About Jack Shepherd (actor)
Jack Shepherd (29 October 1940 – 24 November 2025) was an English actor, playwright and theatre director. He was known for his television roles, most notably the title roles in Trevor Griffiths' political drama Bill Brand (1976), and the detective series Wycliffe (1993–1998). His film appearances included All Neat in Black Stockings (1969), Wonderland (1999) and The Golden Compass (2007). He won the 1983 Society of London Theatre Award for Actor of the Year in a New Play for the original production of Glengarry Glen Ross. He was also nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1977. == Early life == Shepherd attended Roundhay School in Leeds and then studied fine art at King's College, Durham University (now the University of Newcastle upon Tyne). 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 Central School of Speech and Drama and then as a student founder of the Drama Centre London. He was a talented musician too, playing in a jazz ensemble with fellow drama student, Jon Lord, later of Deep Purple and Whitesnake. Lord said of him in a 1982 interview, "In my early days I had a band with a lineup of piano, bass, drums, vibes, alto sax and clarinet so we were able to do some quite weird things.
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