Jack Shepherd
Acting

Jack Shepherd

Born 29 October 1940 · Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK · Died 24 November 2025

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
No Escape
Midsomer Murders
Escape from Sobibor
Charlotte Gray
Greed
A Cock and Bull Story
Silent Witness
Into the Storm
God on Trial
Rebellion
The Other Boleyn Girl
Greed
Greyhawk
Into the Storm
God on Trial
The Golden Compass
A Dad for Christmas
A Cock and Bull Story
The Other Boleyn Girl
Boudica
Man and Boy
Lorna Doone
Charlotte Gray
The Martins
Wonderland
The Scarlet Tunic
Hope in the Year Two
No Escape
In Lambeth
Trust Me
Blue Black Permanent
Blue Ice
Tales from Hollywood
Twenty-One
A Woman at War
Misterioso
The Object of Beauty
Shoot to Kill
The Big Man
Van Gogh
The Act
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
The Angry Earth
Lights and Shadows
The Party
Body Contact
Escape from Sobibor
The Hospice
Scoop
Hard Travelling
Sons and Lovers
Clapperclaw
The Unborn
Nina
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
Count Dracula
A Pint of Plain
Through the Night
All Good Men
Occupations
Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?
The Actual Woman
The Ballad of Ben Bagot
Something to Hide
Roll On Four O'Clock
All Neat in Black Stockings
The Virgin Soldiers
The Bed Sitting Room
Jack Shepherd · Midrow