William Morgan Sheppard

William Morgan Sheppard

Known for
Acting
Born
August 24, 1932
Died
January 6, 2019 (aged 86)
Birthplace
London, England, UK

Biography

William Morgan Sheppard (August 24, 1932 – January 6, 2019), sometimes credited as W. Morgan Sheppard, was a British actor. In film, he appeared in supporting roles in The Duellists (1977), The Elephant Man (1980), The Keep (1983), Cry Freedom (1987), Wild at Heart (1990), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Needful Things (1993), Gettysburg (1993), The Prestige (2006), Transformers (2007), and Star Trek (2009). On television, Sheppard appeared in multiple episodes of Shōgun (1980), Max Headroom (1987-1988), MacGyver (1989-1990), and seaQuest DSV (1993-1994), among others. He also was a voice actor with roles in Biker Mice from Mars (1993-1996), Iron Man (1994-1996), Gargoyles (1995-1996), Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998), Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003), and Prep & Landing (2009). Sheppard voiced several characters in video games, including narration for the Medal of Honor video game series and Civilization V. Sheppard and his wife Regina are the parents of actor Mark Sheppard.

Known For

Filmography

2025
A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep' poster

A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'

Movie · as Self

2019
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars

That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars

Movie · as Self

2016
Last Man Club poster

Last Man Club

Movie · as Will Hodges

2014
The Librarians poster

The Librarians

TV · as Teddy Chislington · 1 ep

2013
The Devil's Dozen poster

The Devil's Dozen

Movie

2013
April Apocalypse poster

April Apocalypse

Movie · as Pops

2013
Free Birds poster

Free Birds

Movie · as Additional Voices (voice)

2012
Mysterious Island poster

Mysterious Island

Movie · as Captain Nemo

2012
The Last Mark poster

The Last Mark

Movie · as Uncle Bill

2011
Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice poster

Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice

Movie · as Big Guy (voice)

2011
For Christ's Sake poster

For Christ's Sake

Movie · as Father Monahan

2010
Meeting Spencer poster

Meeting Spencer

Movie · as Larry Lind

2010
Prep & Landing Stocking Stuffer: Operation: Secret Santa poster

Prep & Landing Stocking Stuffer: Operation: Secret Santa

Movie · as Big Guy (voice)

2010
Farewell Mr. Kringle poster

Farewell Mr. Kringle

Movie · as Kris Kringle

2010
Young Justice poster

Young Justice

TV · as Sardath (voice) · 1 ep

2009
Prep & Landing poster

Prep & Landing

Movie · as Big Guy (voice)

2009
Star Trek poster

Star Trek

Movie · as Vulcan Science Minister (uncredited)

2008
Over Her Dead Body poster

Over Her Dead Body

Movie · as Father Marks

2008
Legend of the Seeker poster

Legend of the Seeker

TV · as The Keeper (voice) · 5 eps

2007
Along the Way poster

Along the Way

Movie · as Mr. Hereck

2007
Transformers poster

Transformers

Movie · as Captain Witwicky

2007
Mad Men poster

Mad Men

TV · as Robert Pryce · 1 ep

2006
Love's Abiding Joy poster

Love's Abiding Joy

Movie · as Scottie

2006
The Prestige poster

The Prestige

Movie · as Merrit

2006
Dexter poster

Dexter

TV · 1 ep

2005
Love's Long Journey poster

Love's Long Journey

Movie · as Scottie

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Canton Delaware, Old Canton Delaware · 1 ep

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · as John Caulfield · 1 ep

2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia poster

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

TV · as Father Cullen · 1 ep

2003
Small Town Conspiracy poster

Small Town Conspiracy

Movie · as Taylor

2003
Gods and Generals poster

Gods and Generals

Movie · as Gen. Isaac Trimble

2003
Atlantis: Milo's Return poster

Atlantis: Milo's Return

Movie · as Erik Hellstrom (voice)

2003
NCIS poster

NCIS

TV · as Marcin 'Mr. Pain' Jerek · 1 ep

2001
Justice League poster

Justice League

TV · as Merlin (voice) · 1 ep

2001
Crossing Jordan poster

Crossing Jordan

TV · as Clive Alpert · 1 ep

2001
Alias poster

Alias

TV · as Milo Sabine · 1 ep

2000
Gilmore Girls poster

Gilmore Girls

TV · as Town Elder · 1 ep

1999
The Hungry Bachelors Club poster

The Hungry Bachelors Club

Movie · as Mr. Ringold

1998
The Escape poster

The Escape

Movie · as Long

1998
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World poster

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World

Movie · as Additional Voice Talents (voice)

1998
Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure poster

Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure

Movie · as Whiskers (credited as W. Morgan Sheppard)

1998
Nether World poster

Nether World

Movie · as Old Timer

1998
The Wild Thornberrys poster

The Wild Thornberrys

TV · as Lead Jackal (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Charmed poster

Charmed

TV · as Merrill · 1 ep

1996
Sometimes They Come Back... Again poster

Sometimes They Come Back... Again

Movie · as Father Archer Roberts

1996
The Lottery poster

The Lottery

Movie · as Mayor Warner

1996
Poltergeist: The Legacy poster

Poltergeist: The Legacy

TV · as Grave Digger · 1 ep

1995
Star Trek: Voyager poster

Star Trek: Voyager

TV · as Qatai · 1 ep

1995
JAG poster

JAG

TV · as Maj. Viktor Lushov · 1 ep

1995
American Gothic poster

American Gothic

TV · as Mr. Emmett · 1 ep

1994
Good King Wenceslas poster

Good King Wenceslas

Movie · as Tomas

1994
Following Her Heart poster

Following Her Heart

Movie · as Father

1994
Babylon 5 poster

Babylon 5

TV · as The Soul Hunter, Warleader G'Sten · 1 ep

1994
Gargoyles poster

Gargoyles

TV · as Petros Xanatos (voice), King Kenneth (voice), Odin (voice), Odin/Petros Xanatos (voice), Radar/Security Guard (voice) · 2 eps

1994
Iron Man poster

Iron Man

TV · as Dum Dum Dugan (voice) · 2 eps

1993
Gettysburg poster

Gettysburg

Movie · as Maj. Gen. Isaac R. Trimble / Narrator

1993
Needful Things poster

Needful Things

Movie · as Father Meehan

1993
SeaQuest DSV poster

SeaQuest DSV

Movie · as The Professor

1993
Biker Mice from Mars poster

Biker Mice from Mars

TV · as Lawrence Limburger (voice) · 65 eps

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Mr. Drake · 1 ep

1993
Diagnosis: Murder poster

Diagnosis: Murder

TV · as Dr. Tom Arneberg · 1 ep

1993
seaQuest DSV poster

seaQuest DSV

TV · as The Professor · 8 eps

1992
There Goes the Neighborhood poster

There Goes the Neighborhood

Movie · as Trick Bissell

1991
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country poster

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Movie · as Klingon Commander

1990
Wild at Heart poster

Wild at Heart

Movie · as Mr. Reindeer

1989
Quantum Leap poster

Quantum Leap

TV · as Gooshie, the Miner · 1 ep

1988
Lucky Stiff poster

Lucky Stiff

Movie · as Pa

1988
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark poster

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

Movie · as Vincent Talbot

1987
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge poster

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge

Movie · as Digger McCloud

1987
Cry Freedom poster

Cry Freedom

Movie · as Policeman (as Morgan Sheppard)

1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation

TV · as Dr. Ira Graves · 1 ep

1987
Max Headroom poster

Max Headroom

TV · as Blank Reg · 14 eps

1987
Crossbow poster

Crossbow

TV · 1 ep

1986
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus poster

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus

Movie · as Chorus

1986
Designing Women poster

Designing Women

TV · 1 ep

1985
The Doctor and the Devils poster

The Doctor and the Devils

Movie · as Landlord

1985
Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future poster

Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future

Movie · as Blank Reg

1985
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission poster

The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission

Movie · as German General

1985
A.D. poster

A.D.

TV · as Gracchus 1 episode, 1985 · 1 ep

1985
MacGyver poster

MacGyver

TV · as Dr. Zito · 2 eps

1984
Lassiter poster

Lassiter

Movie · as Sweeny

1984
Paint Me a Murder poster

Paint Me a Murder

Movie · as Mahaffy

1984
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood poster

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

Movie · as Saxon Thief

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Dr. Fredrick Grundberg · 1 ep

1984
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense poster

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

TV · as Mahaffy · 1 ep

1983
The Keep poster

The Keep

Movie · as Alexandru

1982
Nutcracker poster

Nutcracker

Movie · as George Peacock

1981
The Day of the Triffids poster

The Day of the Triffids

TV · as Bill's Father · 1 ep

1981
Masada poster

Masada

TV · as Sergeant · 1 ep

1981
Sunday Night Thriller

Sunday Night Thriller

TV · as Karpov · 1 ep

1980
The Elephant Man poster

The Elephant Man

Movie · as Man in Pub

1980
Hawk the Slayer poster

Hawk the Slayer

Movie · as Ranulf

1980
The Sea Wolves poster

The Sea Wolves

Movie · as 'Patch' Lovecroft

1980
Keep Smiling poster

Keep Smiling

Movie · as Harry Cowper

1980
Carpathian Eagle poster

Carpathian Eagle

Movie · as Hospital Gardener

1980
Hammer House of Horror poster

Hammer House of Horror

TV · as Hospital Gardener · 1 ep

1980
Shōgun poster

Shōgun

TV · as Specz · 5 eps

1979
Minder poster

Minder

TV · as John · 1 ep

1979
Rebecca poster

Rebecca

TV · as Ben · 2 eps

1979
The Legend of King Arthur poster

The Legend of King Arthur

TV · as Gorlois · 1 ep

1978
The Nativity poster

The Nativity

Movie · as Flavius

1978
Enemy at the Door poster

Enemy at the Door

TV · as Raymond Girard · 1 ep

1978
Out poster

Out

TV · as Mr. Smith · 1 ep

1977
The Duellists poster

The Duellists

Movie · as Fencing Master

1977
The Professionals poster

The Professionals

TV · as Malenski · 1 ep

1977
Target poster

Target

TV · as Barman · 1 ep

1976
The New Avengers poster

The New Avengers

TV · as Walters · 1 ep

1975
Antony and Cleopatra poster

Antony and Cleopatra

Movie · as Scarus

1975
The Sweeney poster

The Sweeney

TV · as Det. Chief Insp. Morrison · 1 ep

1974
Churchill's People poster

Churchill's People

TV · as Sabinianus · 1 ep

1973
The Roses of Eyam poster

The Roses of Eyam

Movie · as William Hancock

1972
New Scotland Yard poster

New Scotland Yard

TV · as Harry Haines · 1 ep

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Harry Cowper · 1 ep

1968
Tell Me Lies poster

Tell Me Lies

Movie

1967
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade poster

The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade

Movie · as A Mad Animal

1962
Strongroom poster

Strongroom

Movie · as Alec (as Morgan Sheppard)