Richmond Shepard

Richmond Shepard (24 April 1929 – 2 July 2019[1]) was an American writer, director, producer and mime with a 50-year history in entertainment.

He moved to New York and worked as a theatre and film critic for WNEW, conceived and directed the off-Broadway show Noo Yawk Tawk[2] at The Village Gate for three years.

Richmond Shepard's last role was when he played the "Sandman" in Fuzz on the Lens Productions fantasy comedy Abnormal Attraction starring Malcolm McDowell, Bruce Davison, Leslie Easterbrook, and Gilbert Gottfried which was released on 26 February 2019.

Shepard previously owned The Writer Act Repertoire, an Off-Broadway theatre located at the original venue of The Vineyard Theater,[3] 309 East 26th Street, New York City, in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan.

Notable performances include the world premiere of Last Chance Romance by American playwright Sam Bobrick (June 2011) and a developmental staging of the comedy, Shalom Dammit!