Jack Shepherd

Actor

Born: October 29, 1940
Died: November 24, 2025 (age 85)
From: Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK

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.

Filmography (63)

Greed (2019)
Eric Weeks
Greyhawk (2014)
Howard
Into the Storm (2009)
Neville Chamberlain
God on Trial (2008)
Kuhn
The Golden Compass (2007)
Master
A Dad for Christmas (2006)
Bert
The Only Boy for Me
The Only Boy for Me (2006)
Grandpa
All About George (2005)
Gordon
A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
Surgeon
Boudica (2003)
Claudius
The Other Boleyn Girl (2003)
Thomas Boleyn
Ultimate Fights from the Movies (2002)
Referee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
Man and Boy (2002)
Paddy Silver
Charlotte Gray (2001)
Pichon
The Martins (2001)
DI Tony Branch
Lorna Doone (2001)
Reuben Huckaback
Wonderland (1999)
Bill
The Scarlet Tunic (1998)
Dr. Edward Grove
Hope In The Year Two (1994)
Prisoner
No Escape (1994)
Dysart
Trust Me (1992)
Blake
Tales from Hollywood (1992)
Bertolt Brecht
Blue Ice (1992)
Stevens
Blue Black Permanent (1992)
Philip Lomax
Twenty-One (1991)
Kenneth
A Woman at War (1991)
Tobias Moszkiewiez
Misterioso (1991)
Paul Webster
The Object of Beauty (1991)
Marty Slaughter
Crimestrike
Crimestrike (1990)
Director of Public Prosecutions
The Big Man (1990)
Referee