Ralphie Parker, played by Peter Billingsley, had just one Christmas wish as a nine-year-old in the 1940s: an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle, with a compass in the stock and 'this thing which tells time". Now, Billingsley works behind the camera as a producer for films like 'Iron Man' and 'Four Christmases,' in which he also had small on-screen roles.