Home Alone is an American television series.
Catherine O'Hara . She is known for her comedy work on Second City Television ( 1976 -- 84 ) and in films such as After Hours ( 1985 ) , Beetlejuice ( 1988 ) , Home Alone ( 1990 ) , Home Alone 2 : Lost in New York ( 1992 ) , and The Nightmare Before Christmas ( 1993 ) . Daniel Stern (actor) . He is known for his roles in the Hollywood films Breaking Away , C.H.U.D. , Diner , City Slickers , the first two Home Alone films , where he played bandit Marv Merchants , and as the voice-over narrator on the television series The Wonder Years as the present-day adult Kevin Arnold . Home Alone is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus . The film also features Catherine O'Hara and John Heard as Kevin 's parents . After its release , Home Alone became the highest-grossing live action comedy film of all time in the United States , and also held the record worldwide until it was overtaken by The Hangover Part II in 2011 .