
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
MOVIE • 1983

Shadows
MOVIE • 1960

Tiki Tiki
MOVIE • 1971

Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
MOVIE • 1972

It Runs in the Family
MOVIE • 1994

Babe Ruth
MOVIE • 1998

Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
MOVIE • 1988

The Phantom of the Open Hearth
MOVIE • 1976

Inquest
MOVIE • 1939

The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
MOVIE • 1982

Jean Shepherd's America
TV • 1971

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

Light Fantastic
MOVIE • 1964