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William Morgan Sheppard
Born: 24th Aug 1932 London, England, UK - Died 6th Jan 2019
Dept: Acting
William Morgan Sheppard (August 24, 1932 - January 6, 2019), sometimes credited as W. Morgan Sheppard, was a British actor. In film, he appeared in supporting roles in The Duellists (1977), The Elephant Man (1980), The Keep (1983), Cry Freedom (1987), Wild at Heart (1990), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Needful Things (1993), Gettysburg (1993), The Prestige (2006), Transformers (2007), and Star Trek (2009).
On television, Sheppard appeared in multiple episodes of Shōgun (1980), Max Headroom (1987-1988), MacGyver (1989-1990), and seaQuest DSV (1993-1994), among others. He also was a voice actor with roles in Biker Mice from Mars (1993-1996), Iron Man (1994-1996), Gargoyles (1995-1996), Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998), Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003), and Prep & Landing (2009).
Sheppard voiced several characters in video games, including narration for the Medal of Honor video game series and Civilization V.
Sheppard and his wife Regina are the parents of actor Mark Sheppard.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 113
Film: 63 (56%)
Television: 50 (44%)
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Filmography
2025
Exploring Michael Mann's 1983 film adapted from the F. Paul Wilson novel and its impact. ... view
Character:
Self
2019
Documentary about actors who detail their ups and downs as they struggle to forge careers in Hollywood. ... view
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Self
2016
A WW2 veteran destined for life in a retirement home escapes his difficult family situation and embarks on a cross country adventure to find the last ... view
Character:
Will Hodges
Dec 2014 (first aired)
A group of librarians set off on adventures in an effort to save mysterious, ancient artifacts. Based on the series of "The Librarian" movies. ... view
Character:
Teddy Chislington (1 ep.)
2013
Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history—an ... view
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(voice)
2013
Artie is pure bred trailer trash. He has zero ambition, is everyone's favorite punching back at school and bears the burden of his virginity in silenc ... view
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Pops
2013
The Devil's Dozen is a supernatural horror/thriller where twelve strangers find themselves in a life or death game where sins are judged and every cho ... view
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2012
Old uncle Bill who served as the sidekick to the legendary gambler/card shark, Harry tells the story of how they gambled and partied their way from th ... view
Character:
Uncle Bill
2011
Lanny and Wayne are at it again! With the Big 2-5 fast approaching, Wayne and Lanny must race to recover classified North Pole technology which has fa ... view
Character:
Big Guy (voice)
2011
Robert, a small town priest, finds out his estranged brother desperately needs a loan for cancer treatment and secretly borrows money from the church' ... view
Character:
Father Monahan
2010
Wayne and Lanny, now partners, are called by Magee to meet with a secret contact – Mrs. Claus, who sends them on a new mission to retrieve a box fro ... view
Character:
Big Guy (voice)
2010
A skeptical journalist is assigned to chronicle the 50th anniversary of Kris Kringle, a Santa Claus in the town of Mistletoe. As her involvement in th ... view
Character:
Kris Kringle
Nov 2010 (first aired)
Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League. ... view
Character:
Sardath (voice) (1 ep.)
2010
During the American Civil War, five northern POWs make the decision to escape the war by hijacking a hot air balloon. Drifting through the night, they ... view
Character:
Captain Nemo
2010
After a series of Hollywood flops, famed director Harris Chappell (Jeffrey Tambor) returns to New York to relaunch his Broadway career. But Chappell's ... view
Character:
Larry Lind
2009
Wayne gets a new rookie partner, Lanny, after his previous partner got the promotion he wanted. Lanny has to remind Wayne of the Spirit of Christmas a ... view
Character:
Big Guy (voice)
2009
The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan ... view
Character:
Vulcan Science Minister (uncredited)
Nov 2008 (first aired)
The adventures of woodsman Richard Cypher, who discovers that he was born to fulfill a prophecy of becoming a guardian hero to oppressed people. With ... view
Character:
The Keeper (voice) (5 ep.)
2008
After his fiancée, Kate, dies in an accident on their wedding day, veterinarian Henry grows depressed. To help him move on, his sister has him visit ... view
Character:
Father Marks
2007
A funny, gripping and powerful drama about the post graduation summer of four lifelong friends and one night that changed the course of their lives... ... view
Character:
Mr. Hereck
Jul 2007 (first aired)
Set in 1960-1970 New York, this sexy, stylized and provocative drama follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue a ... view
Character:
Robert Pryce (1 ep.)
2007
Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autob ... view
Character:
Captain Witwicky
2006
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy wit ... view
Character:
Merrit
2006
The continued Westward journey of settlers Missie and Willie Lahaye. Their roots now firmly planted as they set up homestead in the far West, Missie b ... view
Character:
Scottie
Oct 2006 (first aired)
Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
2005
Missie's surprise pregnancy sets her on a new course that is both thrilling and terrifying. After all the planning and dreaming, she and her husband W ... view
Character:
Scottie
Sep 2005 (first aired)
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavior ... view
Character:
John Caulfield (1 ep.)
Aug 2005 (first aired)
Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfo ... view
Character:
Father Cullen (1 ep.)
Mar 2005 (first aired)
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a ... view
Character:
Canton Delaware (1 ep.)
Old Canton Delaware (1 ep.)
Sep 2003 (first aired)
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Mari ... view
Character:
Marcin 'Mr. Pain' Jerek (1 ep.)
2003
Milo and Kida reunite with their friends to investigate strange occurances around the world that seem to have links to the secrets of Atlantis. ... view
Character:
Erik Hellstrom (voice)
2003
The film centers mostly around the personal and professional life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a brilliant if eccentric Confederate general, from th ... view
Character:
Gen. Isaac Trimble
2003
Set in Florida at the close of 1941, this film noir follows small-town police chief John Haleran's investigation of the murder of a young Japanese gir ... view
Character:
Taylor
Nov 2001 (first aired)
The long-awaited rebirth of the greatest superhero team of all time: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Hawkgirl, Green Lantern, and Martian M ... view
Character:
Merlin (voice) (1 ep.)
Sep 2001 (first aired)
Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named ... view
Character:
Milo Sabine (1 ep.)
Sep 2001 (first aired)
Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist ... view
Character:
Clive Alpert (1 ep.)
Oct 2000 (first aired)
Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair wh ... view
Character:
Town Elder (1 ep.)
1999
A celebration of life, love, acceptance and family, "Food for the Heart" is a sweet romantic comedy, about two best friends, Delmar (Jorja Fox) and Ho ... view
Character:
Mr. Ringold
Oct 1998 (first aired)
Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose p ... view
Character:
Merrill (1 ep.)
Sep 1998 (first aired)
Travel the world with the Thornberrys and come face-to-face with blue sheep in Nepal, emus in Australia, marmots in Pakistan, flash floods in Siberia, ... view
Character:
Lead Jackal (voice) (1 ep.)
1998
When news of John Smith's death reaches America, Pocahontas is devastated. She sets off to London with John Rolfe, to meet with the King of England on ... view
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Additional Voice Talents (voice)
1998
Clayton, at the age of nineteen, is convicted for a crime he did not commit. Ten years afterwards, after having taken all the abuses against him in pr ... view
Character:
Long
1998
A girl from high society joins an all-male expedition to Alaska during the 1899 gold rush. ... view
Character:
Whiskers (credited as W. Morgan Sheppard)
1996
Returning to his small hometown of Icara, Maine, a man discovers its horrible secret -- a bizarre, clandestine ritual that led to his mother's early d ... view
Character:
Mayor Warner
1996
Jon Porter comes home for a funeral and walks straight back into hell. The demons who butchered his sister are back, nastier than ever, and now they w ... view
Character:
Father Archer Roberts
Apr 1996 (first aired)
The adventures of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy and their efforts to protect humankind from occult dangers. ... view
Character:
Grave Digger (1 ep.)
Sep 1995 (first aired)
Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of offic ... view
Character:
Maj. Viktor Lushov (1 ep.)
Sep 1995 (first aired)
Everything is not what it seems in Trinity, South Carolina. Sheriff Lucas Buck develops a sinister interest in Caleb. Caleb's cousin Gail tries to pro ... view
Character:
Mr. Emmett (1 ep.)
Jan 1995 (first aired)
Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels ... view
Character:
Qatai (1 ep.)
1994
A Swedish woman, married to a domineering man for 35 years, is "set free" upon her husband's death. While she is the heir to his estate, she is only a ... view
Character:
Father
1994
Based upon the true story that inpired the Christmas carol about a young king's care for his people. ... view
Character:
Tomas
Oct 1994 (first aired)
In Scotland, 994 A.D. Goliath and his clan of gargoyles defend a medieval castle. In present day, David Xanatos buys the castle and moves it to New Yo ... view
Character:
Petros Xanatos (voice) (2 ep.)
King Kenneth (voice) (1 ep.)
Odin (voice) (1 ep.)
Odin/Petros Xanatos (voice) (1 ep.)
Radar/Security Guard (voice) (1 ep.)
Sep 1994 (first aired)
Industrialist Tony Stark leads a private team of superheroes as Iron Man against the forces of evil. ... view
Character:
Dum Dum Dugan (voice) (2 ep.)
Jan 1994 (first aired)
Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, its goal is to maintain peace among th ... view
Character:
The Soul Hunter (1 ep.)
Warleader G'Sten (1 ep.)
Oct 1993 (first aired)
Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders. ... view
Character:
Dr. Tom Arneberg (1 ep.)
1993
In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching t ... view
Character:
Maj. Gen. Isaac R. Trimble / Narrator
Sep 1993 (first aired)
Three anthropomorphic mice motorcyclists named Throttle, Modo, and Vinnie escape a war on their home planet Mars before arriving to defend the Earth f ... view
Character:
Lawrence Limburger (voice) (65 ep.)
Sep 1993 (first aired)
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets sho ... view
Character:
Mr. Drake (1 ep.)
1993
The adventures of SeaQuest DSV crew, an advanced high-tech submarine in mission to protect the oceans against all evil, in a 21st century where human ... view
Character:
The Professor
Sep 1993 (first aired)
In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine sea ... view
Character:
The Professor (8 ep.)
1993
A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected. ... view
Character:
Father Meehan
1992
A dying prisoner whispers the location of his loot to the facility's psychologist, who heads to the New Jersey suburbs to find it. Two prisoners overh ... view
Character:
Trick Bissell
1991
After years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a peace summit when a Klingon ship is nearly destroyed by an ... view
Character:
Klingon Commander
1990
Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a ... view
Character:
Mr. Reindeer
Mar 1989 (first aired)
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to fi ... view
Character:
Gooshie, the Miner (1 ep.)
1988
Ron Douglas has no luck in women. After his bride runs away on their wedding day, he goes on holiday up in the mountains and finds himself wrapped up ... view
Character:
Pa
1988
Arriving in the small town of Fallwell, Massachusetts to claim her inheritance, horror hostess Elvira receives a less than enthusiastic reception from ... view
Character:
Vincent Talbot
1987
A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods ... view
Character:
Policeman (as Morgan Sheppard)
Sep 1987 (first aired)
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new world ... view
Character:
Dr. Ira Graves (1 ep.)
1987
Will Mannon, "product of the Devil's loins", is released from a frontier prison and promptly goes in search of the people who put him there around twe ... view
Character:
Digger McCloud
Aug 1987 (first aired)
Crossbow follows the adventures of William Tell and takes place in the 14th-century in Switzerland. William Tell and his son are imprisoned by the tyr ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Mar 1987 (first aired)
Television networks battle one another in an unrelenting ratings war. Whoever controls the airwaves controls the dystopic world in which they broadcas ... view
Character:
Blank Reg (14 ep.)
Sep 1986 (first aired)
Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield and Suzanne Sugarbaker are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1986
Oedipus's wanderings come to an end when he finds his final resting place, as foretold by the gods. But his brother-in-law and his son each try to tak ... view
Character:
Chorus
1985
In Victorian England, graverobbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to seek an easier means of gettin ... view
Character:
Landlord
Sep 1985 (first aired)
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed ... view
Character:
Dr. Zito (2 ep.)
1985
While trying to expose corruption and greed, television reporter Edison Carter discovers that his employer, Network 23, has created a new form of subl ... view
Character:
Blank Reg
Mar 1985 (first aired)
A.D. is a 1985 television drama miniseries created and written by Vincenzo Labella and Anthony Burgess, based on Burgess' historical novel The Kingdom ... view
Character:
Gracchus 1 episode, 1985 (1 ep.)
1985
Major Reisman is "volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to either death or long prison terms. This time their ... view
Character:
German General
1984
Luke Lorenz is a artist whose paintings don't sell. His imaginative wife Sandra reasons that sales of his works would increase tenfold if he were to d ... view
Character:
Mahaffy
Sep 1984 (first aired)
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases. ... view
Character:
Dr. Fredrick Grundberg (1 ep.)
Sep 1984 (first aired)
A short-lived anthology television series from Hammer Studios. Though similar in format to the 1980 series Hammer House of Horror, the Mystery and Sus ... view
Character:
Mahaffy (1 ep.)
1984
The evil brother of Richard the Lionheart is holding the king for ransom, and only Robin Hood and his band of merry men can save him...for a small fee ... view
Character:
Saxon Thief
1984
A handsome jewel thief is arrested and in order to avoid prison, must break into the heavily guarded German Embassy to steal millions in gems. ... view
Character:
Sweeny
1983
Set during World War II, a German army garrison is sent to guard a mountain pass in a village in Romania's Carpathian mountains and sets up barracks i ... view
Character:
Alexandru
1982
A Russian ballet dancer defects from the USSR, emigrates to England, and joins a ballet company run by a powerful, wealthy lady (Joan Collins). ... view
Character:
George Peacock
Sep 1981 (first aired)
After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants w ... view
Character:
Bill's Father (1 ep.)
Apr 1981 (first aired)
Masada is a 1981 American historical drama television miniseries aired on ABC under the tentpole ABC Novel for Television. The screenplay by Joel Olia ... view
Character:
Sergeant (1 ep.)
1980
Murder victims are being found with the hearts cut out. A police detective is assigned to find and stop the killer. Originally an episode of British h ... view
Character:
Hospital Gardener
1980
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is reve ... view
Character:
Man in Pub
Sep 1980 (first aired)
An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan. ... view
Character:
Specz (5 ep.)
Sep 1980 (first aired)
Each self-contained episode features a different kind of horror, varying from witches, werewolves, ghosts, devil worship and voodoo, but also includes ... view
Character:
Hospital Gardener (1 ep.)
1980
Hawk the Slayer, after seeing both his father and bride die at the hands of his malevolent brother, Voltan, sets out for revenge and the chance to liv ... view
Character:
Ranulf
1980
A German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of Goa, India, with catastrophic results. Unable to un ... view
Character:
'Patch' Lovecroft
1980
Family picnics should not be like this; bugging devices, men with X-ray eyes. Mary doesn't understand what terrifies Simon, nor the bizarre events of ... view
Character:
Harry Cowper
Oct 1979 (first aired)
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. ... view
Character:
John (1 ep.)
Oct 1979 (first aired)
Dark Ages wizard Merlin, weary of the barbarism around him, creates a new order of enlightenment and justice with a youthful Arthur at its head. Merli ... view
Character:
Gorlois (1 ep.)
Jan 1979 (first aired)
Rebecca is a four-part British television miniseries dramatised by Hugh Whitemore, adapted from Daphne du Maurier's eponymous 1938 mystery novel (whic ... view
Character:
Ben (2 ep.)
1978
The story of the courtship of Joseph and Mary, and of the events leading up to the first Christmas. ... view
Character:
Flavius
Jul 1978 (first aired)
Frank Ross returns from an eight-year prison sentence for a robbery that was thwarted because somebody 'grassed' the gang. Nobody knows who put the fi ... view
Character:
Mr. Smith (1 ep.)
Jan 1978 (first aired)
Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and dealt ... view
Character:
Raymond Girard (1 ep.)
Dec 1977 (first aired)
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley.
The mandate of CI5 was to ... view
Character:
Malenski (1 ep.)
Sep 1977 (first aired)
A crime drama set in Southampton following a team of detectives and the cases they solve. ... view
Character:
Barman (1 ep.)
1977
In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel, two lieutenants in the French Army, over a perce ... view
Character:
Fencing Master
Oct 1976 (first aired)
The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during 1976 and 1977. It is a sequel to the 1960s series The ... view
Character:
Walters (1 ep.)
Character:
Scarus
Jan 1975 (first aired)
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter. ... view
Character:
Det. Chief Insp. Morrison (1 ep.)
Dec 1974 (first aired)
Churchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britai ... view
Character:
Sabinianus (1 ep.)
Oct 1970 (first aired)
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more tha ... view
Character:
Harry Cowper (1 ep.)
1968
Adapted and directed by Peter Brook from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘production-in-progress US’, this long-unseen agitprop drama-doc – sh ... view
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1967
In Charenton Asylum, the Marquis de Sade directs a play about Jean Paul Marat's death, using the patients as actors. Based on 'The Persecution and Ass ... view
Character:
A Mad Animal
1962
During a bank robbery, the manager and a cashier are locked in the strongroom, while the crooks escape. Later, when the gang realise that their plan t ... view
Character:
Alec (as Morgan Sheppard)