Simon Shepherd

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Simon Shepherd
Born
Simon Stephen Shepherd

(1956-08-20) 20 August 1956 (age 68)
Bristol, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationActor
Years active1972–present
Known forDr Will Preston in Peak Practice
Spouse
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(m. 1980)​
Children4

Simon Stephen Shepherd (born 20 August 1956) is an English actor best known to TV audiences from many appearances, including as Dr Will Preston in eight series of ITV's Peak Practice and Doctor Jonathan Barling in Casualty .

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Shepherd was born in Bristol. He went to school at Clifton College in Bristol and was a contemporary of the director Roger Michell in Brown's House. He subsequently attended Manchester Metropolitan University and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and was a member of the National Youth Theatre.

As well as his television appearances he has had many notable stage and film roles since 1980, including as Lord Ashbrook in the 2011 Bristol Old Vic production of Helen Edmundson's Coram Boy . [1]

Simon Shepherd was regularly mentioned in the BBC comedy Gimme Gimme Gimme as Tom's crush and appeared as himself in an episode of each series. [2] [3]

He played Patrick Simmons in the 1984 Miss Marple TV-adaptation of A Murder is Announced . [4] In 1989 he appeared in Henry V and in 1990 in Chancer . [5] [6] He played Edgar Linton in the 1992 Wuthering Heights . [7] In 1993 he appeared in Poirot (“Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan”) as Andrew Hall and in Peak Practice . In 1999 he appeared in Catherine Cookson’s Tilly Trotter and Rogue Trader . [5] In 2008 he appeared in Agatha Christie’s Poirot (“Mrs McGinty’s Dead”) as Dr. Rendell. [5] He appeared in the 2022 Midsomer Murders “The Scarecrow Murders”. [8] He played Chief Inspector Dermott Craddock in the 2019 “The Mirror Crack’d” (stage play). [9]

On 16 February 2011 Simon Shepherd guest-starred in the 2000th episode of the BBC TV Drama Doctors . [10]

He played the role of Sir Norman Cavendish in the play The Duck House by Dan Patterson and Colin Swash, [11] starring alongside Ben Miller and Diana Vickers. [12] The show is a political farce based on the UK parliamentary expenses scandal of 2009 and played a five-week tour in October 2013 before transferring to London's Vaudeville Theatre through spring 2014. [11]

In 2017 he appeared in the BBC series Father Brown as Edward Reese in episode 5.11 "The Sins of Others". [13]

On 25 March 2017 he starred in BBC1's Casualty as Dr. Jonathan Barling in the episode 'Five Days.' [14] He reprised the role on 4 August 2018. [15]

Personal life

He married the costume designer Alexandra Byrne in 1980 and they have four children. Shepherd supports several charities, especially those involving the well-being of children (Barnardo's, Tearfund BOPS and Save the Children).

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
1983 The Lords of Discipline Senior
1985 The Doctor and the Devils Harding
1989Murder on Line OneMarty Jones
Henry V Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
1990 Fire, Ice & Dynamite Alexander
1992 Wuthering Heights Edgar Linton
1997 Spice World Doctor
1999 Rogue Trader Peter Norris
2001Two Days, Nine LivesRupert
2003 Carmen Magistrado
2012FrailNewton
2019 Bait Tim Leigh
2021 Mothering Sunday Giles Hobday

Television

YearFilmRoleNotes
1973 Jackanory Playhouse Prince FortunatusEpisode: "The Magician's Heart"
1978 Lillie Lord Alfred Douglas 2 episodes
1979 The House on Garibaldi Street NickalousTelevision film
1979–1982 BBC2 Playhouse John Gray / Rupert Brooke 2 episodes
1980Company and CoOtto BokovaEpisode: "In Concert"
1981My Father's HouseJake Staveley3 episodes
1982 Stalky and Co. CradallEpisode: "A Little Prep"
1983The Blue DressAdamTelevision film
Jackanory Prince Zorn3 episodes
1984 The Jewel in the Crown Second LieutenantEpisode: "The Towers of Silence"
Sorrell and Son Duncan ScottEpisode: "Episode #1.2"
1984–1985 Robin of Sherwood Alan-a-Dale / Robert of Huntington (voices)2 episodes
Uncredited
1985 Miss Marple: A Murder is Announced Patrick Simmons3 episodes
Time and the Conways Robin ConwayTelevision film
Time for MurderLawrence PenwardenEpisode: "This Lightning Always Strikes Twice"
1986 May We Borrow Your Husband? Peter TravisTelevision film
Lytton's Diary TV InterviewerEpisode: "National Hero"
1989The Dark AngelCaptain Oakley2 episodes
1989–2000 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Stephen Devenish / Ivor Fairfax Swan4 episodes
1990Sunday PursuitMr. GeraldTelevision film
1990–1991 Chancer Piers Garfield-Ward20 episodes
1991–2018 Casualty John Ferris / Dr. Jonathan Barling4 episodes
1992 Cluedo Clive MoxtonEpisode: "Deadly Dowry"
1993It's Your Choice: Selection Skills for ManagersInterviewee #3Video
1993–2002 Peak Practice Dr. Will Preston81 episodes
1993–2008 Poirot Dr. Rendell / Andrew Hall2 episodes
1994 Pie in the Sky Chris BentleyEpisode: "A Shot in the Dark"
1995 Bliss Sam BlissTelevision film
Beyond ReasonDuncan McAllisterTelevision film
1996 Tales of Erotica NarratorSegment: "The Insatiable Mrs Kirsch"
1998A Life for a LifeTaylorTelevision film
1999 Tilly Trotter Mark Sopwith4 episodes
Warriors Major 'Brick' StoneTV series
1999−2001 Gimme Gimme Gimme Himself3 episodes
2006 Tripping Over Simon2 episodes
2008 The Invisibles Peter RackhamEpisode: "Episode #1.3"
Heartbeat Edward WilsonEpisode: "Danse Macabre"
2010 A Touch of Frost Tom Viner2 episodes
2011 Doctors George ListonEpisode: "Quarantine"
Holby City Tony ValentineEpisode: "In Between Days"
2014 Death in Paradise Jacob DoranEpisode: "Political Suicide"
2017 Father Brown Edward ReeseEpisode: "The Sins of Others"
Riviera Alan MorganEpisode: "Faussaires / Counterfeiters"
2019 Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators Frederick GreenwoodEpisode: "The Envious Court"
2020–2021 Alex Rider Sir David Friend3 episodes
2021 Midsomer Murders Reverend Oscar HaydenEpisode: "Scarecrow Murders"

Short films

YearFilmRoleNotes
1995Trip - A MythologyJack Kerouac Character
2002Pas de TroisToby
2009Luke & the VoidGeorge
2011David RoseDoctor
2020ReturningEd
2021On Island WestHector

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References

  1. ↑ "Bristol Old Vic Theatre". 4 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Gimme Gimme Gimme Season 3".
  3. ↑ "Simon Shepherd". British Comedy Guide .
  4. ↑ "Miss Marple: A Murder is Announced (TV Series)".
  5. 1 2 3 "Simon Shepherd". Archived from the original on 24 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Simon Shepherd".
  7. ↑ "Wuthering Heights (1992) - Peter Kosminsky, Andrea Arnold | Cast and Crew | AllMovie".
  8. ↑ "Meet the cast of Midsomer Murders".
  9. ↑ "THE MIRROR CRAck'd | Cambridge Arts Theatre".
  10. ↑ "BBC - Press Office - Ian Lavender and Simon Shepherd join BBC One's Doctors 2000th episode".
  11. 1 2 "The Duck House: MPs' expenses satire heads for West End". bbc.co.uk/news. BBC News. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  12. ↑ "Political Comedy The Duck House Will Play London's Vaudeville; Cast Announced". playbill.com. Playbill. 16 September 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  13. ↑ "BBC One - Father Brown, Series 5, the Sins of Others".
  14. ↑ "BBC One - Casualty, Series 31, Five Days".
  15. ↑ "BBC One - Casualty, Series 32, Episode 44".
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