Michael Shepley
Arthur Michael Shepley-Smith, known professionally as Michael Shepley, was a British actor, appearing in theatre, film, and some television between 1929 and 1961. He played Inspector Stark, in the 1957 television series, Dick and the Duchess.
He was born in Plymouth, Devon. Shepley made his screen début in the 1931 Twickenham Studios film Black Coffee. He went on to appear in more than sixty films, the last of which was Don't Bother to Knock in 1961, the year of his death.
Filmography
Black Coffee - RaynorA Shot in the Dark - Vivien WaughBella Donna - Dr, Baring-HartleyTangled Evidence - Gilbert MorfieldLord Edgware Dies - Captain Roland MarshAre You a Mason? - Ernest MonisonThe Green Pack - Mark ElliottOpen All Night - HilaryThe Rocks of Valpre - Trevor MordauntLazybones - Hildebrand PopeThe Triumph of Sherlock Holmes - Cecil BarkerThe Lad - Arthur MaddeleyThat's My Uncle - Charlie CooksonSquibs - Colin BarrattVintage Wine - Richard EmsleyJubilee Window - DacresThe Ace of Spades - George DespardThe Private Secretary - Henry MarslandIn the Soup - Paul HemmingDishonour Bright - Spooner Beauty and the Barge - Hebert MannersHousemaster - Victor BeamishIt's in the Air - AdjutantCrackerjack - Wally Astill Goodbye, Mr. Chips - Teacher Contraband - Man in Club Quiet Wedding - Marcia's HusbandThe Great Mr. Handel - Sir Charles MarshamWomen Aren't Angels - Misunderstood gent The Demi-Paradise - Mr. WalfordHenry V - Captain Gower - Captain in the English ArmyI Live in Grosvenor Square - Lt. LutyensA Place of One's Own - Maj. Manning TutthornThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby - Mr. Gregsbury M.P.Mine Own Executioner - Peter EdgeElizabeth of Ladymead - Major Wrigley Maytime in Mayfair - ShepherdMr. Denning Drives North - Chairman of CourtSecret People - Manager of the British PavilionHome at Seven - Major WatsonYou Know What Sailors Are - AdmiralTrouble in the Glen - Man Happy Ever After - Major McGluskyWhere There's a Will - Mr. CogentDoctor at Sea - Jill's fatherAn Alligator Named Daisy - The judgeMy Teenage Daughter - Sir HenryDry Rot - Col. WagstaffThe Passionate Stranger - Miles EasterNot Wanted on Voyage - Col. Blewton-FawcettDunkirk - Bit Role Gideon's Day - Sir RupertUpgreen - And at 'Em Just Joe - FowlerDouble Bunk - Granville-CarterDon't Bother to Knock - Colonel
Selected stage credits
The Midshipmaid by Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall Orders Are Orders by Ian Hay and Anthony Armstrong A Present from Margate by Ian Hay and A.E.W. Mason Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams The Man in Half Moon Street by Barré Lyndon Love in a Mist by Kenneth Horne Escort by Patrick Hastings The Druid's Rest by Emlyn Williams The Chiltern Hundreds by William Douglas-Home His Excellency by Campbell Christie and Dorothy Christie The Happy Marriage by John Clements
Cricket
Shepley was an opening batsman, playing for Westminster from 1923 to 1926, as captain in 1926. In 1925 his batting average was at 33.11, the highest of the team, scoring 88 against Malvern. He played in the Oxford Freshmen's match in 1927.