Jack Shepherd
Acting
Born: October 29, 1940 · Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died: November 24, 2025 (aged 85)
Highest Rated
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
The Golden Compass
2007
No Escape
1994
Midsomer Murders
1997
Escape from Sobibor
1987
Charlotte Gray
2001
Greed
2019
A Cock and Bull Story
2005
Silent Witness
1996
Into the Storm
2009
God on Trial
2008
Rebellion
2016
The Other Boleyn Girl
2003
Photos (2)
Movies (54)
The Golden Compass
Master
No Escape
Dysart
Escape from Sobibor
Itzhak Lichtman
Greed
Eric Weeks
Into the Storm
Neville Chamberlain
A Cock and Bull Story
Surgeon
Charlotte Gray
Pichon
Blue Ice
Stevens
The Big Man
Referee
The Other Boleyn Girl
Thomas Boleyn
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Referee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
God on Trial
Kuhn
Boudica
Claudius
The Bed Sitting Room
Underwater Vicar
Wonderland
Bill
The Martins
DI Tony Branch
The Object of Beauty
Marty Slaughter
The Virgin Soldiers
Sgt Wellbeloved
Lorna Doone
Reuben Huckaback
The Hospice
Maybury
Occupations
Antonio Gramsci
Twenty-One
Kenneth
Count Dracula
Renfield
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Brodi
Body Contact
Dickie Finn
Van Gogh
Paul Gaugin
Man and Boy
Paddy Silver
All Neat in Black Stockings
Dwyer
Scoop
Corker
Nina
1978
Tales from Hollywood
Bertolt Brecht
A Woman at War
Tobias Moszkiewiez
The Party
Malcolm Sloman
The Angry Earth
Doctor Price
A Dad for Christmas
Bert
Trust Me
Blake
Hard Travelling
Harry
All Good Men
1974
Blue Black Permanent
Philip Lomax
Shoot to Kill
DCC John Stalker
The Scarlet Tunic
Dr. Edward Grove
A Pint of Plain
1975
The Act
Johann Frink
Sons and Lovers
Baxter Dawes
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
H1B
Greyhawk
Howard
The Unborn
Colin
Through the Night
Dr Pearce
Something to Hide
Joe Pepper
The Ballad of Ben Bagot
Willy Lit
Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?
Wallace Pidgeon
Misterioso
Paul Webster
Roll On Four O'Clock
Jack Youngman
Hope In The Year Two
Prisoner
TV Shows (48)
Midsomer Murders
Magnus Soane · 1 eps
Play for Today
William Waite · 1 eps
Play for Today
Wallace Pidgeon · 1 eps
Silent Witness
2 eps
American Playhouse
Bertolt Brecht · 1 eps
Omnibus
Gaughin · 1 eps
Screen Two
Harry · 1 eps
Screen Two
Prisoner · 1 eps
Waking the Dead
Ralph Palmer · 2 eps
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Jack Youngman · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Tommy Smith · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Des Hardy · 1 eps
Thirty-Minute Theatre
'Wing Nut' Williams · 1 eps
Performance
Bertolt Brecht · 1 eps
Playhouse
Colin Brent · 1 eps
Wycliffe
Detective Superintendent Wycliffe · 36 eps
Churchill's People
Cornet Henry Denne · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Johann Frink · 1 eps
Between the Lines
1 eps
Moving On
Charlie · 1 eps
Screen One
Blake · 1 eps
Lovejoy
Jamie · 1 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
H1B · 1 eps
The Play on One
Malcolm Sloman · 1 eps
The Play on One
Paul · 1 eps
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
David Belcito · 1 eps
Budgie
PC Donnelly · 1 eps
Budgie
Det. Constable Leadbetter · 3 eps
Fearless
Arthur Banville · 6 eps
Rebellion
General William Lowe · 5 eps
The Jury
Ron Maher · 6 eps
Thorne
Jim Thorne · 6 eps
The Fixer
1 eps
The Chase
1 eps
Lorna Doone
Reuben Huckaback · 2 eps
All About George
6 eps
All About George
Gordon · 6 eps
The Politician's Husband
Joe Hoynes · 3 eps
Bill Brand
Bill Brand · 11 eps
Scorpion Tales
Mark Hawkins · 1 eps
Red Letter Day
Phil Parish - Director · 1 eps
The Nativity
Melchior · 4 eps
High Stakes
6 eps
The Mysteries
Lucifer / Judas / Satan · 3 eps
Count Dracula
Renfield · 2 eps
Calling the Shots
Nick · 2 eps
The Girls of Slender Means
Rudi Bittesch · 3 eps
Shoot to Kill
DCC John Stalker · 2 eps
