W. Morgan Sheppard

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W. Morgan Sheppard
Sheppard in 2015
Born	William Morgan Sheppard (1932-08-24)24 August 1932 London, England
Died	6 January 2019(2019-01-06) (aged 86) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Morgan Sheppard
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1962–2017
Children	Mark Sheppard

William Morgan Sheppard (24 August 1932 – 6 January 2019) was an English actor and voice actor who appeared in over 100 films and television programmes, in a career that spanned over 50 years.

Stage career

Sheppard graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1958, before spending 12 years as an associate artist with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He appeared on Broadway in Marat/Sade (1966) and in Sherlock Holmes (1975). He won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for The Homecoming in 1995.

Film career

Sheppard starred in several episodes of different series of Star Trek, notably The Next Generation's "The Schizoid Man" and Voyager's "Bliss". In the feature film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, his role was the warden of a Klingon gulag and in the 2009 reboot Star Trek, he played a member of the Vulcan High Council, but was uncredited. Outside of Star Trek, he is best known for his role as Blank Reg on Max Headroom and his role as the Confederate general Isaac R. Trimble in the films Gettysburg and Gods and Generals.

Sheppard appeared in two roles on the science-fiction series Babylon 5, in the episode titled "Soul Hunter", playing the eponymous character and also played Narn war leader G'Sten, an uncle of main character G'Kar, in "The Long Twilight Struggle". He was also a runner-up for the role of Ambassador G'Kar on the series, though the role eventually went to Andreas Katsulas.

Sheppard was one of several Star Trek actors who voiced characters on the animated series Gargoyles, wherein he played the father of Jonathan Frakes' character David Xanatos and the Norse god Odin.

Sheppard and his son, Mark Sheppard, acted together in a few productions. Sheppard appeared in the television series NCIS, in the season six episode "Broken Bird", where he played the older version of a man named Marcin Jerek, while his son played the younger version. He appeared in the opening episode of series six of Doctor Who, "The Impossible Astronaut", playing the character Canton Everett Delaware III. He portrayed an older version of Delaware, while his son portrayed the younger version in the same episode. He and his son are among the few actors who have appeared in both the Star Trek and Doctor Who franchises.

In December 2009, Sheppard voiced the part of Santa in Disney's Christmas special Prep & Landing. Following that, he returned as the voice of Santa in the sequels, Prep & Landing: Operation: Secret Santa and Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice. On 4 December 2010, Sheppard appeared on Hallmark Channel Original Films Farewell Mr. Kringle as Kris Kringle.

Video game career

Sheppard voiced several characters in video games. He narrated the introductions and mission briefings for the first four installments of the Medal of Honor video-game series. He was cast in the 1996 adventure game Zork Nemesis, playing the live-action role of Bishop Francois Malveaux, one of the four alchemists central to the plot of the game. In 2000, he voiced the character Ignatius Cheese in the game Escape from Monkey Island. Sheppard voiced over for the character John Adams in the Wii game The Conduit. He provided the voice for the character Lucky in the 2002 Xbox (console) game Whacked!. On 4 August 2010, Sheppard was announced as the voice actor for the video game Civilization V. and provided the voice overs for loading screens, victory screens, built wonders, and newly researched technologies.

Personal life and death

Sheppard was the father of actor Mark Sheppard. Sheppard died on 6 January 2019, in Los Angeles, California at the age of 86.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1962	Strongroom	Alec
1967	Marat/Sade	A Mad Animal
1968	Tell Me Lies	Guest
1973	The Roses of Eyam	William Hancock	TV movie
1974	Antony and Cleopatra	Scarus	TV movie
1977	The Duellists	The Fencing Master
	Rachel and the Beelzebub Bombardiers	Salvationist
1978	The Nativity	Flavius	TV movie
1980	The Sea Wolves	'Patch' Lovecroft
	The Elephant Man	Man In Pub
	Hawk the Slayer	Ranulf
1983	Nutcracker	George Peacock
	The Keep	Alexandru
1984	Lassiter	Sweeny
	Camille	Captain	TV movie
	The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood	Saxon thief	TV movie
1985	The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission	German General	TV movie
	Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future	Blank Reg	TV movie
	The Doctor and the Devils	Landlord
1986	Lady Jane	Executioner
1987	Cry Freedom	Policeman
	Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge	Digger McCloud	TV movie
1988	Elvira: Mistress of the Dark	Vincent Talbot
	Lucky Stiff	Pa
1990	Wild at Heart	Mr. Reindeer
1991	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	Klingon Prison Warden
1992	There Goes the Neighbourhood	Trick Bissell
1993	Needful Things	Father Meehan
	Gettysburg	Maj. Gen. Isaac R. Trimble / Narrator
	Taking Liberty
1994	Following Her Heart	Father	TV movie
1996	The Lottery	Mayor Warner	TV movie
1997	Nether World	Old Timer
1998	Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure	Whiskers	TV movie
	Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World	Captain	Voice, Direct-video
	The Escape	Long	TV movie
	Hurricane Festival	Charles
1999	Treasure of Pirate's Point	Charles Vane / Captain
	The Hungry Bachelors Club	Mr. Ringold
2001	Room 101	Landers
2003	Gods and Generals	Maj. Gen. Isaac Trimble
	Atlantis: Milo's Return	Erik Hellstrom	Voice, Direct-video
	Small Town Conspiracy	Taylor
	Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle	Denny	TV movie
2005	Love's Long Journey	Scottie	TV movie
2006	Love's Abiding Joy	Scottie
	The Prestige	Merrit
2007	A Stranger's Heart	Fred Landreth	TV movie
	Transformers	Captain Archibald Witwicky
	Along the Way	Mr. Hereck
2008	Over Her Dead Body	Father Marks
	So Long Jimmy	Poppy Garfield
	Japan		Voice
2009	Star Trek	Vulcan Science Minister	Uncredited
2010	Mysterious Island	Captain Nemo
	For Christ's Sake	Father Monahan
2011	Meeting Spencer	Larry Lind
2012	The Last Mark	Uncle Bill
2013	The Devil's Dozen
	April Apocalypse	Pops
	Free Birds		Voice
2016	Last Man Club	Will Hodges

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1961	Theatre Night	Arthur Broadbent, the bride's great-uncle	Credited as Morgan Sheppard; Episode: "Celebration"
1962	Z-Cars	Ron Probert	Credited as Morgan Sheppard; Episode: "The Five Whistles"
1971	The Expert	Landlord	Season 3, episode 11: "Smithereens"
1973	The Roses of Eyam	William Hancock	Credited as Morgan Sheppard; Television Film
1973	The Up and Down, In and Out, Round About Man	Currently Unknown	Credited as Morgan Sheppard; The Winner
1974	Crown Court	Dr. Martin Huntersmith	Episode: "Nuts: Part 1"
1974	New Scotland Yard	Harry Haines	Episode: "All That Glitters"
1974	Dial M for Murder	Usher	Credited as Morgan Sheppard; Episode: "The Man in the Middle"
1974	Antony and Cleopatra	Scarus	Credited as Morgan Sheppard; Television Film
1974	Marked Personal	Hearst	2 episodes
1975	Churchill's People	Sabinianus	Credited as Morgan Sheppard; Episode: "The Lost Island"
1975	The Sweeney	Det. Chief Insp. Morrison	Credited as Morgan Sheppard; Episode: "Jackpot"
1976	The Life and Death of Penelope	Foreman	Credited as Morgan Sheppard; Episode: "The Watcher"
1976	Z-Cars	Joe Burnham	Credited as Morgan Sheppard; Episode: "Contact"
1976	The New Avengers	Walters	Credited as Morgan Sheppard; Episode: "Gnaws"
1977	Target	Barman	Episode: Hunting Parties
1977	London Belongs to Me	Henry Knockell	6 episodes
1977	When the Boat Comes In	Dixon	3 episodes
1977–1979	The Onedin Line	Ned Harris / Sampson	2 episodes
1978	Enemy at the Door	Raymond Girard	Credited as Morgan Sheppard; Episode: "By Order of the Fuhrer"
1978	The Cedar Tree	Police Constable	Credited as Morgan Sheppard; Episode: "Home & Abroad"
1978	Out	Mr. Smith	Credited as Morgan Sheppard; Episode: "The Moment He Opened His Envelope"
1979	Rebecca	Ben	2 episodes
1979	The Legend of King Arthur	Gorlois	Episode 1
1979	Minder	John	Series 1, episode 8: "Come in T-64, Your Time Is Ticking Away"
1979	Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson	Man in the Morgue / Mischkin	2 episodes
1980	Shōgun	Specz	5 episodes
1981	Masada	Roman Sergeant	Episode 1
1981	The Day of the Triffids	Bill Masen's father	Episode 1
1981	The Flame Trees of Thika	Piet Roos	3 episodes
1987–1988	Max Headroom	Blank Reg	7 episodes
1987–1989	Crossbow	Otto / Parker	2 episodes
1989	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Dr. Ira Graves	Season 2, episode 6: "The Schizoid Man"
1989–1990	MacGyver	Dr. Zito	Season 4, episode 7: "Deadly Dreams" and season 6, episode 6: "Lesson in Evil"
1991	Designing Women	Professor Burton	Season 6, episode 13: "Tales Out of School"
1992–1993	The Legend of Prince Valiant	Sailor / Douglas / Man	4 episodes
1993–1996	Biker Mice from Mars	Lawrence Lactavius Limburger	Voice, 65 episodes
1993	Quantum Leap	Gooshie, the Miner	Season 5, episode 22: "Mirror Image"
1993–1994	seaQuest DSV	The Old Man, Professor Martinson	7 episodes
1994–1995	Babylon 5	Warleader G'Sten / The Soul Hunter	2 episodes
1994–1996	Iron Man	Dum Dum Dugan	Voice, Several episodes in season 2
1995	Frasier	Mr. Drake	Season 2, episode 18: "The Club"
1995	Murder, She Wrote	Dr. Fredrick Grundberg	Season 11, episode 15: "Twice Dead"
1995–1996	Gargoyles		Voice, 7 episodes, voiced several characters
1996	American Gothic	Mr. Emmett	Episode 14: "To Hell and Back"
1996	Poltergeist: The Legacy	Grave Digger	Season 1, episode 1: "The Fifth Sepulcher"
1998	JAG	Maj. Viktor Lushov	Season 3, episode 24: "To Russia with Love"
1999	Star Trek: Voyager	Qatai	Season 5, episode 14: "Bliss"
2000	Diagnosis: Murder	Dr. Tom Arneberg	Season 7, episode 18: "The Unluckiest Bachelor in L.A."
2000	The Wild Thornberrys	Lead Jackal	Voice, Season 2, episode 34: "Cheetahs Never Prosper"
2000–2001	Days of Our Lives	Charles	3 episodes
2001–2002	Hellsing	Peter Fargason	Voice, English dub, 10 episodes
2002	Justice League	Merlin	Voice, Season 1, episode 20: "A Knight of Shadows"
2002	Crossing Jordan	Clive Alpert	Season 2, episode 3: "The Truth Is Out There"
2003	Charmed	Merrill	Season 5, episode 15: "The Day the Magic Died"
2003	Licensed by Royalty	Mister	13 episodes
2004	Kingdom Hospital	Narrator	3 episodes
2005	Alias	Milo Sabine	Season 4, episode 8: "Echoes"
2005	Cold Case	Dan O'Brien	Season 2, episode 21: "Creatures of the Night"
2005	Gilmore Girls	Town Elder	Season 5, episode 21: "Blame Booze and Melville"
2006–2007	Biker Mice from Mars	Lawrence Limburger	Voice, Season 1, 3 episodes
2007	Criminal Minds	John Caulfield	Season 3, episode 11: "Birthright"
2009	NCIS	Marcin Jerek / Mr. Pain	Season 6, episode 13: "Broken Bird"
2010	Legend of the Seeker	The Keeper	Voice, Season 2, 3 episodes
2010	Mad Men	Robert Pryce	Season 4, episode 10: "Hands and Knees"
2011	Doctor Who	Old Canton Everett Delaware III	Series 6, episode 1: "The Impossible Astronaut"
2011	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Father Cullen	Season 7, episode 10: "How Mac Got Fat"
2011	Dexter	Father Nicholas Galway	Season 6, episode 8: "Sin of Omission"
2012	Young Justice	Sardath	Voice, Episode: "Earthlings"
2016	The Librarians	Teddy Chislington	Season 3, episode 6: "And the Trial of the Triangle"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Zork Nemesis	Bishop Francois Malveaux
1999	Medal of Honor	Narrator
2000	Star Wars: Force Commander	Heavy Gun Trooper / Ruulian Strip Miner
2000	Escape from Monkey Island	Ignatius Cheese
2000	Medal of Honor: Underground	Narrator
2001	Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty	Gurlukovich Soldiers
2002	Medal of Honor: Allied Assault	Colonel Hargrove
2002	Medal of Honor: Frontline	Narrator
2009	Afro Samurai	Daimyo
2009	The Conduit	John Adams
2009	The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena	Pavlo, Senate
2010	Civilization V	Narrator, Additional voices

External links

• W. Morgan Sheppard at IMDb
• W. Morgan Sheppard(Aveleyman)