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Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Birthday
July 26, 1921
Died
October 16, 1999
Place of Birth
South Side, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Also Known As
- J. Shepherd
- Jean Shepard
Jean Shepherd
0.1 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.4
Himself
Babe Ruth
1998
5.3
Narrator / Ralph as an Adult (voice)
It Runs in the Family
1994
7.1
Narrator/Mr. Scott
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
1988
6.5
Ralph
The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love)
1985
7.2
Ralphie as an Adult (voice)
A Christmas Story
1983
6.0
Narrator / Adult Ralph (voice)
The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
1982
6.8
Narrator / Ralph Parker (as a man)
The Phantom of the Open Hearth
1976
3.3
Self (archive footage)
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
1972
0.0
Tiki Tiki
1971
🎬
0.0
Self - Host
Jean Shepherd's America
1971
Credits
Babe Ruth
as Himself
1998
6.4
It Runs in the Family
as Narrator / Ralph as an Adult (voice)
1994
5.3
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
as Narrator/Mr. Scott
1988
7.1
The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love)
as Ralph
1985
6.5
A Christmas Story
as Ralphie as an Adult (voice)
1983
7.2
The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
as Narrator / Adult Ralph (voice)
1982
6.0
The Phantom of the Open Hearth
as Narrator / Ralph Parker (as a man)
1976
6.8
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
as Self (archive footage)
1972
3.3
Tiki Tiki
1971
0.0
🎬
Jean Shepherd's America
as Self - Host
1971
0.0
Light Fantastic
as Frank
1964
7.0
Shadows
as Man at Party (uncredited)
1960
6.9
🎬
Village Sunday
as Narrator
1960
0.0
Inquest
as Mary Trelease
1939
6.0