
Jack Shepherd
Known for Acting · 107 credits
- Born
- 1940-10-29
- Died
- 2025-11-24
- Place of birth
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (44)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Magnus Soane

Silent Witness
1996

Play for Today
1970
as William Waite / Wallace Pidgeon

Wycliffe
1994
as Detective Superintendent Wycliffe

Omnibus
1967
as Self / Gaughin

Waking the Dead
2001
as Ralph Palmer

Screen Two
1985
as Harry / Prisoner

Playhouse
1974
as Colin Brent

ITV Playhouse
1967
as Tommy Smith / Des Hardy

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Jack Youngman

Lovejoy
1986
as Jamie

ScreenPlay
1986
as Johann Frink

Performance
1991
as Bertolt Brecht

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as H1B

Moving On
2009
as Charlie

Between the Lines
1992

Churchill's People
1974
as Cornet Henry Denne

Screen One
1989
as Blake

Rebellion
2016
as General William Lowe

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as David Belcito

The Play on One
1988
as Paul / Malcolm Sloman

Budgie
1971
as PC Donnelly / Det. Constable Leadbetter

The Jury
2002
as Ron Maher

Bill Brand
1976
as Bill Brand

Thorne
2010
as Jim Thorne

Lorna Doone
2000
as Reuben Huckaback

Fixer
2008

Fearless
2017
as Arthur Banville

The Chase
2006

The Nativity
2010
as Melchior

The Politician's Husband
2013
as Joe Hoynes
London
2004
as Thomas de Quincey

Scorpion Tales
1978
as Mark Hawkins

All About George
2005
as Gordon

Count Dracula
1977
as Renfield
World in Ferment
1969
as Doug Searchbaker
Full House
1972
as Actor in Sketches

High Stakes
2001

The Girls of Slender Means
1975
as Rudi Bittesch

The Mysteries
1985
as Lucifer / Judas / Satan

Shoot to Kill
1990
as DCC John Stalker

Calling the Shots
1994
as Nick
Plays of Today
1969
as Weaver

Red Letter Day
1976
as Phil Parish - Director
Movies (63)

The Golden Compass
2007
as Master

No Escape
1994
as Dysart

Greed
2019
as Eric Weeks

Escape from Sobibor
1987
as Itzhak Lichtman

Count Dracula
1977
as Renfield

Charlotte Gray
2001
as Pichon

A Cock and Bull Story
2005
as Surgeon

Scoop
1987
as Corker

The Object of Beauty
1991
as Marty Slaughter

Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
as Referee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)

The Other Boleyn Girl
2003
as Thomas Boleyn

The Big Man
1990
as Referee

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
as Brodi

Lorna Doone
2001
as Reuben Huckaback

Into the Storm
2009
as Neville Chamberlain

Blue Ice
1992
as Stevens

Man and Boy
2002
as Paddy Silver

The Martins
2001
as DI Tony Branch

Boudica
2003
as Claudius

The Bed Sitting Room
1969
as Underwater Vicar

A Pint of Plain
1975

Wonderland
1999
as Bill

Twenty-One
1991
as Kenneth

God on Trial
2008
as Kuhn

Trust Me
1992
as Blake

The Virgin Soldiers
1969
as Sgt Wellbeloved

Sons and Lovers
1981
as Baxter Dawes

Body Contact
1987
as Dickie Finn

A Dad for Christmas
2006
as Bert

The Act
1989
as Johann Frink
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
1989
as Joe Marriot

A Woman at War
1991
as Tobias Moszkiewiez

The Hospice
1987
as Maybury

All Neat in Black Stockings
1969
as Dwyer

The Angry Earth
1989
as Doctor Price

The Party
1988
as Malcolm Sloman

Van Gogh
1990
as Paul Gaugin

Nina
1978

The Scarlet Tunic
1998
as Dr. Edward Grove

Occupations
1974
as Antonio Gramsci

Hard Travelling
1986
as Harry

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978
as H1B

All Good Men
1974

Shoot to Kill
1990
as DCC John Stalker
The Only Boy for Me
2006
as Grandpa

Something to Hide
1972
as Joe Pepper

Tales from Hollywood
1992
as Bertolt Brecht
A Room for the Winter
1981
as James van Stanten

Through the Night
1975
as Dr Pearce

Roll On Four O'Clock
1970
as Jack Youngman
Two Days That Shook the Branch
1978
as Des Hardy

Greyhawk
2014
as Howard

The Unborn
1980
as Colin
Crimestrike
1990
as Director of Public Prosecutions
Lights and Shadows
1988
as Teo

Blue Black Permanent
1992
as Philip Lomax
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
1976
as Phil Parish - Director

Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?
1974
as Wallace Pidgeon

All About George
2005
as Gordon

Misterioso
1991
as Paul Webster

The Ballad of Ben Bagot
1973
as Willy Lit

Hope In The Year Two
1994
as Prisoner
About Jack Shepherd
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. With 107 credits spanning from 1967 to 2019, Jack Shepherd has appeared in 63 films and 44 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jack Shepherd Movies
- The Golden Compass (2007) — as Master
- No Escape (1994) — as Dysart
- Greed (2019) — as Eric Weeks
- Escape from Sobibor (1987) — as Itzhak Lichtman
- Count Dracula (1977) — as Renfield
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