Raised in Hammond, Indiana, Jean Shepherd went on to work in the steel mills and was a veteran of the Army Signal Corps before entering the arts. In the 1950s, he began a long career as a radio personality telling stories of his youth, commenting on current topics and performing silly songs.

KNOWN FOR

American Playhouse
1982
A Christmas Story
1983
A Christmas Story Christmas
2022
A Christmas Story 2
2012
Shadows
1960
Jean Shepherd's America
1971
A Christmas Story Live!
2017
It Runs in the Family
1994
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
1972
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
1988
Tiki Tiki
1971
Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius
1982

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
17
Writing
18
Producing
1
1998
Babe Ruth
as Himself
1994
It Runs in the Family
as Narrator / Ralph as an Adult (voice)
1989
American Playhouse
as Older Ralph (voice) / Mr. Scott
1988
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
as Narrator/Mr. Scott
1985
The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love)
as Ralph
1983
A Christmas Story
as Ralphie as an Adult (voice)
1982
The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
as Narrator / Adult Ralph (voice)
1982
Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius
as Self - archival footage
1982
American Playhouse
as Adult Ralph / Narrator
1976
The Phantom of the Open Hearth
as Narrator / Ralph Parker (as a man)
1972
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
as Self (archive footage)
1971
Tiki Tiki
1971
Jean Shepherd's America
as Self - Host
1964
Light Fantastic
as Frank
1960
Village Sunday
as Narrator
1960
Shadows
as Man at Party (uncredited)
1939
Inquest
as Mary Trelease