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.
A Christmas Story
Ralphie as an Adult (voice)
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
Self (archive footage)
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
Narrator/Mr. Scott
Babe Ruth
Himself
Inquest
Mary Trelease
The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love)
Ralph
Light Fantastic
Frank
It Runs in the Family
Narrator / Ralph as an Adult (voice)
The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
Narrator / Adult Ralph (voice)
Tiki Tiki
The Phantom of the Open Hearth
Narrator / Ralph Parker (as a man)
Shadows
Man at Party (uncredited)