ACTOR
Jack Shepherd
Known for Midsomer Murders · Silent Witness · Play for Today
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.
Snapshot 2026-10-15
- Born
- Oct 29, 1940
- Died
- Nov 24, 2025
- Birthplace
- Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Known For
- Acting
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.
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Known For
Filmography
Movies
All Neat in Black StockingsDwyer
1969
The Bed Sitting RoomUnderwater Vicar
1969
The Virgin SoldiersSgt Wellbeloved
1969
Roll On Four O'ClockJack Youngman
1970
Something to HideJoe Pepper
1973
The Ballad of Ben BagotWilly Lit
1973
All Good Men
1974
OccupationsAntonio Gramsci
1974
Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?Wallace Pidgeon
1974
The Actual WomanWriter
1974
A Pint of Plain
1975
Through the NightDr Pearce
1975RW
Ready When You Are, Mr McGillPhil Parish - Director
1976
Count DraculaRenfield
1977
Mr and Mrs BureaucratH1B
1978
Nina
1978TD
Two Days That Shook the BranchDes Hardy
1978
The UnbornColin
1980AR
A Room for the WinterJames van Stanten
1981
ClapperclawWriter
1981
Sons and LoversBaxter Dawes
1981
Hard TravellingHarry
1986
Body ContactDickie Finn
1987
Escape from SobiborItzhak Lichtman
1987
ScoopCorker
1987
The HospiceMaybury
1987
Lights and ShadowsTeo
1988
The PartyMalcolm Sloman
1988BO
Ball-Trap On The Cote SauvageJoe Marriot
1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryBrodi
1989NH
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989
The ActJohann Frink
1989
The Angry EarthDoctor Price
1989C
CrimestrikeDirector of Public Prosecutions
1990
Shoot to KillDCC John Stalker
1990
The Big ManReferee
1990
Van GoghPaul Gaugin
1990
A Woman at WarTobias Moszkiewiez
1991
MisteriosoPaul Webster
1991
The Object of BeautyMarty Slaughter
1991
Twenty-OneKenneth
1991
Blue Black PermanentPhilip Lomax
1992
Blue IceStevens
1992
Tales from HollywoodBertolt Brecht
1992
Trust MeBlake
1992
In LambethWriter
1993
Hope in the Year TwoPrisoner
1994
No EscapeDysart
1994
The Scarlet TunicDr. Edward Grove
1998
WonderlandBill
1999
Charlotte GrayPichon
2001
Lorna DooneReuben Huckaback
2001
The MartinsDI Tony Branch
2001
Man and BoyPaddy Silver
2002
Ultimate Fights from the MoviesReferee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
2002
BoudicaClaudius
2003
The Other Boleyn GirlThomas Boleyn
2003
A Cock and Bull StorySurgeon
2005
A Dad for ChristmasBert
2006TO
The Only Boy for MeGrandpa
2006
The Golden CompassMaster
2007
God on TrialKuhn
2008
Into the StormNeville Chamberlain
2009
GreyhawkHoward
2014
GreedEric Weeks
2019Television
Thirty-Minute Theatre'Wing Nut' Williams · 1 eps
1965
ITV PlayhouseTommy Smith · 1 eps
1967ITV PlayhouseDes Hardy · 1 eps
1967
OmnibusSelf · 1 eps
1967OmnibusGaughin · 1 eps
1967T
TrappedWebber · 1 eps
1967
ITV Saturday Night TheatreJack Youngman · 1 eps
1969PO
Plays of TodayWeaver · 1 eps
1969WI
World in FermentDoug Searchbaker · 6 eps
1969
Play for TodayWilliam Waite · 1 eps
1970Play for TodayWallace Pidgeon · 1 eps
1970
BudgiePC Donnelly · 1 eps
1971BudgieDet. Constable Leadbetter · 3 eps
1971FH
Full HouseActor in Sketches · 22 eps
1972
Orson Welles' Great MysteriesDavid Belcito · 1 eps
1973SC
Second City FirstsGordon · 1 eps
1973SC
Second City FirstsWriter
1973
Churchill's PeopleCornet Henry Denne · 1 eps
1974
PlayhouseColin Brent · 1 eps
1974PlayhouseWriter
1974
The Girls of Slender MeansRudi Bittesch · 3 eps
1975
Bill BrandBill Brand · 11 eps
1976
Red Letter DayPhil Parish - Director · 1 eps
1976
BBC2 Play of the WeekH1B · 1 eps
1977
Count DraculaRenfield · 2 eps
1977
Scorpion TalesMark Hawkins · 1 eps
1978
American PlayhouseBertolt Brecht · 1 eps
1982
Screen TwoHarry · 1 eps
1985Screen TwoPrisoner · 1 eps
1985
The MysteriesLucifer / Judas / Satan · 3 eps
1985
LovejoyJamie · 1 eps
1986
ScreenPlayJohann Frink · 1 eps
1986TF
Tickets for the TitanicRev David Williams · 1 eps
1987BJ
Blind JusticeFrank Cartwright · 5 eps
1988
The Play on OneMalcolm Sloman · 1 eps
1988The Play on OnePaul · 1 eps
19884P
4 PlayMr. Allsop · 1 eps
1989
Screen OneBlake · 1 eps
1989Shoot to KillDCC John Stalker · 2 eps
1990
PerformanceBertolt Brecht · 1 eps
1991
Between the Lines1 eps
1992
Calling the ShotsNick · 2 eps
1994
WycliffeDetective Superintendent Wycliffe · 36 eps
1994WycliffeDirector
1994
Silent Witness2 eps
1996
Midsomer MurdersMagnus Soane · 1 eps
1997
Lorna DooneReuben Huckaback · 2 eps
2000
High Stakes6 eps
2001
Waking the DeadRalph Palmer · 2 eps
2001
The JuryRon Maher · 6 eps
2002L
LondonThomas de Quincey · 3 eps
2004
All About George6 eps
2005All About GeorgeGordon · 6 eps
2005
The Chase1 eps
2006
The Fixer1 eps
2008
Moving OnCharlie · 1 eps
2009
The NativityMelchior · 4 eps
2010
ThorneJim Thorne · 6 eps
2010
The Politician's HusbandJoe Hoynes · 3 eps
2013
RebellionGeneral William Lowe · 5 eps
2016
FearlessArthur Banville · 6 eps
2017Photos
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