Richard Shelton is a British film, TV and theatre actor and singer, who performed in ITV's Emmerdale.

[1] He portrayed Frank Sinatra in Rat Pack Confidential in London's West End,[2] and performed in the movies House of Lies and in My Week with Marilyn.

[3] Shelton's professional acting debut was playing Edmund Sweetenham in the UK tour of the Agatha Christie classic play “A Murder is Announced” produced by Bill Kenwright.

[4] In 2002, Shelton’s portrayal of Frank Sinatra in Rat Pack Confidential based on the book by Sean Levy and adapted for stage by Paul Sirett the Nottingham Playhouse earned a ‘Best Actor in a Leading Role’ nomination by the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards.

[5][6] Shelton wrote and starred in Sinatra and Me for 2 consecutive seasons at the Edinburgh Festival to critical acclaim.