Michael Shepley

Arthur Michael Shepley-Smith (29 September 1907 – 28 September 1961), known professionally as Michael Shepley, was a British actor, appearing in theatre, film and some television between 1929 and 1961.

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

Selected stage credits

• The Midshipmaid by Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall (1931)
• Orders Are Orders by Ian Hay and Anthony Armstrong (1932)
• A Present from Margate by Ian Hay and A.E.W. Mason (1933)
• Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams (1936)
• The Man in Half Moon Street by Barré Lyndon (1939)
• Love in a Mist by Kenneth Horne (1941)
• Escort by Patrick Hastings (1942)
• The Druid's Rest by Emlyn Williams (1944)
• The Chiltern Hundreds by William Douglas-Home (1947)
• His Excellency by Campbell Christie and Dorothy Christie (1950)
• The Happy Marriage by John Clements (1952)

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.

References

External links

• Michael Shepley at IMDb
• Michael Shepley at the Internet Broadway Database