Versatile actor, director and playwright who found television fame in the detective series Wycliffe The actor Jack Shepherd, who has died aged 85, was, in his own quiet and modest way, a Renaissance man who not only acted beautifully on stage and screen for 60 years, but also wrote a dozen plays, directed at Shakespeare's Globe, painted in oils, played jazz piano and saxophone, and loved singing. His innumerable cred…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AM on November 27, 2025