
Jean Shepherd
Born: 1921-07-26
Place of birth: South Side, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
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

Jean Shepherd's America
1971

Light Fantastic
1964

Tiki Tiki
1971

Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
1988

A Christmas Story
1983

The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love)
1985

Babe Ruth
1998

Shadows
1960

The Phantom of the Open Hearth
1976

The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
1982

A Christmas Story Christmas
2022

Inquest
1939

It Runs in the Family
1994

A Christmas Story 2
2012

Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
1972

A Christmas Story Live!
2017

Village Sunday
1960