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.

Filmography

• 2022A Christmas Story Christmas — Book
• 2017A Christmas Story Live! — Novel
• 2012A Christmas Story 2 — Novel
• 1994It Runs in the Family — Narrator / Ralph as an Adult (voice), Screenplay, Novel, Executive Producer
• 1988Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss — Narrator/Mr. Scott, Writer, Novel
• 1985The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love) — Ralph, Writer, Novel
• 1983A Christmas Story — Ralphie as an Adult (voice), Novel, Screenplay
• American Playhouse — Adult Ralph / Narrator, Older Ralph (voice) / Mr. Scott, Writer, Short Story
• 1982The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters — Narrator / Adult Ralph (voice), Writer, Novel
• 1976The Phantom of the Open Hearth — Narrator / Ralph Parker (as a man), Writer, Novel
• Jean Shepherd's America — Self - Host, Writer, Creator
• 1971Tiki Tiki
• 1964Light Fantastic — Frank
• 1960Shadows — Man at Party (uncredited)
• 1960Village Sunday — Narrator
• 1939Inquest — Mary Trelease

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 1998Babe Ruth — Himself
• 1982Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius — Self - archival footage
• 1972Lenny Bruce: Without Tears — Self (archive footage)