The Life of Riley
series not in production
Ended
Comedy
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 26
avg.Runtime | 30 min
First EP | 1949-10-04
Last EP | 1950-03-28
Overview
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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!"
Created by
Produced by
Filmtone Productions
Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 1949-10-04
1
Tonsils
1949-10-04
Riley has to go to the hospital to have his tonsils out.
2
Babs and Simon Step Out
1949-10-11
3
Egbert's Chemistry Set
1949-10-18
4
The French Professor
1949-10-25
5
Nervous Breakdown
1949-11-01
6
Assistant Manager
1949-11-08
7
Riley's Birthday Gift
1949-11-15
8
Riley, Gillis, and Vanderhopper, Inc.
1949-11-22
Riley thinks that Babs' boyfriend Simon has money, after he finds his bank book. Riley talks Simon into going into business with him and quits his job. He then finds out that Simon's bank book was a fake as he was using it for his accounting class.
9
Junior Falls for Teacher
1949-11-29
10
Night School
1949-12-06
Riley decides to go to night school and gets caught helping a friend cheat who's trying to become a American citizen.
11
Prom Dress
1949-12-13
Babs doesn't want to go to a school dance because she doesn't have a nice dress. Riley buys a used dress, but the former owner of the dress is a snob at school who tells Babs that the dress used to be hers.
12
Junior's Birthday Party
1949-12-20
Riley plans a birthday party for son Junior but can't get anyone to come to the party because another boy's birthday is the same day.
13
The Boarder
1949-12-27
14
Peg's Birthday
1950-01-03
15
Junior Drops Out
1950-01-10
16
Riley's Firstborn
1950-01-17
17
Insurance
1950-01-24
18
The Gambler
1950-01-31
19
Acting Lessons
1950-02-07
20
Valentine's Day
1950-02-14
21
Home Sweet Home
1950-02-21
22
South American Job
1950-02-28
23
Riley's Quarrel
1950-03-07
24
Junior and the Bully
1950-03-14
25
The Banned Book
1950-03-21
26
Five Dollar Bill
1950-03-28
CAST
charactor: Babs Riley
Original: Gloria Winters
Total EP: 26
charactor: Peg Riley
Original: Rosemary DeCamp
Total EP: 26
charactor: Chester A. Riley
Original: Jackie Gleason
Total EP: 26
charactor: Waldo Binny
Original: Bob Jellison
Total EP: 26
charactor: Junior Riley
Original: Lanny Rees
Total EP: 26
charactor:
Original: Jimmy Lydon
Total EP: 2
charactor: Ferguson
Original: Alan Reed
Total EP: 2
charactor: Gillis
Original: Sid Tomack
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Teddy Infuhr
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Queenie Leonard
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Jimmy Wallington
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Marlo Dwyer
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Harry Lauter
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Tito Vuolo
Total EP: 1
charactor: Hospital Nurse
Original: Marie Blake
Total EP: 1
charactor: Doctor H. Harvey
Original: Harry Harvey
Total EP: 1
charactor: Clay J. Stevenson
Original: Emory Parnell
Total EP: 1
charactor: Millie - Stevenson's Secretary
Original: Mary Treen
Total EP: 1
charactor: Policeman
Original: Paul Bryar
Total EP: 1
CREW
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney