Jack Shepherd
Acting·October 29, 1940·† November 24, 2025 — 85 years old·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.
Known For
Filmography · 115
2019GreedEric Weeks2017FearlessTVArthur Banville2016RebellionTVGeneral William Lowe2014GreyhawkHoward2013The Politician's HusbandTVJoe Hoynes2010The NativityTVMelchior2010ThorneTVJim Thorne2009Into the StormNeville Chamberlain2009Moving OnTVCharlie2008God on TrialKuhn2008FixerTV2007The Golden CompassMaster2006A Dad for ChristmasBert2006The Only Boy for MeGrandpa2006The ChaseTV2005All About GeorgeGordon2005All About GeorgeTVGordon2005A Cock and Bull StorySurgeon2004LondonTVThomas de Quincey2003BoudicaClaudius2003The Other Boleyn GirlThomas Boleyn2002Ultimate Fights from the MoviesReferee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)2002Man and BoyPaddy Silver2002The JuryTVRon Maher2001Charlotte GrayPichon2001The MartinsDI Tony Branch2001Waking the DeadTVRalph Palmer2001High StakesTV2001Lorna DooneReuben Huckaback2000Lorna DooneTVReuben Huckaback1999WonderlandBill1998The Scarlet TunicDr. Edward Grove1997Midsomer MurdersTVMagnus Soane1996Silent WitnessTV1994WycliffeTVDetective Superintendent Wycliffe · Director1994Hope In The Year TwoPrisoner1994No EscapeDysart1994Calling the ShotsTVNick1993In LambethWriter1992Trust MeBlake1992Tales from HollywoodBertolt Brecht1992Blue IceStevens1992Between the LinesTV1992Blue Black PermanentPhilip Lomax1991PerformanceTVBertolt Brecht1991Twenty-OneKenneth1991A Woman at WarTobias Moszkiewiez1991MisteriosoPaul Webster1991The Object of BeautyMarty Slaughter1990CrimestrikeDirector of Public Prosecutions1990The Big ManReferee1990Van GoghPaul Gaugin1990Shoot to KillDCC John Stalker1990Shoot to KillTVDCC John Stalker1989Ball-Trap On The Cote SauvageJoe Marriot1989Nobody Here But Us Chickens19894 PlayTVMr. Allsop1989Screen OneTVBlake1989The ActJohann Frink1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryBrodi1989The Angry EarthDoctor Price1988Lights and ShadowsTeo1988The PartyMalcolm Sloman1988The Play on OneTVMalcolm Sloman · Paul1987Body ContactDickie Finn1987ScoopCorker1987Escape from SobiborItzhak Lichtman1987The HospiceMaybury1986ScreenPlayTVJohann Frink1986Hard TravellingHarry1986LovejoyTVJamie1985The MysteriesTVLucifer / Judas / Satan1985Screen TwoTVHarry · Prisoner1982American PlayhouseTVBertolt Brecht1981A Room for the WinterJames van Stanten1981ClapperclawWriter1981Sons and LoversBaxter Dawes1980The UnbornColin1978Nina1978Two Days That Shook the BranchDes Hardy1978Scorpion TalesTVMark Hawkins1978Mr and Mrs BureaucratH1B1977Count DraculaRenfield1977Count DraculaTVRenfield1977BBC2 Play of the WeekTVH1B1976Bill BrandTVBill Brand1976Ready When You Are, Mr McGillPhil Parish - Director1976Red Letter DayTVPhil Parish - Director1975Through the NightDr Pearce1975The Girls of Slender MeansTVRudi Bittesch1975A Pint of Plain1974Churchill's PeopleTVCornet Henry Denne1974OccupationsAntonio Gramsci1974Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?Wallace Pidgeon1974PlayhouseTVColin Brent · Writer1974The Actual WomanWriter1974All Good Men1973The Ballad of Ben BagotWilly Lit1973Second City FirstsTVGordon · Writer1973Orson Welles' Great MysteriesTVDavid Belcito1972Full HouseTVActor in Sketches1972Something to HideJoe Pepper1971BudgieTVPC Donnelly · Det. Constable Leadbetter1970Roll On Four O'ClockJack Youngman1970Play for TodayTVWilliam Waite · Wallace Pidgeon1969The Virgin SoldiersSgt Wellbeloved1969Plays of TodayTVWeaver1969World in FermentTVDoug Searchbaker1969The Bed Sitting RoomUnderwater Vicar1969All Neat in Black StockingsDwyer1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreTVJack Youngman1967OmnibusTVSelf · Gaughin1967ITV PlayhouseTVTommy Smith · Des Hardy1967TrappedTVWebber1965Thirty-Minute TheatreTV'Wing Nut' Williams