
Jack Shepherd
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 29, 1940
- Died
- November 24, 2025 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography

Greed
Movie · as Eric Weeks

Fearless
TV · as Arthur Banville · 6 eps

Rebellion
TV · as General William Lowe · 5 eps

Greyhawk
Movie · as Howard

The Politician's Husband
TV · as Joe Hoynes · 3 eps

The Nativity
TV · as Melchior · 4 eps

Thorne
TV · as Jim Thorne · 6 eps

Into the Storm
Movie · as Neville Chamberlain

Moving On
TV · as Charlie · 1 ep

God on Trial
Movie · as Kuhn

The Fixer
TV · 1 ep

The Golden Compass
Movie · as Master

A Dad for Christmas
Movie · as Bert
The Only Boy for Me
Movie · as Grandpa

The Chase
TV · 1 ep

A Cock and Bull Story
Movie · as Surgeon

All About George
TV · as Gordon · 6 eps
London
TV · as Thomas de Quincey · 3 eps

The Other Boleyn Girl
Movie · as Thomas Boleyn

Boudica
Movie · as Claudius

Man and Boy
Movie · as Paddy Silver

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

The Jury
TV · as Ron Maher · 6 eps

Lorna Doone
Movie · as Reuben Huckaback

Charlotte Gray
Movie · as Pichon

The Martins
Movie · as DI Tony Branch

High Stakes
TV · 6 eps

Waking the Dead
TV · as Ralph Palmer · 2 eps

Lorna Doone
TV · as Reuben Huckaback · 2 eps

Wonderland
Movie · as Bill

The Scarlet Tunic
Movie · as Dr. Edward Grove

Midsomer Murders
TV · as Magnus Soane · 1 ep

Silent Witness
TV · 2 eps

Hope in the Year Two
Movie · as Prisoner

No Escape
Movie · as Dysart

Wycliffe
TV · as Detective Superintendent Wycliffe · 36 eps

Calling the Shots
TV · as Nick · 2 eps

Trust Me
Movie · as Blake

Blue Black Permanent
Movie · as Philip Lomax

Blue Ice
Movie · as Stevens

Tales from Hollywood
Movie · as Bertolt Brecht

Between the Lines
TV · 1 ep

Twenty-One
Movie · as Kenneth

A Woman at War
Movie · as Tobias Moszkiewiez

Misterioso
Movie · as Paul Webster

The Object of Beauty
Movie · as Marty Slaughter

Performance
TV · as Bertolt Brecht · 1 ep

Shoot to Kill
Movie · as DCC John Stalker

The Big Man
Movie · as Referee
Crimestrike
Movie · as Director of Public Prosecutions

Van Gogh
Movie · as Paul Gaugin

Shoot to Kill
TV · as DCC John Stalker · 2 eps
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
Movie
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
Movie · as Joe Marriot

The Act
Movie · as Johann Frink

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Movie · as Brodi

The Angry Earth
Movie · as Doctor Price

Screen One
TV · as Blake · 1 ep
4 Play
TV · as Mr. Allsop · 1 ep

Lights and Shadows
Movie · as Teo

The Party
Movie · as Malcolm Sloman

The Play on One
TV · as Malcolm Sloman, Paul · 1 ep
Blind Justice
TV · as Frank Cartwright · 5 eps

Body Contact
Movie · as Dickie Finn

Escape from Sobibor
Movie · as Itzhak Lichtman

The Hospice
Movie · as Maybury

Scoop
Movie · as Corker
Tickets for the Titanic
TV · as Rev David Williams · 1 ep

Hard Travelling
Movie · as Harry

Lovejoy
TV · as Jamie · 1 ep

ScreenPlay
TV · as Johann Frink · 1 ep

The Mysteries
TV · as Lucifer / Judas / Satan · 3 eps

Screen Two
TV · as Harry, Prisoner · 1 ep

American Playhouse
TV · as Bertolt Brecht · 1 ep

Sons and Lovers
Movie · as Baxter Dawes
A Room for the Winter
Movie · as James van Stanten

The Unborn
Movie · as Colin

Nina
Movie
Two Days That Shook the Branch
Movie · as Des Hardy

Mr. and Ms. Bureaucrat
Movie · as H1B

Scorpion Tales
TV · as Mark Hawkins · 1 ep

Count Dracula
Movie · as Renfield

Count Dracula
TV · as Renfield · 2 eps

BBC2 Play of the Week
TV · as H1B · 1 ep
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Movie · as Phil Parish - Director

Bill Brand
TV · as Bill Brand · 11 eps

Red Letter Day
TV · as Phil Parish - Director · 1 ep

A Pint of Plain
Movie

Through the Night
Movie · as Dr Pearce

The Girls of Slender Means
TV · as Rudi Bittesch · 3 eps

All Good Men
Movie

Occupations
Movie · as Antonio Gramsci

Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?
Movie · as Wallace Pidgeon

Playhouse
TV · as Colin Brent · 1 ep

Churchill's People
TV · as Cornet Henry Denne · 1 ep

The Ballad of Ben Bagot
Movie · as Willy Lit

Something to Hide
Movie · as Joe Pepper

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
TV · as David Belcito · 1 ep
Second City Firsts
TV · as Gordon · 1 ep
Full House
TV · as Actor in Sketches · 22 eps

Budgie
TV · as PC Donnelly, Det. Constable Leadbetter · 1 ep

Roll On Four O'Clock
Movie · as Jack Youngman

Play for Today
TV · as William Waite, Wallace Pidgeon · 1 ep

All Neat in Black Stockings
Movie · as Dwyer

The Virgin Soldiers
Movie · as Sgt Wellbeloved

The Bed Sitting Room
Movie · as Underwater Vicar
World in Ferment
TV · as Doug Searchbaker · 6 eps

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as Jack Youngman · 1 ep
Plays of Today
TV · as Weaver · 1 ep

Omnibus
TV · as Self, Gaughin · 1 ep

ITV Playhouse
TV · as Tommy Smith, Des Hardy · 1 ep
Trapped
TV · as Webber · 1 ep

Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as 'Wing Nut' Williams · 1 ep

The Troubleshooters
TV · as Police Constable · 1 ep

