William Morgan Sheppard

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William Morgan Sheppard (2015)

William Morgan Sheppard (born August 24, 1932 in London - † January 6, 2019 in Los Angeles ) was a British actor .

Life

Sheppard was born in London but grew up in Ireland . In 1956 he went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art , where he graduated in 1958. From 1960 he played for twelve years in the Royal Shakespeare Company . In 1966 he appeared on Broadway in the award-winning play Marat / Sade . Sheppard got his first film role in 1962 in the film Strongroom . After that he only had guest appearances in television series and small roles in films, but still devoted himself to theater work. In 1977 he took on a small role in Ridley Scott's The Duelists . It was followed by other film roles and a supporting role in the three Golden Globes winning miniseries Shogun alongside Richard Chamberlain . In 1987 he got a supporting role in the television series Max Headroom , which was discontinued after two seasons due to insufficient audience numbers. In the subsequent film work, he can usually be seen in smaller roles - most recently in the eleventh part of the Star Trek film series .

In addition to film roles, he had several guest appearances in various television series such as Babylon 5 , MacGyver , Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone , Alias ​​- Die Agentin , Star Trek: Spaceship Voyager , Navy CIS and Charmed - Magic Witches .

He also made his voice available for computer games. For example in some parts of Medal of Honor , as well as in 2002 for Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty , 2004 for The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay and 2009 for The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena .

In 2010, he achieved fame in the English-speaking computer game community through his involvement in the critically acclaimed strategy game Sid Meier's Civilization V , which was published that year . More than 10 million copies of the game were sold worldwide, and for a long time it was the most played game by a secondary developer on the world's largest (2019) video game distribution platform, Steam .

His son is the actor Mark Sheppard , both played the different old versions of the Canton Everett Delaware III in 2011 in the season opener for the sixth season Doctor Who .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mark Sheppard on Instagram: “We went to spend some time with my father today. Though he couldn't speak, we held hands, he laughed and was so happy to see us. We left… ” Retrieved January 7, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Sid Meier's Civilization V. Accessed February 6, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Civilization V Is Now The 3rd Best-Selling PC Exclusive In History With 10 Million Units Sold. April 18, 2017, accessed February 6, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Sheppard, William Morgan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 2019
Place of death los Angeles