Acting credits
15
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Jean Shepherd
Writing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
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Movies: 16Series: 2Crew credits: 11
TMDB ID: 12699
IMDb ID: nm0791789
Known for: Writing
Born: July 26, 1921
Died: October 16, 1999
Age: 78
Place of birth: South Side, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1939 - 2022
Years active: 84
Average TMDB rating: 5.96
Wikidata: Q4355015
Also known as
J. Shepherd • Jean Shepard
Other jobs
Writer (6)Novel (4)Book (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jean Shepherd.
Book
A Christmas Story Christmas
2022 • Movie
Novel
A Christmas Story Live!
2017 • Movie
Novel
A Christmas Story 2
2012 • Movie
as Himself
Babe Ruth
1998 • Movie
as Narrator / Ralph as an Adult (voice)
It Runs in the Family
1994 • Movie
as Narrator/Mr. Scott
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
1988 • Movie
as Ralph
The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love)
1985 • Movie
as Ralphie as an Adult (voice)
A Christmas Story
1983 • Movie
as Narrator / Adult Ralph (voice)
The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
1982 • Movie
as Narrator / Ralph Parker (as a man)
The Phantom of the Open Hearth
1976 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
1972 • Movie
Tiki Tiki
1971 • Movie
as Frank
Light Fantastic
1964 • Movie
as Man at Party (uncredited)
Shadows
1960 • Movie
as Narrator
Village Sunday
1960 • Movie
as Mary Trelease
Inquest
1939 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jean Shepherd.
