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Actor
Jack Shepherd
- Born October 29, 1940 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Died November 24, 2025
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
The Golden Compass2007
No Escape1994
Midsomer Murders1997
Escape from Sobibor1987
Charlotte Gray2001
Greed2019
A Cock and Bull Story2005
Silent Witness1996
Filmography
- 2019GreedFilmEric Weeks
- 2017FearlessSeriesArthur Banville
- 2016RebellionSeriesGeneral William Lowe
- 2014GreyhawkFilmHoward
- 2013The Politician's HusbandSeriesJoe Hoynes
- 2010ThorneSeriesJim Thorne
- 2010The NativitySeriesMelchior
- 2009Into the StormFilmNeville Chamberlain
- 2009Moving OnSeriesCharlie
- 2008God on TrialFilmKuhn
- 2008The FixerSeries
- 2007The Golden CompassFilmMaster
- 2006A Dad for ChristmasFilmBert
- 2006The ChaseSeries
- 2006The Only Boy for MeFilmGrandpa
- 2005A Cock and Bull StoryFilmSurgeon
- 2005All About GeorgeSeriesGordon
- 2004LondonSeriesThomas de Quincey
- 2003The Other Boleyn GirlFilmThomas Boleyn
- 2003BoudicaFilmClaudius
- 2002Ultimate Fights from the MoviesFilmReferee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
- 2002The JurySeriesRon Maher
- 2002Man and BoyFilmPaddy Silver
- 2001Charlotte GrayFilmPichon
- 2001Waking the DeadSeriesRalph Palmer
- 2001Lorna DooneFilmReuben Huckaback
- 2001The MartinsFilmDI Tony Branch
- 2001High StakesSeries
- 2000Lorna DooneSeriesReuben Huckaback
- 1999WonderlandFilmBill
- 1998The Scarlet TunicFilmDr. Edward Grove
- 1997Midsomer MurdersSeriesMagnus Soane
- 1996Silent WitnessSeries
- 1994No EscapeFilmDysart
- 1994WycliffeSeriesDetective Superintendent Wycliffe, Director
- 1994Calling the ShotsSeriesNick
- 1994Hope in the Year TwoFilmPrisoner
- 1993In LambethFilmWriter
- 1992Blue IceFilmStevens
- 1992Blue Black PermanentFilmPhilip Lomax
- 1992Between the LinesSeries
- 1992Tales from HollywoodFilmBertolt Brecht
- 1992Trust MeFilmBlake
- 1991The Object of BeautyFilmMarty Slaughter
- 1991Twenty-OneFilmKenneth
- 1991A Woman at WarFilmTobias Moszkiewiez
- 1991PerformanceSeriesBertolt Brecht
- 1991MisteriosoFilmPaul Webster
- 1990The Big ManFilmReferee
- 1990Shoot to KillSeriesDCC John Stalker
- 1990Van GoghFilmPaul Gaugin
- 1990CrimestrikeFilmDirector of Public Prosecutions
- 1990Shoot to KillFilmDCC John Stalker
- 1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryFilmBrodi
- 1989Ball-Trap On The Cote SauvageFilmJoe Marriot
- 1989Screen OneSeriesBlake
- 1989The Angry EarthFilmDoctor Price
- 19894 PlaySeriesMr. Allsop
- 1989Nobody Here But Us ChickensFilm
- 1989The ActFilmJohann Frink
- 1988Lights and ShadowsFilmTeo
- 1988The Play on OneSeriesMalcolm Sloman, Paul
- 1988Blind JusticeSeriesFrank Cartwright
- 1988The PartyFilmMalcolm Sloman
- 1987Escape from SobiborFilmItzhak Lichtman
- 1987ScoopFilmCorker
- 1987Body ContactFilmDickie Finn
- 1987The HospiceFilmMaybury
- 1987Tickets for the TitanicSeriesRev David Williams
- 1986LovejoySeriesJamie
- 1986ScreenPlaySeriesJohann Frink
- 1986Hard TravellingFilmHarry
- 1985Screen TwoSeriesHarry, Prisoner
- 1985The MysteriesSeriesLucifer / Judas / Satan
- 1982American PlayhouseSeriesBertolt Brecht
- 1981A Room for the WinterFilmJames van Stanten
- 1981Sons and LoversFilmBaxter Dawes
- 1981ClapperclawFilmWriter
- 1980The UnbornFilmColin
- 1978NinaFilm