Jack Shepherd
ActingBorn
October 29, 1940
Died
November 24, 2025
Place of Birth
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
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
Filmography
Greed
2019
Greyhawk
2014
Into the Storm
2009
God on Trial
2008
The Golden Compass
2007
A Dad for Christmas
2006
The Only Boy for Me
2006
All About George
2005
A Cock and Bull Story
2005
Boudica
2003
The Other Boleyn Girl
2003
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
Man and Boy
2002
Charlotte Gray
2001
The Martins
2001
Lorna Doone
2001
Wonderland
1999
The Scarlet Tunic
1998
Hope In The Year Two
1994
No Escape
1994
Trust Me
1992
Tales from Hollywood
1992
Blue Ice
1992
Blue Black Permanent
1992
Twenty-One
1991
A Woman at War
1991
Misterioso
1991
The Object of Beauty
1991
Crimestrike
1990
The Big Man
1990
Van Gogh
1990
Shoot to Kill
1990
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
1989
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989
The Act
1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
The Angry Earth
1989
Lights and Shadows
1988
The Party
1988
Body Contact
1987
Scoop
1987
Escape from Sobibor
1987
The Hospice
1987
Hard Travelling
1986
A Room for the Winter
1981
Sons and Lovers
1981
The Unborn
1980
Nina
1978
Two Days That Shook the Branch
1978
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978
Count Dracula
1977
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
1976
Through the Night
1975
A Pint of Plain
1975
Occupations
1974
Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?
1974
All Good Men
1974
The Ballad of Ben Bagot
1973
Something to Hide
1972
Roll On Four O'Clock
1970
The Virgin Soldiers
1969
The Bed Sitting Room
1969
All Neat in Black Stockings
1969
Fearless
2017
Rebellion
2016
The Politician's Husband
2013
The Nativity
2010
Thorne
2010
Moving On
2009
Fixer
2008
The Chase
2006
All About George
2005
All About George
2005
London
2004
The Jury
2002
Waking the Dead
2001
High Stakes
2001
Lorna Doone
2000
Midsomer Murders
1997
Silent Witness
1996
Wycliffe
1994
Calling the Shots
1994
Between the Lines
1992
Performance
1991
Shoot to Kill
1990
The Play on One
1988
The Play on One
1988
ScreenPlay
1986
Lovejoy
1986
The Mysteries
1985
Scorpion Tales
1978
Count Dracula
1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Bill Brand
1976
Red Letter Day
1976
The Girls of Slender Means
1975
Churchill's People
1974
Playhouse
1974
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
Full House
1972
Budgie
1971
Budgie
1971
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
World in Ferment
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Omnibus
1967
Omnibus
1967
ITV Playhouse
1967
ITV Playhouse
1967