Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 29, 1940
Died
Nov 24, 2025
Place of Birth
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Credits
117 titles
Jack Shepherd
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
Filmography
Greed
Eric Weeks
Fearless
Arthur Banville
Rebellion
General William Lowe
Greyhawk
Howard
The Politician's Husband
Joe Hoynes
The Nativity
Melchior
Thorne
Jim Thorne
Into the Storm
Neville Chamberlain
Moving On
Charlie
God on Trial
Kuhn
The Fixer
The Golden Compass
Master
A Dad for Christmas
Bert
The Only Boy for Me
Grandpa
The Chase
All About George
Gordon
All About George
A Cock and Bull Story
Surgeon
London
Thomas de Quincey
Boudica
Claudius
The Other Boleyn Girl
Thomas Boleyn
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Referee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
Man and Boy
Paddy Silver
The Jury
Ron Maher
Charlotte Gray
Pichon
The Martins
DI Tony Branch
Waking the Dead
Ralph Palmer
High Stakes
Lorna Doone
Reuben Huckaback
Lorna Doone
Reuben Huckaback
Wonderland
Bill
The Scarlet Tunic
Dr. Edward Grove
Midsomer Murders
Magnus Soane
Silent Witness
Wycliffe
Detective Superintendent Wycliffe
Hope In The Year Two
Prisoner
No Escape
Dysart
Calling the Shots
Nick
In Lambeth
Writer
Trust Me
Blake
Tales from Hollywood
Bertolt Brecht
Blue Ice
Stevens
Between the Lines
Blue Black Permanent
Philip Lomax
Performance
Bertolt Brecht
Twenty-One
Kenneth
A Woman at War
Tobias Moszkiewiez
Misterioso
Paul Webster
The Object of Beauty
Marty Slaughter
Crimestrike
Director of Public Prosecutions