Jack Shepherd

Jack Shepherd

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

October 29, 1940

died

November 24, 2025

place of birth

Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK

total credits

50 movies

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.

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Known For

The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass

as Master

No Escape

No Escape

as Dysart

Greed

Greed

as Eric Weeks

Escape from Sobibor

Escape from Sobibor

as Itzhak Lichtman

Charlotte Gray

Charlotte Gray

as Pichon

Blue Ice

Blue Ice

as Stevens

Filmography

50 credits · sorted by popularity · swipe or use arrows

The Golden Compass
6.1

The Golden Compass

2007as Master
No Escape
6.2

No Escape

1994as Dysart
Greed
5.6

Greed

2019as Eric Weeks
Escape from Sobibor
7.2

Escape from Sobibor

1987as Itzhak Lichtman
Charlotte Gray
6.2

Charlotte Gray

2001as Pichon
Blue Ice
5.3

Blue Ice

1992as Stevens
A Cock and Bull Story
6.2

A Cock and Bull Story

2005as Surgeon
The Big Man
4.8

The Big Man

1990as Referee
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
5.1

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

2002as Referee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
Boudica
4.8

Boudica

2003as Claudius
All About George
10.0

All About George

2005as Gordon
Into the Storm
6.4

Into the Storm

2009as Neville Chamberlain
God on Trial
6.8

God on Trial

2008as Kuhn
The Virgin Soldiers
6.8

The Virgin Soldiers

1969as Sgt Wellbeloved
The Martins
5.4

The Martins

2001as DI Tony Branch
Wonderland
6.5

Wonderland

1999as Bill
Lorna Doone
5.8

Lorna Doone

2001as Reuben Huckaback
The Bed Sitting Room
5.9

The Bed Sitting Room

1969as Underwater Vicar
The Object of Beauty
5.2

The Object of Beauty

1991as Marty Slaughter
Count Dracula
7.0

Count Dracula

1977as Renfield
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
5.9

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

1989as Brodi
The Other Boleyn Girl
7.2

The Other Boleyn Girl

2003as Thomas Boleyn
Scoop
5.7

Scoop

1987as Corker
Trust Me
8.5

Trust Me

1992as Blake
A Woman at War
6.5

A Woman at War

1991as Tobias Moszkiewiez
Hard Travelling

Hard Travelling

1986as Harry
Body Contact
5.6

Body Contact

1987as Dickie Finn
The Party

The Party

1988as Malcolm Sloman
Shoot to Kill

Shoot to Kill

1990as DCC John Stalker
Tales from Hollywood
3.0

Tales from Hollywood

1992as Bertolt Brecht
Man and Boy
5.4

Man and Boy

2002as Paddy Silver
Twenty-One
4.9

Twenty-One

1991as Kenneth
The Unborn
8.0

The Unborn

1980as Colin
A Dad for Christmas
6.6

A Dad for Christmas

2006as Bert
Van Gogh
1.0

Van Gogh

1990as Paul Gaugin
The Hospice
7.0

The Hospice

1987as Maybury
All Neat in Black Stockings
4.0

All Neat in Black Stockings

1969as Dwyer
Sons and Lovers

Sons and Lovers

1981as Baxter Dawes
Through the Night

Through the Night

1975as Dr Pearce
The Act

The Act

1989as Johann Frink
The Scarlet Tunic
5.1

The Scarlet Tunic

1998as Dr. Edward Grove
Something to Hide
5.8

Something to Hide

1972as Joe Pepper
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat

1978as H1B
The Angry Earth
4.7

The Angry Earth

1989as Doctor Price
Greyhawk
6.4

Greyhawk

2014as Howard
Misterioso

Misterioso

1991as Paul Webster
Blue Black Permanent
5.6

Blue Black Permanent

1992as Philip Lomax
A Pint of Plain

A Pint of Plain

1975
Roll On Four O'Clock
6.0

Roll On Four O'Clock

1970as Jack Youngman
Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?

Pidgeon – Hawk or Dove?

1974as Wallace Pidgeon