Title: A Christmas Story
Content: Peter Billingsley as Ralphie Parker ; Jean Shepherd as adult Ralphie (voice) / man standing in the Santa Claus line at Higbee's ; Ian Petrella as Randy Parker ; Melinda Dillon as Mrs. Parker ; Darren McGavin as Mr. Parker (The Old Man) ; Scott Schwartz as Flick ; R. D. Robb as Schwartz ; Zack Ward as Scut Farkus ; Yano Anaya as Grover Dill ; Tedde Moore as Miss Shields ; Jeff Gillen as Santa Claus ; Patty Johnson as Lead Elf ; Drew Hocevar as Male Elf ; Leslie Carlson as Christmas Tree Salesman 
Title: A Christmas Story 2
Content: Braeden Lemasters as Ralphie Parker ; Daniel Stern as Mr. Parker / The Old Man ; Stacey Travis as Mrs. Parker ; Valin Shinyei as Randy Parker ; David W. Thompson as Flick ; David Buehrle as Schwartz ; Tiera Skovbye as Drucilla Gootrad ; Gerard Plunkett as Hank Catenhauser ; Garry Chalk as Higbee's Store Santa 
Title: A Christmas Story
Content:  A Christmas Story is a 1983 American Christmas comedy film directed by Bob Clark and based on Jean Shepherd's semi-fictional anecdotes in his 1966 book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash, with some elements from his 1971 book Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories and Other Disasters. It stars Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, and Peter Billingsley and is a seasonal classic in North America. It has been shown in a marathon annually on TNT since 1997 and on TBS since 2004 titled "24 Hours of A Christmas Story", consisting of 12 consecutive airings of the film from the evening of Christmas Eve to the evening of Christmas Day annually. It is often ranked as one of the best Christmas films. The film was released on November 18, 1983. Filmed partly in Canada, it earned two Canadian Genie Awards in 1984. In 2012, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Title: The Christmas Story (The Andy Griffith Show)
Content: The role of Ben Weaver would be played by three actors during the course of the series' run. ; Actor Sam Edwards (Sam Muggins) appeared in four roles during the course of the series' run. 
Title: A Christmas Story Live!
Content: Andy Walken as Ralphie Parker ; Matthew Broderick as Ralphie as an Adult ; Maya Rudolph as Mother ; Chris Diamantopoulos as The Old Man ; Tyler Wladis as Randy Parker Jane Krakowski as Miss Shields ; Sammy Ramirez as Schwartz ; JJ Batteast as Flick ; Sacha Carlson as Scut Farkus ; Elie Samouhi as Grover Dill ; Abigail Dylan Harrison as Louise ; Artyon Celestine as Richie ; Allie Kiesel as Mary Beth<ref Hayley Shukiar as Esther Jane Ana Gasteyer as Mrs. Schwartz ; Ken Jeong as Tree Salesman/Restaurant Owner ; David Alan Grier as Mall Santa ; Fred Armisen as Mall Elf ; PRETTYMUCH as Hohman Indiana carolers The Parker Family School characters name="AdditionalCast"/> Other
Title: A Christmas Story (1972 TV special)
Content: Daws Butler – Gumdrop, Second Dog ; Paul Winchell – Goober, Sleezer, Runto ; Walter Tetley – Timmy, Boy ; Janet Waldo – Timmy's Mother, Girl ; Don Messick – Timmy's Father, Squirrel ; John Stephenson – Polecat, Postman, First Dog ; Hal Smith – Santa Claus, Fatcat 
Title: A Christmas Story Live!
Content:  his own, gentler way through Shepherd's pointy prose...Maya Rudolph was affecting as Ralphie's mother, Chris Diamantopoulos gruff if less than epic as his father, the Old Man...Andy Walken was a good visual match for the movie's Peter Billingsley,...The whole company of kids, in fact, was energetic and on their marks,...Schwartz's mother, previously an offended voice on the other end of a phone call, was here gloriously embodied by Ana Gasteyer, who brought in a Hanukkah theme..." but noted that "...the virtues that have made the movie a seasonal perennial were somewhat swallowed by the narrative digressions and showstopping gestures of the musical."
Title: Christmas Story (film)
Content:  Christmas Story (Joulutarina) is a 2007 Finnish Christmas drama film directed by Juha Wuolijoki. It is the story of how an orphan called Nikolas became Santa Claus.
Title: A StoryBots Christmas
Content: Judy Greer as Beep ; Ed Asner as Santa Claus ; Erin Fitzgerald as Bo ; Fred Tatasciore as Bang ; Jeff Gill as Bing ; Gregg Spiridellis as Boop ; Evan Spiridellis as Hap ; Nate Theis as Hub and Bub 
Title: The Christmas Story (The Andy Griffith Show)
Content: Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor ; Don Knotts as Barney Fife ; Elinor Donahue as Ellie Walker ; Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee ; Joy Ellison as Ethie Muggins Margaret Kerry as Bess Muggins ; Ron Howard as Opie Taylor ; Sam Edwards as Sam Muggins ; Will Wright as Ben Weaver ; Kelly Flynn as Billy Muggins 

Question: who played the dad in a christmas story?
Answer: Darren McGavin.
Ian Petrella.