Jack Shepherd Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Jack Shepherd (born 29 October 1940) is 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. Shepherd attended Roundhay School, Leeds and then studied fine art at Kings College, Newcastle. During his time in Newcastle, he was an amateur actor with the People's Theatre. After gaining a BA he went on to study acting... MORE

Jack Shepherd (born 29 October 1940) is 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. Shepherd attended Roundhay School, Leeds and then studied fine art at Kings College, Newcastle. During his time in Newcastle, he was an amateur actor with the People's Theatre. After gaining a BA he went on to study acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama, and then as a student founder of the Drama Centre London. He worked at the Royal Court Theatre from 1965 to 1969, making his first appearance on the London stage as an Officer of Dragoons in Serjeant Musgrave's Dance. In July 1967 he played Arnold Middleton in David Storey's The Restoration of Arnold Middleton, which transferred to the Criterion Theatre, a performance for which he received the Plays and Players London Critics' Award as most promising actor of the year. During the 1970s, he appeared in many television dramas, including an occasional LESS