Richard Shepherd Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Sir Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd (born 6 December 1942) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. He is currently a Member of Parliament, having represented the constituency of Aldridge-Brownhills since 1979.A Eurosceptic, Shepherd was one of the Maastricht Rebels that had the whip withdrawn over opposition to John Major's legislation on the European Union. Shepherd is also a libertarian, and had a three line whip imposed against him by Margaret Thatcher when he introduced an amendment loosening the Official Secrets Act 1911.
One of his first jobs was selling syndicated TV shows. Because Jews were ostracized in some areas where he worked, he changed his name to Shepherd.
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Served as head of production at Warner Brothers, 1970-76 and MGM, 1976-82.
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Served with the U.S. Army during World War II, covering stories for Stars and Stripes Magazine from occupied Germany.
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Paramount Studios executive Marty Rackin wanted the song "Moon River" to be cut from Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), but Shepherd replied "over my dead body".
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Hired by Lew Wasserman for MCA after graduating from Stanford.
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Founded the Artists Agency, representing stars like Marilyn Monroe, Rex Harrison and Richard Harris.
$1.7 Million
