Scott Schwartz

Scott Schwartz is an American actor whose best-known screen work includes The Toy (1982), A Christmas Story (1983), and A Christmas Story Christmas (2022). Born in Sacramento, California, and raised in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, he co-starred with Richard Pryor and Jackie Gleason in The Toy, directed by Richard Donner. In A Christmas Story he played Flick, the boy whose tongue stuck to a frozen flagpole, and he later reprised that role in the 2022 sequel for Warner Bros. Pictures and HBO Max. He also filmed Kidco and appeared in the 1985 television film A Time to Live. Since 2006 he has pursued his acting career and worked on celebrity trading cards for Donruss, obtaining autographs for companies including Upper Deck, Leaf, Razor and In the Game. He also wrote for the sports card magazine Beckett in 2008.