Jean Shepherd
Birthday
1921/07/26
Day of death
1999/10/16 (78 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
South Side, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Also know as
J. Shepherd, Jean Shepard
Biography
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.
Acting
(1983) A Christmas Story
as Ralphie as an Adult (voice)
(1972) Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
as Self (archive footage)
(1988) Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
as Narrator/Mr. Scott
(1998) Babe Ruth
as Himself
(1939) Inquest
as Mary Trelease
(1975) Walt Disney’s Carousel of Progress
as John
(1985) The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love)
as Ralph
(1960) Village Sunday
as Narrator
(1964) Light Fantastic
as Frank
(1994) It Runs in the Family
as Narrator / Ralph as an Adult (voice)
(1982) The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
as Narrator / Adult Ralph (voice)
(1971) Tiki Tiki
as ---
(1976) The Phantom of the Open Hearth
as Narrator / Ralph Parker (as a man)
(1960) Shadows
as Man at Party (uncredited)
(1971) Jean Shepherd's America
as Self - Host