Person

Jack Shepherd

Acting · 1940–2025 · Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK

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.

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  Midsomer Murders

  Magnus Soane

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  Silent Witness

  1996

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  Screen Two

  Harry

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  Play for Today

  William Waite

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  ITV Playhouse

  Tommy Smith

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  Omnibus

  Self

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  Waking the Dead

  Ralph Palmer

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  Playhouse

  Colin Brent

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  ITV Saturday Night Theatre

  Jack Youngman

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  ScreenPlay

  Johann Frink

• 2019GreedEric Weeks
• 2017FearlessArthur Banville
• 2016RebellionGeneral William Lowe
• 2014GreyhawkHoward
• 2013The Politician's HusbandJoe Hoynes
• 2010The NativityMelchior
• 2010ThorneJim Thorne
• 2009Into the StormNeville Chamberlain
• 2009Moving OnCharlie
• 2008God on TrialKuhn
• 2008Fixer
• 2007The Golden CompassMaster
• 2006A Dad for ChristmasBert
• 2006The Only Boy for MeGrandpa
• 2006The Chase
• 2005All About GeorgeGordon
• 2005All About George
• 2005A Cock and Bull StorySurgeon
• 2004LondonThomas de Quincey
• 2003BoudicaClaudius
• 2003The Other Boleyn GirlThomas Boleyn
• 2002Ultimate Fights from the MoviesReferee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
• 2002Man and BoyPaddy Silver
• 2002The JuryRon Maher
• 2001Charlotte GrayPichon
• 2001The MartinsDI Tony Branch
• 2001Waking the DeadRalph Palmer
• 2001High Stakes
• 2001Lorna DooneReuben Huckaback
• 2000Lorna DooneReuben Huckaback
• 1999WonderlandBill
• 1998The Scarlet TunicDr. Edward Grove
• 1997Midsomer MurdersMagnus Soane
• 1996Silent Witness
• 1994WycliffeDetective Superintendent Wycliffe
• 1994Hope In The Year TwoPrisoner
• 1994No EscapeDysart
• 1994Calling the ShotsNick
• 1993In LambethWriter
• 1992Trust MeBlake
• 1992Tales from HollywoodBertolt Brecht
• 1992Blue IceStevens
• 1992Between the Lines
• 1992Blue Black PermanentPhilip Lomax
• 1991PerformanceBertolt Brecht
• 1991Twenty-OneKenneth
• 1991A Woman at WarTobias Moszkiewiez
• 1991MisteriosoPaul Webster
• 1991The Object of BeautyMarty Slaughter
• 1990CrimestrikeDirector of Public Prosecutions
• 1990The Big ManReferee
• 1990Van GoghPaul Gaugin
• 1990Shoot to KillDCC John Stalker
• 1990Shoot to KillDCC John Stalker
• 1989Ball-Trap On The Cote SauvageJoe Marriot
• 1989Nobody Here But Us Chickens
• 19894 PlayMr. Allsop
• 1989Screen OneBlake
• 1989The ActJohann Frink
• 1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryBrodi
• 1989The Angry EarthDoctor Price
• 1988Lights and ShadowsTeo
• 1988The PartyMalcolm Sloman
• 1988The Play on OneMalcolm Sloman
• 1987Body ContactDickie Finn
• 1987ScoopCorker
• 1987Escape from SobiborItzhak Lichtman
• 1987The HospiceMaybury
• 1986ScreenPlayJohann Frink
• 1986Hard TravellingHarry
• 1986LovejoyJamie
• 1985The MysteriesLucifer / Judas / Satan
• 1985Screen TwoHarry
• 1981A Room for the WinterJames van Stanten
• 1981ClapperclawWriter
• 1981Sons and LoversBaxter Dawes
• 1980The UnbornColin
• 1978Nina
• 1978Two Days That Shook the BranchDes Hardy
• 1978Scorpion TalesMark Hawkins
• 1978Mr and Mrs BureaucratH1B
• 1977Count DraculaRenfield
• 1977Count DraculaRenfield
• 1977BBC2 Play of the WeekH1B
• 1976Bill BrandBill Brand
• 1976Ready When You Are, Mr McGillPhil Parish - Director
• 1976Red Letter DayPhil Parish - Director
• 1975Through the NightDr Pearce
• 1975The Girls of Slender MeansRudi Bittesch
• 1975A Pint of Plain
• 1974Churchill's PeopleCornet Henry Denne
• 1974OccupationsAntonio Gramsci
• 1974Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?Wallace Pidgeon
• 1974PlayhouseColin Brent
• 1974The Actual WomanWriter
• 1974All Good Men
• 1973The Ballad of Ben BagotWilly Lit
• 1973Second City FirstsGordon
• 1973Orson Welles' Great MysteriesDavid Belcito
• 1972Full HouseActor in Sketches
• 1972Something to HideJoe Pepper
• 1971BudgiePC Donnelly
• 1970Roll On Four O'ClockJack Youngman
• 1970Play for TodayWilliam Waite
• 1969The Virgin SoldiersSgt Wellbeloved
• 1969Plays of TodayWeaver
• 1969World in FermentDoug Searchbaker
• 1969The Bed Sitting RoomUnderwater Vicar
• 1969All Neat in Black StockingsDwyer
• 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreJack Youngman
• 1967OmnibusSelf
• 1967ITV PlayhouseTommy Smith
• 1967TrappedWebber
• 1965Thirty-Minute Theatre'Wing Nut' Williams