The cast featured Dan Lauria as Jean Shepherd, John Bolton as The Old Man, Caroline O'Connor as Miss Shields, Erin Dilly as Mother, Zac Ballard as Randy, and with Johnny Rabe and Joe West both alternating as lead character Ralphie, played in the 1983 film by Peter Billingsley, one of the show's producers.
Webb was played by Dan Lauria in the 1998 miniseries, From the Earth to the Moon.
Dan Aykroyd | Steely Dan | Dan Quayle | Dan Rather | Dan Cruickshank | Dan Brown | Dan Simmons | Dan Fogelberg | Dan Abnett | England Dan & John Ford Coley | Dan Ryan Expressway | Dan Deacon | Dan Reeves | Dan Graham | Dan Burton | Dan Wheldon | Dan | Dan Savage | Dan in Real Life | Dan Hill | Dan Flavin | Roger of Lauria | Dan Vapid | Dan Sperber | Dan Penn | Dan Bricklin | Dan Tyminski | Dan Slott | Dan Lipinski | Dan Fante |
Guest stars in the series' 42-episode run included: Don Cheadle, Kim Delaney, Dennis Dugan, Norman Fell (who worked with Ritter on Three's Company), Miguel Ferrer, Jack Gilford, Mark Hamill, Joanna Kerns, Richard Kind, Dan Lauria, Jane Leeves, Lorna Luft, David Paymer, Barbara Rush, and Shannon Tweed.