
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.

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)

Tiki Tiki
1971

Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius
1982 · as Self - archival footage

Babe Ruth
1998 · as Himself

Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
1972 · as Self (archive footage)

The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
1982 · as Narrator / Adult Ralph (voice)

Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
1988 · as Narrator/Mr. Scott

Inquest
1939 · as Mary Trelease

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

Village Sunday
1960 · as Narrator

The Phantom of the Open Hearth
1976 · as Narrator / Ralph Parker (as a man)

Light Fantastic
1964 · as Frank