
Jack Shepherd
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 29, 1940
- Died
- November 24, 2025
- Birthplace
- 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

Greed 2019
as Eric Weeks

Greyhawk 2014
as Howard

Into the Storm 2009
as Neville Chamberlain

God on Trial 2008
as Kuhn

The Golden Compass 2007
as Master

A Dad for Christmas 2006
as Bert
- The Only Boy for Me
The Only Boy for Me 2006
as Grandpa

A Cock and Bull Story 2005
as Surgeon

Boudica 2003
as Claudius

The Other Boleyn Girl 2003
as Thomas Boleyn

Ultimate Fights from the Movies 2002
as Referee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)

Man and Boy 2002
as Paddy Silver

Charlotte Gray 2001
as Pichon

The Martins 2001
as DI Tony Branch

Lorna Doone 2001
as Reuben Huckaback

Wonderland 1999
as Bill

The Scarlet Tunic 1998
as Dr. Edward Grove

Hope in the Year Two 1994
as Prisoner

No Escape 1994
as Dysart

In Lambeth 1993
Writer

Trust Me 1992
as Blake

Tales from Hollywood 1992
as Bertolt Brecht

Blue Ice 1992
as Stevens

Blue Black Permanent 1992
as Philip Lomax

Twenty-One 1991
as Kenneth

A Woman at War 1991
as Tobias Moszkiewiez

Misterioso 1991
as Paul Webster

The Object of Beauty 1991
as Marty Slaughter
- Crimestrike
Crimestrike 1990
as Director of Public Prosecutions

The Big Man 1990
as Referee

Van Gogh 1990
as Paul Gaugin

Shoot to Kill 1990
as DCC John Stalker
- Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage
Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage 1989
as Joe Marriot
- Nobody Here But Us Chickens
Nobody Here But Us Chickens 1989
Actor

The Act 1989
as Johann Frink

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story 1989
as Brodi

The Angry Earth 1989
as Doctor Price

Lights and Shadows 1988
as Teo

The Party 1988
as Malcolm Sloman

Body Contact 1987
as Dickie Finn

Scoop 1987
as Corker

Escape from Sobibor 1987
as Itzhak Lichtman

The Hospice 1987
as Maybury

Hard Travelling 1986
as Harry
- A Room for the Winter
A Room for the Winter 1981
as James van Stanten

Clapperclaw 1981
Writer

Sons and Lovers 1981
as Baxter Dawes

The Unborn 1980
as Colin

Nina 1978
Actor
- Two Days That Shook the Branch
Two Days That Shook the Branch 1978
as Des Hardy

Mr. and Ms. Bureaucrat 1978
as H1B

Count Dracula 1977
as Renfield
- Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill 1976
as Phil Parish - Director

Through the Night 1975
as Dr Pearce

A Pint of Plain 1975
Actor

Occupations 1974
as Antonio Gramsci

Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove? 1974
as Wallace Pidgeon

The Actual Woman 1974
Writer

All Good Men 1974
Actor

The Ballad of Ben Bagot 1973
as Willy Lit

Something to Hide 1973
as Joe Pepper

Roll On Four O'Clock 1970
as Jack Youngman

The Virgin Soldiers 1969
as Sgt Wellbeloved

The Bed Sitting Room 1969
as Underwater Vicar

All Neat in Black Stockings 1969
as Dwyer
Credits from TMDB.