Acting
Jack Shepherd
Born October 29, 1940 · Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK · 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.
Known for
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The Golden Compass
Master
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No Escape
Dysart
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Midsomer Murders
Magnus Soane
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Escape from Sobibor
Itzhak Lichtman
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Charlotte Gray
Pichon
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Greed
Eric Weeks
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A Cock and Bull Story
Surgeon
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Silent Witness
1996 · Series
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Into the Storm
Neville Chamberlain
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God on Trial
Kuhn
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Rebellion
General William Lowe
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Lovejoy
Jamie
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The Other Boleyn Girl
Thomas Boleyn
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The Bed Sitting Room
Underwater Vicar
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The Object of Beauty
Marty Slaughter
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Waking the Dead
Ralph Palmer
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Fearless
Arthur Banville
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Wonderland
Bill
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Count Dracula
Renfield
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Blue Ice
Stevens
Filmography
- 2019GreedEric WeeksMovie
- 2017FearlessArthur BanvilleSeries
- 2016RebellionGeneral William LoweSeries
- 2014GreyhawkHowardMovie
- 2013The Politician's HusbandJoe HoynesSeries
- 2010The NativityMelchiorSeries
- 2010ThorneJim ThorneSeries
- 2009Into the StormNeville ChamberlainMovie
- 2009Moving OnCharlieSeries
- 2008God on TrialKuhnMovie
- 2008The FixerSeries
- 2007The Golden CompassMasterMovie
- 2006A Dad for ChristmasBertMovie
- 2006The Only Boy for MeGrandpaMovie
- 2006The ChaseSeries
- 2005All About GeorgeSeries
- 2005A Cock and Bull StorySurgeonMovie
- 2004LondonThomas de QuinceySeries
- 2003BoudicaClaudiusMovie
- 2003The Other Boleyn GirlThomas BoleynMovie
- 2002Ultimate Fights from the MoviesReferee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)Movie
- 2002Man and BoyPaddy SilverMovie
- 2002The JuryRon MaherSeries
- 2001Charlotte GrayPichonMovie
- 2001The MartinsDI Tony BranchMovie
- 2001Waking the DeadRalph PalmerSeries
- 2001High StakesSeries
- 2001Lorna DooneReuben HuckabackMovie
- 2000Lorna DooneReuben HuckabackSeries
- 1999WonderlandBillMovie
- 1998The Scarlet TunicDr. Edward GroveMovie
- 1997Midsomer MurdersMagnus SoaneSeries
- 1996Silent WitnessSeries
- 1994WycliffeDetective Superintendent Wycliffe, DirectorSeries
- 1994Hope in the Year TwoPrisonerMovie
- 1994No EscapeDysartMovie
- 1994Calling the ShotsNickSeries
- 1993In LambethWriterMovie
- 1992Trust MeBlakeMovie
- 1992Tales from HollywoodBertolt BrechtMovie
- 1992Blue IceStevensMovie
- 1992Between the LinesSeries
- 1992Blue Black PermanentPhilip LomaxMovie
- 1991PerformanceBertolt BrechtSeries
- 1991Twenty-OneKennethMovie
- 1991A Woman at WarTobias MoszkiewiezMovie
- 1991MisteriosoPaul WebsterMovie
- 1991The Object of BeautyMarty SlaughterMovie
- 1990CrimestrikeDirector of Public ProsecutionsMovie
- 1990The Big ManRefereeMovie
- 1990Van GoghPaul GauginMovie
- 1990Shoot to KillDCC John StalkerSeries
- 1990Shoot to KillDCC John StalkerMovie
- 1989Ball-Trap On The Cote SauvageJoe MarriotMovie
- 1989Nobody Here But Us ChickensMovie
- 19894 PlayMr. AllsopSeries
- 1989Screen OneBlakeSeries
- 1989The ActJohann FrinkMovie
- 1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryBrodiMovie
- 1989The Angry EarthDoctor PriceMovie
- 1988Blind JusticeFrank CartwrightSeries
- 1988Lights and ShadowsTeoMovie
- 1988The PartyMalcolm SlomanMovie
- 1988The Play on OneMalcolm Sloman, PaulSeries
- 1987Body ContactDickie FinnMovie
- 1987ScoopCorkerMovie
- 1987Escape from SobiborItzhak LichtmanMovie
- 1987Tickets for the TitanicRev David WilliamsSeries
- 1987The HospiceMayburyMovie
- 1986ScreenPlayJohann FrinkSeries
- 1986Hard TravellingHarryMovie
- 1986LovejoyJamieSeries
- 1985The MysteriesLucifer / Judas / SatanSeries
- 1985Screen TwoHarry, PrisonerSeries
- 1982American PlayhouseBertolt BrechtSeries
- 1981A Room for the WinterJames van StantenMovie
- 1981ClapperclawWriterMovie
- 1981Sons and LoversBaxter DawesMovie
- 1980The UnbornColinMovie
- 1978NinaMovie
- 1978Two Days That Shook the BranchDes HardyMovie
- 1978Scorpion TalesMark HawkinsSeries
- 1978Mr and Mrs BureaucratH1BMovie
- 1977Count DraculaRenfieldMovie
- 1977Count DraculaRenfieldSeries
- 1977BBC2 Play of the WeekH1BSeries
- 1976Bill BrandBill BrandSeries
- 1976Red Letter DayPhil Parish - DirectorSeries
- 1976Ready When You Are, Mr McGillPhil Parish - DirectorMovie
- 1975Through the NightDr PearceMovie
- 1975The Girls of Slender MeansRudi BitteschSeries
- 1975A Pint of PlainMovie
- 1974Churchill's PeopleCornet Henry DenneSeries
- 1974OccupationsAntonio GramsciMovie
- 1974Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?Wallace PidgeonMovie
- 1974PlayhouseColin Brent, WriterSeries
- 1974The Actual WomanWriterMovie
- 1974All Good MenMovie
- 1973The Ballad of Ben BagotWilly LitMovie
- 1973Second City FirstsGordon, WriterSeries
- 1973Orson Welles' Great MysteriesDavid BelcitoSeries
- 1973Something to HideJoe PepperMovie
- 1972Full HouseActor in SketchesSeries
- 1971BudgiePC Donnelly, Det. Constable LeadbetterSeries
- 1970Roll On Four O'ClockJack YoungmanMovie
- 1970Play for TodayWilliam Waite, Wallace PidgeonSeries
- 1969The Virgin SoldiersSgt WellbelovedMovie
- 1969Plays of TodayWeaverSeries
- 1969World in FermentDoug SearchbakerSeries
- 1969The Bed Sitting RoomUnderwater VicarMovie
- 1969All Neat in Black StockingsDwyerMovie
- 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreJack YoungmanSeries
- 1967OmnibusSelf, GaughinSeries
- 1967ITV PlayhouseTommy Smith, Des HardySeries
- 1967TrappedWebberSeries
- 1965Thirty-Minute Theatre'Wing Nut' WilliamsSeries