A Christmas Story - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "A Christmas Story"
A Christmas Story (1983)
Timing:
1:33 (93 min)
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Actors and characters
Scott Schwartz
Character Flick
R.D. Robb
Character Schwartz
Tedde Moore
Character Miss Shields
Yano Anaya
Character Grover Dill
Jeff Gillen
Character Santa Claus
Leslie Carlson
Character Christmas Tree Man
Jim Hunter
Character Freight Man
Patty Johnson
Character Head Elf
Drew Hocevar
Character Male Elf
David Edward
Character Kid with Goggles
Helen E. Kaider
Character Wicked Witch
John Wong
Character Chinese Father
Johan Sebastian Wong
Character Waiter #1
Fred Lee
Character Waiter #2
Dan Ma
Character Waiter #3
Rocco Bellusci
Character Street Kid
Tommy Wallace
Character Boy in School
Court Benson
Character Pierre Andre (uncredited)
Leigh Brown
Character Red Hatted Curly Haired Woman in Line for Santa (uncredited)
Giada Dobrzenska
Character Little Girl at Parade (uncredited)
Dave Duff
Character Firefighter (uncredited)
Jordan-Patrick Marcantonio
Character Boy visiting Santa (uncredited)
Gary A. Jones
Character Christmas Shopper (uncredited)
Kristephan Warren-Stevens
Character Crowd person (uncredited)
Don Geyer
Character The Scarecrow (uncredited)
Kathryn Hayzer
Character Churchgoer (uncredited)
John Kennedy
Character Fire Chief at Schoolyard (uncredited)
Bill Kravitz
Character Billy (uncredited)
Julie Matthews
Character Caroler (uncredited)
Christine Powrie
Character Screaming Girl on Slide After Ralphie (uncredited)
Quinn Smith
Character Flagpole Bully Sudent (uncredited)
What's left behind the scenes
- In the scene where Flick's tongue supposedly freezes to metal, a hidden suction tube was used.
- This film is now considered a Christmas classic, however, according to the lead actor Peter Billingsley, not many major studios at the time (early 1980s) were interested in a project about a boy dreaming of a Red Ryder BB gun during a time when the Great Depression had only recently ended. Billingsley revealed in an interview that in exchange for permission to film a Christmas movie, director Bob Clark had to promise the studio he would later make a horror film.
- The film is set in a small town in Indiana, but filming took place in Cleveland, Ohio. Before settling on Cleveland, Bob Clark sent his representatives to 20 American cities in search of one that most resembled a town in 1940s Indiana.
- The residents of Cleveland turned out to be surprisingly welcoming and provided a lot of help with the filming. For example, old cars were brought to the set from all over the city – whatever people had available. These cars were then used in the filming, helping to recreate the atmosphere of the first half of the 20th century. In particular, cars from a local vintage car club were used in the film. Their owners were given a route around Public Square in the business district of the city to follow during filming and were asked to periodically drive this route until further notice.
- When filming took place in a Chinese restaurant, Melinda Dillon was deliberately given the wrong pages of the script, and everyone was aware of this except the actress herself. For example, Dillon had no idea that the duck she had ordered would be brought in with its head still attached. The actress's reaction was completely genuine and involuntary, which is what Bob Clark was aiming for.
- Teddy Moore was nine months pregnant during filming. Since showing an unmarried pregnant woman in the 1940s was unthinkable, the filmmakers had to resort to various tricks, such as padding, to make Moore's character look simply full-figured, but not pregnant.
- Some scenes of the film, including the episode with Santa in the store, were filmed in Toronto, in the Canadian province of Ontario.
- The Parkers' car is a 1937 four-door Oldsmobile sedan with Indiana license plates.
- Scenes near the school were filmed at a school in the Canadian city of St. Catharines.
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