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Old Habits
Season 3, Episode 8
When a woman is found strangled, a pathologist detects chilling similarities with a number of unsolved murders - prompting Wycliffe and his team to reopen 11-year-old case files. Detective drama, starring Jack Shepherd, Tim Wylton and Helen Masters
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Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Mystery
Cast & Crew
Jack Shepherd
(Actor)
.. DS Charles Wycliffe
Jimmy Yuill
(Actor)
.. DI Doug Kersey
Helen Masters
(Actor)
.. DI Lucy Lane
Tim Wylton
(Actor)
.. Franks
Aaron Harris
(Actor)
.. DS Andy Dixon
Adam Barker
(Actor)
.. DC Potter
Michael Attwell
(Actor)
.. DCC Stevens
Lynn Farleigh
(Actor)
.. Helen Wycliffe
Greg Chisholm
(Actor)
.. David Wycliffe
Charlie Hayes
(Actor)
.. Ruth Wycliffe
Martin Bennetts
(Actor)
.. Johnny Creed
Steve Jacobs
(Actor)
.. Peter Robins
Michael Cronin
(Actor)
.. Hugh Samford
Robert Putt
(Actor)
.. Lionel Samford
James Vaughan
(Actor)
.. Paul Gillespie
Nigel Humphreys
(Actor)
.. Asst Ch Const Lyman
Meghan Lewis
(Actor)
.. Zena Owen
Suzan Sylvester
(Actor)
.. Jill Gillespie
Hans Matheson
(Actor)
.. Gary Creed
Eileen Davies
(Actor)
.. Hannah Creed
Scott Cherry
(Writer)
John Glenister
(Director)
Michael Bartley
(Producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Jack Shepherd
(Actor)
.. DS Charles Wycliffe
Born:
October 29, 1940
in
Leeds
Best Known For:
Wycliffe.
Early-life:
Jack was born in Leeds on October 29, 1940. He studied fine art at Kings College, Newcastle, and during his time in the North East, he was an amateur actor with the People's Theatre. He went on to study acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama, and the Drama Centre London.
Career:
Shepherd worked at the Royal Court Theatre in London from 1965 to 1969, and during the 1970s, he was a regular on TV, appearing in Budgie, The Adventures of Black Beauty, Bill Brand, Crown Court, and Ready When You Are, Mr McGill. From 1977 to 1985, he was a member of Bill Bryden's Cottesloe Theatre Company at the National Theatre. He continued to work on TV, appearing in the likes of Blind Justice, Shoot to Kill, Between the Lines, Lovejoy, High Stakes, The Jury, Silent Witness, All About George, The Nativity, and The Politician's Husband. The peak of his TV popularity came when he played the title role in ITV detective drama Wycliffe from 1993 to 1998. He has also written and directed a number of stage plays.
Quote:
'I got addicted to the creative process when I was at art school, from the age of 18 to 22. I was already writing play sketches and all kinds of things at that time.'
Trivia:
Shepherd is an accomplished jazz musician. He won an Olivier award in 1984 for his role in Glengarry Glen Ross.
Jimmy Yuill
(Actor)
.. DI Doug Kersey
Helen Masters
(Actor)
.. DI Lucy Lane
Tim Wylton
(Actor)
.. Franks
Aaron Harris
(Actor)
.. DS Andy Dixon
Adam Barker
(Actor)
.. DC Potter
Michael Attwell
(Actor)
.. DCC Stevens
Lynn Farleigh
(Actor)
.. Helen Wycliffe
Greg Chisholm
(Actor)
.. David Wycliffe
Charlie Hayes
(Actor)
.. Ruth Wycliffe
Martin Bennetts
(Actor)
.. Johnny Creed
Steve Jacobs
(Actor)
.. Peter Robins
Michael Cronin
(Actor)
.. Hugh Samford
Robert Putt
(Actor)
.. Lionel Samford
James Vaughan
(Actor)
.. Paul Gillespie
Nigel Humphreys
(Actor)
.. Asst Ch Const Lyman
Meghan Lewis
(Actor)
.. Zena Owen
Suzan Sylvester
(Actor)
.. Jill Gillespie
Hans Matheson
(Actor)
.. Gary Creed
Eileen Davies
(Actor)
.. Hannah Creed
Scott Cherry
(Writer)
John Glenister
(Director)
Michael Bartley
(Producer)
