Jack Shepherd

Acting

Jack Shepherd

Born 29 October 1940 · Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK · Died 24 November 2025 at 85

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

Highlights

The Golden Compass2007 · Film · Master
Midsomer Murders1997 · Series · Magnus Soane
Escape from Sobibor1987 · Film · Itzhak Lichtman
No Escape1994 · Film · Dysart
Silent Witness1996 · Series
Charlotte Gray2001 · Film · Pichon

Filmography

Movies

57 films

Greed2019 · Film · Eric Weeks
Greyhawk2014 · Film · Howard
Into the Storm2009 · Film · Neville Chamberlain
God on Trial2008 · Film · Kuhn
The Golden Compass2007 · Film · Master
A Dad for Christmas2006 · Film · Bert
A Cock and Bull Story2005 · Film · Surgeon
Boudica2003 · Film · Claudius
The Other Boleyn Girl2003 · Film · Thomas Boleyn
Man and Boy2002 · Film · Paddy Silver
Charlotte Gray2001 · Film · Pichon
The Martins2001 · Film · DI Tony Branch
Lorna Doone2001 · Film · Reuben Huckaback
Wonderland1999 · Film · Bill
The Scarlet Tunic1998 · Film · Dr. Edward Grove
Hope in the Year Two1994 · Film · Prisoner
No Escape1994 · Film · Dysart
In Lambeth1993 · Film · Writer
Trust Me1992 · Film · Blake
Tales from Hollywood1992 · Film · Bertolt Brecht
Blue Ice1992 · Film · Stevens
Blue Black Permanent1992 · Film · Philip Lomax
Twenty-One1991 · Film · Kenneth
A Woman at War1991 · Film · Tobias Moszkiewiez
Misterioso1991 · Film · Paul Webster
The Object of Beauty1991 · Film · Marty Slaughter
The Big Man1990 · Film · Referee
Van Gogh1990 · Film · Paul Gaugin
Shoot to Kill1990 · Film · DCC John Stalker
The Act1989 · Film · Johann Frink
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story1989 · Film · Brodi
The Angry Earth1989 · Film · Doctor Price
Lights and Shadows1988 · Film · Teo
The Party1988 · Film · Malcolm Sloman
Body Contact1987 · Film · Dickie Finn
Scoop1987 · Film · Corker
Escape from Sobibor1987 · Film · Itzhak Lichtman
The Hospice1987 · Film · Maybury
Hard Travelling1986 · Film · Harry
Clapperclaw1981 · Film · Writer
Sons and Lovers1981 · Film · Baxter Dawes
The Unborn1980 · Film · Colin
Nina1978 · Film
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat1978 · Film · H1B
Count Dracula1977 · Film · Renfield
Through the Night1975 · Film · Dr Pearce
A Pint of Plain1975 · Film
Occupations1974 · Film · Antonio Gramsci
Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?1974 · Film · Wallace Pidgeon
The Actual Woman1974 · Film · Writer
All Good Men1974 · Film
The Ballad of Ben Bagot1973 · Film · Willy Lit
Something to Hide1973 · Film · Joe Pepper
Roll On Four O'Clock1970 · Film · Jack Youngman
The Virgin Soldiers1969 · Film · Sgt Wellbeloved
The Bed Sitting Room1969 · Film · Underwater Vicar
All Neat in Black Stockings1969 · Film · Dwyer

Filmography

Series

43 shows

Fearless2017 · Series · Arthur Banville
Rebellion2016 · Series · General William Lowe
The Politician's Husband2013 · Series · Joe Hoynes
The Nativity2010 · Series · Melchior
Thorne2010 · Series · Jim Thorne
Moving On2009 · Series · Charlie
The Fixer2008 · Series
The Chase2006 · Series
All About George2005 · Series
The Jury2002 · Series · Ron Maher
Waking the Dead2001 · Series · Ralph Palmer
High Stakes2001 · Series
Lorna Doone2000 · Series · Reuben Huckaback
Midsomer Murders1997 · Series · Magnus Soane
Silent Witness1996 · Series
Wycliffe1994 · Series · Detective Superintendent Wycliffe
Calling the Shots1994 · Series · Nick
Between the Lines1992 · Series
Performance1991 · Series · Bertolt Brecht
Shoot to Kill1990 · Series · DCC John Stalker
Screen One1989 · Series · Blake
The Play on One1988 · Series · Malcolm Sloman
ScreenPlay1986 · Series · Johann Frink
Lovejoy1986 · Series · Jamie
The Mysteries1985 · Series · Lucifer / Judas / Satan
Screen Two1985 · Series · Harry
American Playhouse1982 · Series · Bertolt Brecht
Scorpion Tales1978 · Series · Mark Hawkins
Count Dracula1977 · Series · Renfield
BBC2 Play of the Week1977 · Series · H1B
Bill Brand1976 · Series · Bill Brand
Red Letter Day1976 · Series · Phil Parish - Director
The Girls of Slender Means1975 · Series · Rudi Bittesch
Churchill's People1974 · Series · Cornet Henry Denne
Playhouse1974 · Series · Colin Brent
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries1973 · Series · David Belcito
Budgie1971 · Series · PC Donnelly
Play for Today1970 · Series · William Waite
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · Series · Jack Youngman
Omnibus1967 · Series · Gaughin
ITV Playhouse1967 · Series · Tommy Smith
Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · Series · 'Wing Nut' Williams
The Troubleshooters1965 · Series · Police Constable