Writing
Jean Shepherd
Born 1921-07-26 in South Side, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
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 and TV shows
American Playhouse
1982
A Christmas Story
1983
Shadows
1960
Tiki Tiki
1971
Jean Shepherd's America
1971
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
1972
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
1988
It Runs in the Family
1994
Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius
1982
Babe Ruth
1998
The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
1982
The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love)
1985
Village Sunday
1960
The Phantom of the Open Hearth
1976
Light Fantastic
1964
Inquest
1939