Jack Shepherd

Jack Shepherd

Acting • Born 1940-10-29 – Died 2025-11-24

Acting1Leeds, 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

105 credits
The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass

Movie • 2007

Master

God on Trial

God on Trial

Movie • 2008

Kuhn

Wonderland

Wonderland

Movie • 1999

Bill

Sons and Lovers

Sons and Lovers

Movie • 1981

Baxter Dawes

Into the Storm

Into the Storm

Movie • 2009

Neville Chamberlain

Man and Boy

Man and Boy

Movie • 2002

Paddy Silver

Trust Me

Trust Me

Movie • 1992

Blake

All Neat in Black Stockings

All Neat in Black Stockings

Movie • 1969

Dwyer

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

Movie • 2002

Referee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)

The Unborn

The Unborn

Movie • 1980

Colin

The Other Boleyn Girl

The Other Boleyn Girl

Movie • 2003

Thomas Boleyn

Blue Black Permanent

Blue Black Permanent

Movie • 1992

Philip Lomax

Twenty-one

Twenty-one

Movie • 1991

Kenneth

Body Contact

Body Contact

Movie • 1987

Dickie Finn

The Virgin Soldiers

The Virgin Soldiers

Movie • 1969

Sgt Wellbeloved

Hope In The Year Two

Hope In The Year Two

Movie • 1994

Prisoner

A Woman at War

A Woman at War

Movie • 1991

Tobias Moszkiewiez

A Dad for Christmas

A Dad for Christmas

Movie • 2006

Bert

Count Dracula

Count Dracula

Movie • 1977

Renfield

A Cock and Bull Story

A Cock and Bull Story

Movie • 2005

Surgeon

Nobody Here But Us Chickens

Nobody Here But Us Chickens

Movie • 1989

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

Movie • 1976

Phil Parish - Director

Escape from Sobibor

Escape from Sobibor

Movie • 1987

Itzhak Lichtman

Nina

Nina

Movie • 1978

All Good Men

All Good Men

Movie • 1974

Occupations

Occupations

Movie • 1974

Antonio Gramsci

Blue Ice

Blue Ice

Movie • 1992

Stevens

Greyhawk

Greyhawk

Movie • 2014

Howard

Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage

Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage

Movie • 1989

Joe Marriot

Shoot to Kill

Shoot to Kill

Movie • 1990

DCC John Stalker

Lights and Shadows

Lights and Shadows

Movie • 1988

Teo

No Escape

No Escape

Movie • 1994

Dysart

Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone

Movie • 2001

Reuben Huckaback

Two Days That Shook the Branch

Two Days That Shook the Branch

Movie • 1978

Des Hardy

The Act

The Act

Movie • 1989

Johann Frink

Misterioso

Misterioso

Movie • 1991

Paul Webster

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Movie • 1989

Brodi

The Big Man

The Big Man

Movie • 1990

Referee

A Pint of Plain

A Pint of Plain

Movie • 1975

Through the Night

Through the Night

Movie • 1975

Dr Pearce

The Bed Sitting Room

The Bed Sitting Room

Movie • 1969

Underwater Vicar

Charlotte Gray

Charlotte Gray

Movie • 2001

Pichon

The Object of Beauty

The Object of Beauty

Movie • 1991

Marty Slaughter

The Only Boy for Me

The Only Boy for Me

Movie • 2006

Grandpa

Tales from Hollywood

Tales from Hollywood

Movie • 1992

Bertolt Brecht

The Ballad of Ben Bagot

The Ballad of Ben Bagot

Movie • 1973

Willy Lit

The Hospice

The Hospice

Movie • 1987

Maybury

Something to Hide

Something to Hide

Movie • 1972

Joe Pepper

The Martins

The Martins

Movie • 2001

DI Tony Branch

The Scarlet Tunic

The Scarlet Tunic

Movie • 1998

Dr. Edward Grove

Roll On Four O'Clock

Roll On Four O'Clock

Movie • 1970

Jack Youngman

Scoop

Scoop

Movie • 1987

Corker

Greed

Greed

Movie • 2019

Eric Weeks

Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?

Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?

Movie • 1974

Wallace Pidgeon

A Room for the Winter

A Room for the Winter

Movie • 1981

James van Stanten

Hard Travelling

Hard Travelling

Movie • 1986

Harry

Crimestrike

Crimestrike

Movie • 1990

Director of Public Prosecutions

The Angry Earth

The Angry Earth

Movie • 1989

Doctor Price

The Party

The Party

Movie • 1988

Malcolm Sloman

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

Movie • 1978

H1B

Boudica

Boudica

Movie • 2003

Claudius

All About George

All About George

Movie • 2005

Gordon

Van Gogh

Van Gogh

Movie • 1990

Paul Gaugin

Wycliffe

Wycliffe

TV • 1994

Detective Superintendent Wycliffe

The Chase

The Chase

TV • 2006

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

TV • 1996

Between the Lines

Between the Lines

TV • 1992

Shoot to Kill

Shoot to Kill

TV • 1990

DCC John Stalker

High Stakes

High Stakes

TV • 2001

Bill Brand

Bill Brand

TV • 1976

Bill Brand

Count Dracula

Count Dracula

TV • 1977

Renfield

All About George

All About George

TV • 2005

Lovejoy

Lovejoy

TV • 1986

Jamie

Moving On

Moving On

TV • 2009

Charlie

London

London

TV • 2004

Thomas de Quincey

The Jury

The Jury

TV • 2002

Ron Maher

The Politician's Husband

The Politician's Husband

TV • 2013

Joe Hoynes

The Mysteries

The Mysteries

TV • 1985

Lucifer / Judas / Satan

Fixer

Fixer

TV • 2008

Play for Today

Play for Today

TV • 1970

William Waite

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

TV • 2001

Ralph Palmer

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

TV • 1997

Magnus Soane

All About George

All About George

TV • 2005

Gordon

Fearless

Fearless

TV • 2017

Arthur Banville

Rebellion

Rebellion

TV • 2016

General William Lowe

The Nativity

The Nativity

TV • 2010

Melchior

Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone

TV • 2000

Reuben Huckaback

Calling the Shots

Calling the Shots

TV • 1994

Nick

The Girls of Slender Means

The Girls of Slender Means

TV • 1975

Rudi Bittesch

World in Ferment

World in Ferment

TV • 1969

Doug Searchbaker

Play for Today

Play for Today

TV • 1970

Wallace Pidgeon

The Play on One

The Play on One

TV • 1988

Malcolm Sloman

The Play on One

The Play on One

TV • 1988

Paul

Budgie

Budgie

TV • 1971

PC Donnelly

Budgie

Budgie

TV • 1971

Det. Constable Leadbetter

Omnibus

Omnibus

TV • 1967

Self

Omnibus

Omnibus

TV • 1967

Gaughin

Playhouse

Playhouse

TV • 1974

Colin Brent

Performance

Performance

TV • 1991

Bertolt Brecht

BBC2 Play of the Week

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV • 1977

H1B

Full House

Full House

TV • 1972

Actor in Sketches

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

TV • 1973

David Belcito

Scorpion Tales

Scorpion Tales

TV • 1978

Mark Hawkins

Churchill's People

Churchill's People

TV • 1974

Cornet Henry Denne

Thorne

Thorne

TV • 2010

Jim Thorne