
Jack Shepherd
Known For
Acting
Born
1940-10-29 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died
2025-11-24
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.
Most Known For

Midsomer Murders
as Magnus Soane

Silent Witness

Play for Today
as William Waite

Play for Today
as Wallace Pidgeon

Waking the Dead
as Ralph Palmer

Playhouse
as Colin Brent

Omnibus
as Self

Omnibus
as Gaughin

Rebellion
as General William Lowe

Wycliffe
as Detective Superintendent Wycliffe

Moving On
as Charlie

Performance
as Bertolt Brecht

Between the Lines

Lovejoy
as Jamie

BBC2 Play of the Week
as H1B

The Golden Compass
as Master

Blue Ice
as Stevens

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
as David Belcito

Twenty-one
as Kenneth

Thorne
as Jim Thorne