Education
Born Richard Allen Silberman in 1927 in Kansas City, Missouri, he attended Stanford University and studied journalism.
Born Richard Allen Silberman in 1927 in Kansas City, Missouri, he attended Stanford University and studied journalism.
After graduating, he worked for talent agent Lew Wasserman, selling syndicated television shows. During his employment with Wasserman, Shepherd enlisted in the United States Army, writing stories for the Stars and Stripes newspaper in post-World World War II Germany. After his service, he would go on to head production at Warner Brothers in 1970 and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1976, before founding his own agency, the Artists Agency, where he would work into his 70s.
His notable role as producer came with the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany"son
Personal life and death
Shepherd was married to Judith Mayer Goetz from 1954 to 1968. They had three children, Scott, Tony, and Victoria.
In 1979, Shepherd married Patricia and had a son, Christopher, by her. Shepherd died at his home in Los Angeles, California, in 2014, at the age of 86, from kidney failure.