Arthur Michael Shepley-Smith (29 September 1907 – 28 September 1961), known professionally as Michael Shepley, was a British actor, appearing in theatre, film and some television between 1929 and 1961. He was born in

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. Shepley made his screen début in the 1931

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film '' Black Coffee''. He went on to appear in more than sixty films, the last of which was ''

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'' in 1961, the year of his death.

Filmography

* '' Black Coffee'' (1931) - Raynor * '' A Shot in the Dark'' (1933) - Vivien Waugh * '' Bella Donna'' (1934) - Dr, Baring-Hartley * '' Tangled Evidence'' (1934) - Gilbert Morfield * ''

Lord Edgware Dies ''Lord Edgware Dies'' is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in September 1933 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year under the title of ''Thirt ...

'' (1934) - Captain Roland Marsh * ''

Are You a Mason? Are You a Mason? is a farce in 3 acts by Leo Ditrichstein, who in turn adapted it from a German play, ''Die Logenbrüder'' (''The Freemason''), by Curt Kraatz and Carl Laufs. The play was performed at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 1901.''The Prince ...

'' (1934) - Ernest Monison * ''

The Green Pack ''The Green Pack'' is a 1934 British drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring John Stuart, Aileen Marson and Hugh Miller. It was based on a play of the same name by Edgar Wallace. In the film, the wealthy investor in a South Africa ...

'' (1934) - Mark Elliott * '' Open All Night'' (1934) - Hilary * '' The Rocks of Valpre'' (1935) - Trevor Mordaunt * '' Lazybones'' (1935) - Hildebrand Pope * ''

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes ''The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes'' is a 1935 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Arthur Wontner. It was based on the 1915 Sherlock Holmes novel '' The Valley of Fear'' by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the fourth film ...

'' (1935) - Cecil Barker * ''

The Lad ''The Lad'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Gordon Harker, Betty Stockfeld and Jane Carr. It was made at Twickenham Studios. The film is based on a novel by Edgar Wallace. Plot Bill Shane is The Lad, an opp ...

'' (1935) - Arthur Maddeley * ''

That's My Uncle ''That's My Uncle'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by George Pearson and starring Mark Daly, Richard Cooper and Betty Astell. It was made at Twickenham Studios as a quota quickie for release by Universal Pictures.Wood p.88 Cast * Mark ...

'' (1935) - Charlie Cookson * '' Squibs'' (1935) - Colin Barratt * ''

Vintage Wine ''Vintage Wine'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Seymour Hicks, Claire Luce, Eva Moore and Judy Gunn. The film was made at Julius Hagen's Twickenham Studios, but was released by Gaumont British Distributor ...

'' (1935) - Richard Emsley * ''

Jubilee Window ''Jubilee Window'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by George Pearson and starring Sebastian Shaw, Ralph Truman and Olive Melville.Wood p.86 Cast * Sebastian Shaw as Peter Ward * Ralph Truman as Dan Stevens * Olive Melville as Marge ...

'' (1935) - Dacres * ''

The Ace of Spades ''The Ace of Spades'' is a 1935 British drama film directed by George Pearson and starring Michael Hogan, Dorothy Boyd and Richard Cooper. Cast * Michael Hogan as Nick Trent * Dorothy Boyd as Nita Daventry * Richard Cooper as Tony Cosgra ...

'' (1935) - George Despard * ''

The Private Secretary ''The Private Secretary'' is an 1883 farce in three acts, by Charles Hawtrey (actor born 1858), Charles Hawtrey. The play, adapted from a German original, depicts the vicissitudes of a mild young clergyman, innocently caught up in the machinatio ...

'' (1935) - Henry Marsland * ''

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'' (1936) - Paul Hemming * ''

Dishonour Bright ''Dishonour Bright'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls. It also featured Eugene Pallette, Betty Stockfeld and Diana Churchill and was based on a story by Ben Travers. It was made at Denham Studios. The film's art ...

'' (1936) - Spooner (uncredited) * '' Beauty and the Barge'' (1937) - Hebert Manners * ''

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'' (1938) - Victor Beamish * ''

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'' (1938) - Adjutant * '' Crackerjack'' (1938) - Wally Astill (uncredited) * ''

Goodbye, Mr. Chips ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' is a novella about the life of a school teacher, Mr. Chipping, written by English writer James Hilton and first published by Hodder & Stoughton in October 1934. It has been adapted into two feature films and two televi ...

'' (1939) - Teacher (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1940) - Man in Club (uncredited) * ''

Quiet Wedding ''Quiet Wedding'' is a 1941 British romantic comedy film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Margaret Lockwood, Derek Farr and Marjorie Fielding. The screenplay was written by Terence Rattigan and Anatole de Grunwald based on the play ''Qui ...

'' (1941) - Marcia's Husband * ''

The Great Mr. Handel ''The Great Mr. Handel'' is a 1942 British Technicolor historical film directed by Norman Walker and starring Wilfrid Lawson, Elizabeth Allan and Malcolm Keen. The film is a biopic of the 18th-century German-British composer Georg Friedrich H ...

'' (1942) - Sir Charles Marsham * ''

Women Aren't Angels ''Women Aren't Angels'' is a 1943 black and white British comedy film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Aldwych Theatre farceurs Robertson Hare and Alfred Drayton, with Polly Ward and Joyce Heron. It was made at Welwyn Studios and bas ...

'' (1943) - Misunderstood gent (uncredited) * ''

The Demi-Paradise ''The Demi-Paradise'' (also known as ''Adventure for Two'') is a 1943 British comedy film made by Two Cities Films. It stars Laurence Olivier as a Soviet Russian inventor who travels to England to have his revolutionary propeller manufactured, an ...

'' (1943) - Mr. Walford * ''

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'' (1944) - Captain Gower - Captain in the English Army * ''

I Live in Grosvenor Square ''I Live in Grosvenor Square'' is a British comedy-drama romance war film directed and produced by Herbert Wilcox. It was the first of Wilcox's "London films" collaboration with his wife, actress Anna Neagle. Her co-stars were Dean Jagger a ...

'' (1945) - Lt. Lutyens * ''

A Place of One's Own ''A Place of One's Own'' is a 1945 British film directed by Bernard Knowles. An atmospheric ghost story based on the 1940 novel of the same title by Osbert Sitwell, it stars James Mason, Barbara Mullen, Margaret Lockwood, Dennis Price and Dulc ...

'' (1945) - Maj. Manning Tutthorn * ''

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'' (1947) - Mr. Gregsbury M.P. * ''

Mine Own Executioner ''Mine Own Executioner'' is a 1947 British psychological thriller drama film starring Burgess Meredith and directed by Anthony Kimmins, and based on the novel of the same name by Nigel Balchin. It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival. ...

'' (1947) - Peter Edge * ''

Elizabeth of Ladymead ''Elizabeth of Ladymead'' is a 1948 British Technicolor drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Hugh Williams, Isabel Jeans and Bernard Lee. It charts the life of a British family between 1854 and 1945 and their involveme ...

'' (1948) - Major Wrigley (1903) * ''

Maytime in Mayfair ''Maytime in Mayfair'' is a 1949 British musical comedy film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Nicholas Phipps, and Tom Walls. It was a follow up to ''Spring in Park Lane''. The film was one of the most popula ...

'' (1949) - Shepherd * ''

Mr. Denning Drives North ''Mr. Denning Drives North'' is a 1951 British mystery film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring John Mills, Phyllis Calvert and Sam Wanamaker. The plot concerns an aircraft manufacturer (Mills) who accidentally kills the boyfriend (Herbert ...

'' (1952) - Chairman of Court * '' Secret People'' (1952) - Manager of the British Pavilion * '' Home at Seven'' (1952) - Major Watson * '' You Know What Sailors Are'' (1954) - Admiral * ''

Trouble in the Glen ''Trouble in the Glen'' is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles, Forrest Tucker and Victor McLaglen. It is loosely based on Maurice Walsh's 1950 novel of the same name. It was filmed i ...

'' (1954) - Man (uncredited) * '' Happy Ever After'' (1954) - Major McGlusky * '' Where There's a Will'' (1955) - Mr. Cogent * '' Doctor at Sea'' (1955) - Jill's father * ''

An Alligator Named Daisy ''An Alligator Named Daisy'' is a 1955 British comedy film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Donald Sinden, Jeannie Carson, James Robertson Justice, Diana Dors, Roland Culver and Stanley Holloway. Plot Returning from a cricket match in I ...

'' (1955) - The judge * ''

My Teenage Daughter ''My Teenage Daughter'', later ''Teenage Bad Girl'', is a 1956 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Sylvia Syms and Norman Wooland. The screenplay concerns a mother who tries to deal with her teenage daughter' ...

'' (1956) - Sir Henry * ''

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'' (1956) - Col. Wagstaff * ''

The Passionate Stranger ''The Passionate Stranger'' (U.S. ''A Novel Affair'') is a 1957 British drama film, directed by Muriel Box and starring Margaret Leighton and Ralph Richardson. It uses the Film in a film, film within a film device, with the "real" part of the ...

'' (1957) - Miles Easter * ''

Not Wanted on Voyage ''Not Wanted on Voyage'' is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Ronald Shiner, Brian Rix and Catherine Boyle. The film was made at British National Studios. It is based on a play by Ken Attiwill and his wife ...

'' (1957) - Col. Blewton-Fawcett * ''

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'' (1958) - Sir Rupert * ''Upgreen - And at 'Em'' (1960) * '' Just Joe'' (1960) - Fowler * ''

Double Bunk ''Double Bunk'' is a British black-and-white comedy film set on a houseboat. It was released in 1961, and stars Ian Carmichael and Sid James. The musical score was composed by Stanley Black, and the title song, sung by Sid James and Liz Fraser, ...

'' (1961) - Granville-Carter * ''

'' (1961) - Colonel (final film role)

Cricket

Shepley was an opening batsman, playing for Westminster from 1923 to 1926, as captain in 1926. In 1925 his batting average was at 33.11, the highest of the team, scoring 88 against Malvern. He played in the Oxford Freshmen's match in 1927.Wisden obituary 1961.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shepley, Michael 1907 births 1961 deaths 20th-century English male actors English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors Male actors from Plymouth, Devon