Jack Shepherd (born 29 October 1940) is an English actor, playwright, theatre director, saxophone player and

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pianist. He is known for his television roles, most notably the title role in Trevor Griffiths' series about a young Labour MP '' Bill Brand'' (1976), and the detective drama '' Wycliffe'' (1993–1998). His film appearances include ''

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'' (1969), '' Wonderland'' (1999) and ''

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'' (2007). He won the 1983 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a New Play for the original production of '' Glengarry Glen Ross''.

Biography

Early life

Shepherd attended

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and then studied fine art at Kings College, Newcastle University. 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, first at the

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and then as a student founder of the

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, where he was a direct contemporary at both schools and fellow jazz band member of Deep Purple co-founder,

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. He married Judy Harland; they had 2 children together, Jan and Jake. They later divorced. In 1975 he married Ann Scott, television and film producer. Their children are Victoria,

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and Ben.

Career

He worked at the

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from 1965 to 1969, making his first appearance on the London stage as an Officer of Dragoons in ''

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''. In July 1967 he played Arnold Middleton in

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's ''

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'', which transferred to the

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, a performance for which he received the ''Plays and Players'' London Critics' Award as most promising actor of the year. In 1969 he starred in the satirical comedy series '' World in Ferment''. During the 1970s he appeared in many television dramas, including several appearances in the series '' Budgie'' (1971–72). In '' Ready When You Are, Mr McGill'' (1976) by

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he played a television director struggling to maintain his composure during a doomed location shoot, and in

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series '' Bill Brand'' (also 1976) a radical

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MP. Both performances gained Shepherd Royal Television Society (RTS) Awards. He appeared as Renfield in ''

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'' (1977), with

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in the title role. Shepherd also spent the decade running a drama studio in

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, north London along with fellow actor Richard Wilson, and during that time became interested in scriptwriting. He devised several plays for the theatre including ''The Sleep of Reason'', ''Real Time'', ''Clapperclaw'' and ''Half Moon''. In 1972 he was a founding member, along with Ian McKellen and

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, of the democratically run Actors' Company, playing Vasques in ''

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'', Inspector of Police in '' Ruling the Roost'' (

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and tour) and Okano in '' The Three Arrows'' at the Arts, Cambridge in October 1972. In December 1972 he played Ben in David Mercer's ''Let's Murder Vivaldi'' at

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, and in January 1973 took the title role in '' Dracula'' at the Bush Theatre, also collaborating in the writing. His television work in the 70s included All Good Men, Through the Night and Occupations, all by Trevor Griffiths From 1977 to 1985 he was a member of

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Company at the National Theatre, playing Teach in ''

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'', Judas in '' The Passion'', Boamer in ''

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'', Thomas Clarkeson in ''

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'', Smitty in ''

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'', The Correspondent in '' Dispatches'' and Hickey in ''

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''. Shepherd originated the stage role of

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in '' Glengarry Glen Ross'' at the Cottesloe in 1983, for which he received a Society of West End Theatre award (later known as the Laurence Olivier Awards) as Actor of the Year in a New Play. His first written work for the stage was '' In Lambeth'', an imaginary conversation about revolution between the poet and artist

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, his wife Catherine and

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, author of ''

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''. He first directed it at the Partisan Theatre in July 1989 before its transfer to the

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, winning the 1989 '' Time Out'' Awards for Best Directing and Best Writing. Shepherd's work in television during the 1980s and 1990s included "Blind Justice", a miniseries by Peter Flannery, and culminated in his acclaimed role as the eponymous Detective Superintendent

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in the HTV television series '' Wycliffe'' from 1993 to 1998. He appeared as Butler the Butler in the 1996 television miniseries ''Over Here''. As a theatre director he has staged several productions at the

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, including his lively 'Prologue Production' of ''

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'' starring

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as Proteus, which opened the Globe to the theatregoing public in August 1996, a year before the formal opening Gala. In 1998 at the Globe he played a sad Antonio in Richard Olivier's production of ''

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''. Shepherd's epic drama about the

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, '' Holding Fire!'' was commissioned by the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre as part of its Renaissance and Revolution season, and was first staged there by

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in August 2007.Holding Fire! – Times Online
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'' in 2009, the Doctor in ''

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'' at the Almeida, and

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, one of the Magi, in the four-part TV drama ''

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'', broadcast on

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in December 2010. He played Ralph Palmer (from a 1980s case) in the 2011 episode "Solidarity” of TV series '' Waking the Dead''. In 2013 he played Harry in "Home" by David Storey at the Arcola Theatre and Joe in the BBC TV series''

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''. In 2014 Serebryakov in "Uncle Vanya at the St James Theatre. Also in 2014/15 he toured in 3 ghost stories, Whistle and I'll Come to You, and The Signalman for Middleground Theatre Company, and in 2015/6 with the same company he toured in a stage adaptation of the film The Verdict. 2017/2018 he played Art Hockstadder in Gore Vidal's play The Best Man, first on tour and then at the Playhouse Theatre London. His interest in community theatre led to adaptations of "Dorian Gray" and of Hardy's "Under the Greenwood Tree" for the Players Collective in Lewes. His version of "Under the Greenwood Tree" was performed by the Hardy Players in Dorchester in Dec 2016. He has written and directed a new play, The Cutting Edge, which runs at the Arcola Theatre Feb-Mar 2020.

Plays

Plays by Jack Shepherd include: *''The Incredible Journey of Sir Francis Younghusband'' (Royal Court Upstairs) *''The Sleep of Reason'' (

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, Edinburgh) 1973 *''Clapperclaw'' (BBC Two) 1981 *''Real Time'' (directed and devised with the

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) 1982 *''Revelations'' (Bridge Lane, London) 1983s. *'' In Lambeth'' (Partisan Theatre and

) 1989. Published by Methuen. *''Comic Cuts'' (Derby Playhouse, Salisbury Theatre and Lyric Studio, Hammersmith) 1995 *''Chasing the Moment'' (Southwark Playhouse) 1994 and (BAC1 London) 1995 dir. Janos Bruck, (revived Arcola, Dalston) 2007 dir. Mehmet Ergen. Published by First Write *''Half Moon'' (Southwark Playhouse) 1998 *''Through a Cloud'' (Birmingham Rep and Drum, Plymouth) 2004), revived Arcola) 2005. Published by Nick Hern Books. *''Man Falling Down: A Mask Play'' (devised and co-written with

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, Shakespeare's Globe) 2005 *'' Holding Fire!'' (Shakespeare's Globe) 2007. Published by Nick Hern Books * The Cutting Edge (Arcola Theatre) 2020 Co-wrote with

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"Impossible Plays", an account of his years in Bill Bryden's Cottesloe Company at the National Theatre. Published by Methuen. His two recently completed plays are ''Against the Tide'', about William Morris, and ''The Valley of the Shadow'', about World War I.

Filmography

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'' (1962) .... Grand Hotel Night Receptionist (uncredited) *''

'' (1969) .... Dwyer *'' The Bed Sitting Room'' (1969) .... Under Water Vicar *'' The Virgin Soldiers'' (1969) .... Sergeant Wellbeloved *'' Special Branch'' (1969) .... Peter Watson *''

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'' (1971) .... Eskesen *'' ''Budgie'''' (1971, TV Series) .... PC Donnelly *''

Something to Hide ''Something to Hide'' (in the U.S. also reissued as ''Shattered''), is a 1972 British thriller film, written and directed by Alastair Reid, based on a 1963 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat. The film stars Peter Finch, Shelley Winters, Colin Blakel ...

'' (1972) .... Joe Pepper *'' Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill'' (1976, TV Series) - Phil Parish - Director *''

'' (1977, TV Movie) .... Renfield *''

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'' (1978, TV Series) .... Thomas Becket *''

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'' (1987, TV Movie) .... The Journey - Corker *''

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'' (1987, TV Movie) .... Itzhak Lichtman *'' Body Contact'' (1987) .... Dickie Finn *'' Lights and Shadows'' (1988) *'' Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story'' (1989, TV Movie) .... Brodi *''

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'' (1989, TV Movie) .... Joe Marriot *'' Shoot to Kill'' (1990, TV Movie) ....

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The Big Man ''The Big Man'' (US title: ''Crossing the Line'') is a 1990 feature film. It stars Liam Neeson, Joanne Whalley and Billy Connolly. The film's score was composed by Ennio Morricone. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by William M ...

'' (1990) .... Referee *''Crimestrike'' (1990) *''

The Object of Beauty ''The Object of Beauty'' is a 1991 comedy crime–drama film directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and starring John Malkovich and Andie MacDowell. Plot Jake and Tina have taken up residence in a London hotel, living way beyond their means. He is a c ...

'' (1991) .... Mr. Slaughter *'' Twenty-One'' (1991) .... Kenneth *'' Blue Ice'' (1992) .... Stevens *''Blue Black Permanent'' (1992) .... Philip Lomax *'' Wycliffe'' (1993–1998, TV Series) .... Det. Supt. Wycliffe *'' No Escape'' (1994) .... Dysart *'' Over Here'' (1996, TV Movie) .... Butler *''The Scarlet Tunic'' (1998) .... Dr. Edward Grove *'' Wonderland'' (1999) .... Bill *''

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'' (2001) .... DI Tony Branch *'' Charlotte Gray'' (2001) .... Paul Pichon *'' Silent Witness'' episode '' Closed Ranks'' (2002) .... ACC Richard Dyer *'' Boudica'' (2003) .... Claudius *''

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'' (Tristram Shandy) (2005) .... Surgeon *''Lipstick'' (2005, Short) .... Man *'' All About George'' (2005, TV Series) .... Gordon Kinsey *'' A Dad from Christmas'' (2006, TV Movie) .... Bert *''

'' (2007) .... Master *''

God on Trial ''God on Trial'' is a 2008 British television play written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, starring Antony Sher, Rupert Graves and Jack Shepherd. The play takes place in Auschwitz during World War II. The Jewish prisoners put God on trial ''in abse ...

'' (2008, TV Movie) .... Khun *'' Thorne'' (2010, TV series) .... Jim Thorne *''

'' (2010, TV Mini-Series) .... Melchior *''

'' (2013, TV Mini-Series) .... Joe Hoynes *''Greyhawk'' (2014) .... Howard *''

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'' (2014, TV Series) .... William Taskerland *'' Midsomer Murders'' (2015, TV Series) .... Magnus Soane *'' ''Manhunt'' : The Night Stalker, Part 2'' (2021, TV Series) .... Dave Sutton

References

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Who's Who in the Theatre ''Who's Who in the Theatre'' is a British reference work, first published in 1912 with sixteen new editions from then until its last issue in 1981. The book was a successor to ''The Green Room Book'', of which four editions were published betw ...

''. 17th edition, Gale Publishing (1981) *

Halliwell's Film Guide Robert James Leslie Halliwell (23 February 1929 – 21 January 1989) was a British film critic, encyclopaedist and television rights buyer for ITV, the British commercial network, and Channel 4. He is best known for his reference guides, '' Fil ...

* Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies *

Theatre Record ''Theatre Record'' is a periodical that reprints reviews, production photographs, and other information about the British theatre. Overview ''Theatre Record'' was founded in 1981 by Ian Herbert and has been published fortnightly since January 1 ...

indexes

External links

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His theatrical agent's Jack Shepherd page
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