Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK — Oct 29 1940• Died Nov 24 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.
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Magnus Soane


William Waite

Colin Brent

Ralph Palmer

Detective Superintendent Wycliffe

Self

Bertolt Brecht

Charlie

H1B

Jamie

Cornet Henry Denne

General William Lowe


PC Donnelly

David Belcito

Malcolm Sloman

Jim Thorne

Ron Maher

Master


Arthur Banville

Mark Hawkins

Bill Brand


Tommy Smith

Joe Hoynes

Renfield
Actor in Sketches

Dysart
Thomas de Quincey

Reuben Huckaback

Eric Weeks


Melchior

Referee (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)

Pichon


Referee

Sgt Wellbeloved

Stevens

Reuben Huckaback

Lucifer / Judas / Satan

Nick

Bill

Claudius

Neville Chamberlain

Itzhak Lichtman

Renfield

Surgeon

Rudi Bittesch

DCC John Stalker

Kuhn

Malcolm Sloman

Brodi

DCC John Stalker
Joe Marriot

Harry

Thomas Boleyn

DI Tony Branch

Underwater Vicar
Doug Searchbaker

Corker
Grandpa

Dickie Finn

Tobias Moszkiewiez

Kenneth


Blake

Bertolt Brecht

Paddy Silver

Dwyer

Bert

Dr. Edward Grove

Doctor Price


Baxter Dawes

Howard

Antonio Gramsci
Phil Parish - Director

Paul Gaugin

Writing

Marty Slaughter
Teo

Writing

Maybury

Joe Pepper
Des Hardy

Gordon

Colin

Prisoner

Jack Youngman
Director of Public Prosecutions

Paul Webster

H1B

Dr Pearce


Writing
James van Stanten

Johann Frink

Willy Lit

Philip Lomax

Wallace Pidgeon