Acting

Jack Shepherd

Born 1940-10-29 · Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK

Died 2025-11-24

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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Greed
as Eric Weeks
2019
Fearless
as Arthur Banville
2017
Rebellion
as General William Lowe
2016
Greyhawk
as Howard
2014
The Politician's Husband
as Joe Hoynes
2013
The Nativity
as Melchior
2010
Thorne
as Jim Thorne
2010
Into the Storm
as Neville Chamberlain
2009
Moving On
as Charlie
2009
God on Trial
as Kuhn
2008
The Fixer
2008
The Golden Compass
as Master
2007
A Dad for Christmas
as Bert
2006
The Only Boy for Me
as Grandpa
2006
The Chase
2006
All About George
2005
All About George
as Gordon
2005
A Cock and Bull Story
as Surgeon
2005
London
as Thomas de Quincey
2004
Boudica
as Claudius
2003
The Other Boleyn Girl
as Thomas Boleyn
2003
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
as Referee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
2002
Man and Boy
as Paddy Silver
2002
The Jury
as Ron Maher
2002
Charlotte Gray
as Pichon
2001
The Martins
as DI Tony Branch
2001
Waking the Dead
as Ralph Palmer
2001
High Stakes
2001
Lorna Doone
as Reuben Huckaback
2001
Lorna Doone
as Reuben Huckaback
2000
Wonderland
as Bill
1999
The Scarlet Tunic
as Dr. Edward Grove
1998
Midsomer Murders
as Magnus Soane
1997
Silent Witness
1996
Wycliffe
as Detective Superintendent Wycliffe
1994
Wycliffe
Director
1994
Hope in the Year Two
as Prisoner
1994
No Escape
as Dysart
1994
Calling the Shots
as Nick
1994
In Lambeth
Writer
1993
Trust Me
as Blake
1992
Tales from Hollywood
as Bertolt Brecht
1992
Blue Ice
as Stevens
1992
Between the Lines
1992
Blue Black Permanent
as Philip Lomax
1992
Performance
as Bertolt Brecht
1991
Twenty-One
as Kenneth
1991
A Woman at War
as Tobias Moszkiewiez
1991
Misterioso
as Paul Webster
1991
The Object of Beauty
as Marty Slaughter
1991
Crimestrike
as Director of Public Prosecutions
1990
The Big Man
as Referee
1990
Van Gogh
as Paul Gaugin
1990
Shoot to Kill
as DCC John Stalker
1990
Shoot to Kill
as DCC John Stalker
1990
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
as Joe Marriot
1989
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989
4 Play
as Mr. Allsop
1989
Screen One
as Blake
1989
The Act
as Johann Frink
1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
as Brodi
1989
The Angry Earth
as Doctor Price
1989
Blind Justice
as Frank Cartwright
1988
Lights and Shadows
as Teo
1988
The Party
as Malcolm Sloman
1988
The Play on One
as Malcolm Sloman
1988
The Play on One
as Paul
1988
Body Contact
as Dickie Finn
1987
Scoop
as Corker
1987
Escape from Sobibor
as Itzhak Lichtman
1987
Tickets for the Titanic
as Rev David Williams
1987
The Hospice
as Maybury
1987
ScreenPlay
as Johann Frink
1986
Hard Travelling
as Harry
1986
Lovejoy
as Jamie
1986
The Mysteries
as Lucifer / Judas / Satan
1985
Screen Two
as Harry
1985
Screen Two
as Prisoner
1985
American Playhouse
as Bertolt Brecht
1982
A Room for the Winter
as James van Stanten
1981