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