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The Life of Riley ()

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Season: 1 Years: 1950 1949 1948
Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems. His stock answer to every turn of fate became a catch... See more »
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  Peg Riley / ... (27 episodes, 1948-1950)
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  Chester A. Riley / ... (26 episodes, 1949-1950)
Lanny Rees ...
  Junior Riley / ... (23 episodes, 1948-1950)
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  Jim Gillis / ... (22 episodes, 1949-1950)
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  Babs Riley / ... (20 episodes, 1949-1950)
John Brown ...
  Digger O'Dell / ... (12 episodes, 1948-1950)
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  Waldo Binny / ... (8 episodes, 1949-1950)
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  Honeybee Gillis (4 episodes, 1950)
Anne Burr ...
  Marilyn Morris / ... (4 episodes, 1949-1950)
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  Announcer / ... (4 episodes, 1949)
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  Simon Vanderhopper (3 episodes, 1949-1950)
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  Tony (2 episodes, 1949-1950)
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  Ferguson / ... (2 episodes, 1949-1950)
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  Mrs. Bennett / ... (2 episodes, 1949)
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  Chester A. Riley (1 episode, 1948)
Barbara Logan ...
  Babs Riley (1 episode, 1948)
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  Helene (1 episode, 1949)
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  Hal Sloman (1 episode, 1950)
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  Miss Clyde (1 episode, 1949)
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  Clay J. Stevenson (1 episode, 1949)
Steven Clark ...
  Jeff Warwick (1 episode, 1949)
Mack Williams ...
  Teacher (1 episode, 1949)
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  Professor Lafayette (1 episode, 1949)
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  Dr. Beamish (1 episode, 1950)
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  Prof. Van Plantan (1 episode, 1950)
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  Policeman (1 episode, 1950)
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  Sheekman (1 episode, 1950)
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  George (1 episode, 1949)
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  Hospital Nurse (1 episode, 1949)
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  Millie - Stevenson's Secretary (1 episode, 1949)
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  Policeman (1 episode, 1949)
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  Justice of the Peace (1 episode, 1949)
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  Egbert Gillis (1 episode, 1949)
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  Judge (1 episode, 1949)
Jared Brown ...
  Boy (1 episode, 1949)
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  Monohan (1 episode, 1950)
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  Taxi Driver (1 episode, 1950)
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  Mrs. Whitaker (1 episode, 1950)
William E. Green ...
  Stevenson (1 episode, 1950)
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  Mrs. Morris (1 episode, 1949)
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  Dr. Leroy (1 episode, 1949)
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  Fresh Boy (1 episode, 1949)
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  Policeman (1 episode, 1949)
Lewis L. Russell ...
  Doctor (1 episode, 1949)
Dian Fauntelle ...
  Matilda - Maid (1 episode, 1949)
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  Joe Green (1 episode, 1950)
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  Consul (1 episode, 1950)
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  Doctor H. Harvey (1 episode, 1949)
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  Mr. Morris (1 episode, 1949)

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Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems. His stock answer to every turn of fate became a catch phrase: 'What a revoltin' development this is!" Written by Anonymous

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Trivia Prior to Jackie Gleason's casting, a pilot starring Lon Chaney, Jr. as Riley was shot but never sold. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class (2005). See more »
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