Jean Shepherd

★ Writing #2,067

1921 - 1999 (age 78) • Writing

Born: 7/26/1921 in South Side, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Died: 10/16/1999 (age 78)

Known for: Writing

Jean Shepherd

★ Writing #2,067

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

A Christmas Story

72%

Ralphie as an Adult (voice)

1983

A Christmas Story Christmas

63%

Book

2022

A Christmas Story 2

51%

Novel

2012

A Christmas Story Live!

47%

Novel

2017

It Runs in the Family

54%

Novel

1994

Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss

74%

Narrator/Mr. Scott

1988

American Playhouse

66%

Short Story, Writer

1982

Babe Ruth

69%

Himself

1998

A Christmas Story Christmas

63%

Book

2022

A Christmas Story Live!

47%

Novel

2017

A Christmas Story 2

51%

Novel

2012

Babe Ruth

69%

Himself

1998

It Runs in the Family

54%

Narrator / Ralph as an Adult (voice)

1994

It Runs in the Family

54%

Novel

1994

It Runs in the Family

54%

Screenplay

1994

It Runs in the Family

54%

Executive Producer

1994

Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss

74%

Narrator/Mr. Scott

1988

Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss

74%

Writer

1988

Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss

74%

Novel

1988

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

70%

Ralph

1985

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

70%

Writer

1985

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

70%

Novel

1985

A Christmas Story

72%

Ralphie as an Adult (voice)

1983

A Christmas Story

72%

Novel

1983

A Christmas Story

72%

Screenplay

1983

Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius

Self - archival footage

1982

The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters

68%

Narrator / Adult Ralph (voice)

1982

The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters

68%

Writer

1982

The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters

68%

Novel

1982

American Playhouse

66%

Short Story, Writer

1982

The Phantom of the Open Hearth

68%

Narrator / Ralph Parker (as a man)

1976

The Phantom of the Open Hearth

68%

Writer

1976

The Phantom of the Open Hearth

68%

Novel

1976

Lenny Bruce: Without Tears

50%

Self (archive footage)

1972

Tiki Tiki

80%

1971

Jean Shepherd's America

90%

Self - Host

1971