as David Belcito
Second City Firsts
1973
as Gordon

The Jury
2002
as Ron Maher

Thorne
2010
as Jim Thorne

Bill Brand
1976
as Bill Brand

Fixer
2008

Lorna Doone
2000
as Reuben Huckaback

The Chase
2006

Fearless
2017
as Arthur Banville

The Politician's Husband
2013
as Joe Hoynes

The Nativity
2010
as Melchior
London
2004
as Thomas de Quincey

Scorpion Tales
1978
as Mark Hawkins

Count Dracula
1977
as Renfield

High Stakes
2001

All About George
2005
as Gordon
Full House
1972
as Actor in Sketches
Plays of Today
1969
as Weaver

The Girls of Slender Means
1975
as Rudi Bittesch
World in Ferment
1969
as Doug Searchbaker

Calling the Shots
1994
as Nick

The Mysteries
1985
as Lucifer / Judas / Satan

Shoot to Kill
1990
as DCC John Stalker

Red Letter Day
1976
as Phil Parish - Director
Movies (63)

The Golden Compass
2007
as Master

No Escape
1994
as Dysart

Greed
2019
as Eric Weeks

Escape from Sobibor
1987
as Itzhak Lichtman

Scoop
1987
as Corker

Count Dracula
1977
as Renfield

A Cock and Bull Story
2005
as Surgeon

Charlotte Gray
2001
as Pichon

The Object of Beauty
1991
as Marty Slaughter

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
as Brodi

Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
as Referee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)

Into the Storm
2009
as Neville Chamberlain

The Other Boleyn Girl
2003
as Thomas Boleyn

Blue Ice
1992
as Stevens

The Bed Sitting Room
1969
as Underwater Vicar

The Big Man
1990
as Referee

Lorna Doone
2001
as Reuben Huckaback

The Martins
2001
as DI Tony Branch

A Pint of Plain
1975

Boudica
2003
as Claudius

Man and Boy
2002
as Paddy Silver

Wonderland
1999
as Bill

A Dad for Christmas
2006
as Bert

God on Trial
2008
as Kuhn

The Act
1989
as Johann Frink

Sons and Lovers
1981
as Baxter Dawes

Trust Me
1992
as Blake

Something to Hide
1972
as Joe Pepper

The Virgin Soldiers
1969
as Sgt Wellbeloved
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
1989
as Joe Marriot

Hard Travelling
1986
as Harry

The Party
1988
as Malcolm Sloman

The Scarlet Tunic
1998
as Dr. Edward Grove
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989

Twenty-One
1991
as Kenneth

Shoot to Kill
1990
as DCC John Stalker

Van Gogh
1990
as Paul Gaugin
Crimestrike
1990
as Director of Public Prosecutions

Through the Night
1975
as Dr Pearce

The Hospice
1987
as Maybury

A Woman at War
1991
as Tobias Moszkiewiez

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978
as H1B

Body Contact
1987
as Dickie Finn

All Neat in Black Stockings
1969
as Dwyer
A Room for the Winter
1981
as James van Stanten

The Angry Earth
1989
as Doctor Price

All Good Men
1974
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
1976
as Phil Parish - Director

Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?
1974
as Wallace Pidgeon

Occupations
1974
as Antonio Gramsci
Two Days That Shook the Branch
1978
as Des Hardy

Nina
1978
The Only Boy for Me
2006
as Grandpa
Lights and Shadows
1988
as Teo

Tales from Hollywood
1992
as Bertolt Brecht

Greyhawk
2014
as Howard

Roll On Four O'Clock
1970
as Jack Youngman

All About George
2005
as Gordon

The Unborn
1980
as Colin

Blue Black Permanent
1992
as Philip Lomax

Misterioso
1991
as Paul Webster

The Ballad of Ben Bagot
1973
as Willy Lit

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 108 credits spanning from 1967 to 2019, Jack Shepherd has appeared in 63 films and 45 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jack Shepherd Movies
- The Golden Compass (2007) — as Master
- No Escape (1994) — as Dysart
- Greed (2019) — as Eric Weeks
- Escape from Sobibor (1987) — as Itzhak Lichtman
- Scoop (1987) — as Corker
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