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.
Biography
Birthday:
29/10/1940
Place of birth:
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Date of death:
24/11/2025
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Directors
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1994
|
Wycliffe |
Director
|
6.8
/ 10
|
Acting
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2019
|
Greed |
Eric Weeks
|
5.581
/ 10
|
|
2017
|
Fearless |
Arthur Banville
|
6.7
/ 10
|
|
2016
|
Rebellion |
General William Lowe
|
6.985
/ 10
|
|
2014
|
Greyhawk |
Howard
|
6.4
/ 10
|
|
2013
|
The Politician's Husband |
Joe Hoynes
|
6.8
/ 10
|
|
2010
|
Thorne |
Jim Thorne
|
6.435
/ 10
|
|
2010
|
The Nativity |
Melchior
|
8.8
/ 10
|
|
2009
|
Moving On |
Charlie
|
7.35
/ 10
|
|
2009
|
Into the Storm |
Neville Chamberlain
|
6.418
/ 10
|
|
2008
|
The Fixer |
-
|
6.605
/ 10
|
|
2008
|
God on Trial |
Kuhn
|
6.815
/ 10
|
|
2007
|
The Golden Compass |
Master
|
6.085
/ 10
|
|
2006
|
The Chase |
-
|
6.5
/ 10
|
|
2006
|
The Only Boy for Me |
Grandpa
|
4
/ 10
|
|
2006
|
A Dad for Christmas |
Bert
|
6.6
/ 10
|
|
2005
|
All About George |
-
|
-
|
|
2005
|
A Cock and Bull Story |
Surgeon
|
6.2
/ 10
|
|
2004
|
London |
Thomas de Quincey
|
10
/ 10
|
|
2003
|
The Other Boleyn Girl |
Thomas Boleyn
|
7.136
/ 10
|
|
2003
|
Boudica |
Claudius
|
4.828
/ 10
|
|
2002
|
The Jury |
Ron Maher
|
7
/ 10
|
|
2002
|
Ultimate Fights from the Movies |
Referee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
|
5.033
/ 10
|
|
2002
|
Man and Boy |
Paddy Silver
|
5.375
/ 10
|
|
2001
|
Waking the Dead |
Ralph Palmer
|
7.217
/ 10
|
|
2001
|
Charlotte Gray |
Pichon
|
6.1
/ 10
|
|
2001
|
High Stakes |
-
|
6.5
/ 10
|
|
2001
|
Lorna Doone |
Reuben Huckaback
|
5.8
/ 10
|
|
2001
|
The Martins |
DI Tony Branch
|
5.333
/ 10
|
|
2000
|
Lorna Doone |
Reuben Huckaback
|
7.7
/ 10
|
|
1999
|
Wonderland |
Bill
|
6.554
/ 10
|
|
1998
|
The Scarlet Tunic |
Dr. Edward Grove
|
5.125
/ 10
|
|
1997
|
Midsomer Murders |
Magnus Soane
|
7.479
/ 10
|
|
1996
|
Silent Witness |
-
|
7.558
/ 10
|
|
1994
|
Wycliffe |
Detective Superintendent Wycliffe
|
6.8
/ 10
|
|
1994
|
No Escape |
Dysart
|
6.238
/ 10
|
|
1994
|
Calling the Shots |
Nick
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1994
|
Hope in the Year Two |
Prisoner
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1992
|
Between the Lines |
-
|
5.462
/ 10
|
|
1992
|
Blue Ice |
Stevens
|
5.265
/ 10
|
|
1992
|
Tales from Hollywood |
Bertolt Brecht
|
3
/ 10
|
|
1992
|
Blue Black Permanent |
Philip Lomax
|
5.6
/ 10
|
|
1992
|
Trust Me |
Blake
|
8.5
/ 10
|
|
1991
|
Performance |
Bertolt Brecht
|
6.333
/ 10
|
|
1991
|
The Object of Beauty |
Marty Slaughter
|
5.184
/ 10
|
|
1991
|
Twenty-One |
Kenneth
|
4.857
/ 10
|
|
1991
|
A Woman at War |
Tobias Moszkiewiez
|
6.5
/ 10
|
|
1991
|
Misterioso |
Paul Webster
|
-
|
|
1990
|
Van Gogh |
Paul Gaugin
|
1
/ 10
|
|
1990
|
The Big Man |
Referee
|
4.864
/ 10
|
|
1990
|
Shoot to Kill |
DCC John Stalker
|
-
|
|
1990
|
Shoot to Kill |
DCC John Stalker
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1990
|
Crimestrike |
Director of Public Prosecutions
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1989
|
Screen One |
Blake
|
7.2
/ 10
|
|
1989
|
4 Play |
Mr. Allsop
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1989
|
The Act |
Johann Frink
|
-
|
|
1989
|
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story |
Brodi
|
5.857
/ 10
|
|
1989
|
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage |
Joe Marriot
|
4.9
/ 10
|
|
1989
|
Nobody Here But Us Chickens |
-
|
-
|
|
1989
|
The Angry Earth |
Doctor Price
|
4.667
/ 10
|
|
1988
|
The Play on One |
Malcolm Sloman
|
6
/ 10
|
|
1988
|
Blind Justice |
Frank Cartwright
|
7.5
/ 10
|
|
1988
|
The Party |
Malcolm Sloman
|
-
|
|
1988
|
Lights and Shadows |
Teo
|
6.1
/ 10
|
|
1987
|
Escape from Sobibor |
Itzhak Lichtman
|
7.2
/ 10
|
|
1987
|
Tickets for the Titanic |
Rev David Williams
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1987
|
The Hospice |
Maybury
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1987
|
Scoop |
Corker
|
5.7
/ 10
|
|
1987
|
Body Contact |
Dickie Finn
|
5.625
/ 10
|
|
1986
|
ScreenPlay |
Johann Frink
|
6
/ 10
|
|
1986
|
Lovejoy |
Jamie
|
7.42
/ 10
|
|
1986
|
Hard Travelling |
Harry
|
-
|
|
1985
|
Screen Two |
Harry
|
7.143
/ 10
|
|
1985
|
The Mysteries |
Lucifer / Judas / Satan
|
-
|
|
1982
|
American Playhouse |
Bertolt Brecht
|
6.6
/ 10
|
|
1981
|
Sons and Lovers |
Baxter Dawes
|
-
|
|
1981
|
A Room for the Winter |
James van Stanten
|
3.333
/ 10
|
|
1980
|
The Unborn |
Colin
|
8
/ 10
|
|
1978
|
Scorpion Tales |
Mark Hawkins
|
7.25
/ 10
|
|
1978
|
Nina |
-
|
4.778
/ 10
|
|
1978
|
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat |
H1B
|
-
|
|
1978
|
Two Days That Shook the Branch |
Des Hardy
|
-
|
|
1977
|
BBC2 Play of the Week |
H1B
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1977
|
Count Dracula |
Renfield
|
9
/ 10
|
|
1977
|
Count Dracula |
Renfield
|
6.972
/ 10
|
|
1976
|
Bill Brand |
Bill Brand
|
7.25
/ 10
|
|
1976
|
Red Letter Day |
Phil Parish - Director
|
6
/ 10
|
|
1976
|
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill |
Phil Parish - Director
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1975
|
The Girls of Slender Means |
Rudi Bittesch
|
3.667
/ 10
|
|
1975
|
A Pint of Plain |
-
|
-
|
|
1975
|
Through the Night |
Dr Pearce
|
-
|
|
1974
|
Playhouse |
Colin Brent
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1974
|
Churchill's People |
Cornet Henry Denne
|
5
/ 10
|
|
1974
|
Occupations |
Antonio Gramsci
|
-
|
|
1974
|
Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove? |
Wallace Pidgeon
|
-
|
|
1974
|
All Good Men |
-
|
-
|
|
1973
|
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries |
David Belcito
|
6.75
/ 10
|
|
1973
|
Second City Firsts |
Gordon
|
-
|
|
1973
|
The Ballad of Ben Bagot |
Willy Lit
|
-
|
|
1973
|
Something to Hide |
Joe Pepper
|
5.8
/ 10
|
|
1972
|
Full House |
Actor in Sketches
|
-
|
|
1971
|
Budgie |
PC Donnelly
|
7.167
/ 10
|
|
1970
|
Play for Today |
William Waite
|
6.6
/ 10
|
|
1970
|
Roll On Four O'Clock |
Jack Youngman
|
6
/ 10
|
|
1969
|
ITV Saturday Night Theatre |
Jack Youngman
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1969
|
The Bed Sitting Room |
Underwater Vicar
|
5.945
/ 10
|
|
1969
|
Plays of Today |
Weaver
|
-
|
|
1969
|
The Virgin Soldiers |
Sgt Wellbeloved
|
6.75
/ 10
|
|
1969
|
All Neat in Black Stockings |
Dwyer
|
4
/ 10
|
|
1969
|
World in Ferment |
Doug Searchbaker
|
10
/ 10
|
|
1967
|
Omnibus |
Gaughin
|
7.2
/ 10
|
|
1967
|
ITV Playhouse |
Tommy Smith
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1967
|
Trapped |
Webber
|
-
|
|
1965
|
Thirty-Minute Theatre |
'Wing Nut' Williams
|
4.25
/ 10
|
Screenplay
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1993
|
In Lambeth |
Writer
|
-
|
|
1981
|
Clapperclaw |
Writer
|
-
|
|
1974
|
Playhouse |
Writer
|
7
/ 10
|
|
1974
|
The Actual Woman |
Writer
|
-
|
|
1973
|
Second City Firsts |
Writer
|
-
|
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