The Life Of Riley (1953)

The Life Of Riley

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.

The Life Of Riley

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William Bendix
William Bendix
as Chester A. Riley
Wesley Morgan
Wesley Morgan
as Junior as Junior Riley
Lugene Sanders
Lugene Sanders
as Babs as Babs Riley as Babs Riley-Marshall
Marjorie Reynolds
Marjorie Reynolds
as Peg as Peg Riley
Tom D'Andrea
Tom D'Andrea
as Jim Gillis as Gillis
Henry Kulky
Henry Kulky
as Otto as Otto Schmidlap as as Feeney's Big Goon (uncredited) as Otto Schmidlapp
Gloria Blondell
Gloria Blondell
as Honeybee as Honeybee Gillis as Honey Bee
Sterling Holloway
Sterling Holloway
as Waldo as Waldo Binny as Waldo Binney as as Waldo Binney / Mrs. Binney
Martin Milner
Martin Milner
as Don as Don Marshall as Bruce
George O'Hanlon
George O'Hanlon
as Calvin as Calvin Dudley
Florence Sundstrom
Florence Sundstrom
as Belle as Belle Dudley
Herb Vigran
Herb Vigran
as Muley as Muley Evans
Emory Parnell
Emory Parnell
as Foreman as as Hawkins
Percy Helton
Percy Helton
as Mr. Cox as
Douglass Dumbrille
Douglass Dumbrille
as as Cunningham
Ralph Sanford
Ralph Sanford
as Hawkins
Sarah Padden
Sarah Padden
as Martha Riley as Ma Riley
Pat Flaherty
Pat Flaherty
as Watchman as
Bob Sweeney
Bob Sweeney
as Dangle as
Vince Barnett
Vince Barnett
as Herman
William Boyett
William Boyett
as Coach
Wesley Morgan
Wesley Morgan
as Junior Riley
Dan Seymour
Dan Seymour
as Mr. Acre as Happy Sam
Marjorie Bennett
Marjorie Bennett
as Sales Clerk (uncredited) as
Taylor Holmes
Taylor Holmes
as as Clarence Nesbitt White
Dick Wessel
Dick Wessel
as Squarehead Malloy
Nancy Kulp
Nancy Kulp
as Charlotte Lindsay
Tom Nolan
Tom Nolan
as Drake (as Butch Bernard)
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Zsa Zsa Gabor
as Gigi
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
as Finnegan
Joe Flynn
Joe Flynn
as Jenkins
Norma Varden
Norma Varden
as Mother
Sam Flint
Sam Flint
as Judge
Douglas Fowley
Douglas Fowley
as Eddie
Arthur Shields
Arthur Shields
as Mr. Winkley
Frances Robinson
Frances Robinson
as Librarian
Olaf Hytten
Olaf Hytten
as Butler
Paul Bryar
Paul Bryar
as Harry
Ralph Dumke
Ralph Dumke
as Coach Donovan
Eddie Marr
Eddie Marr
as Mr. Burke
Alan Mowbray
Alan Mowbray
as Uncle Baxter
Gregory Marshall
Gregory Marshall
as Egbert Gillis
Judy Nugent
Judy Nugent
as Janet
Chick Chandler
Chick Chandler
as Sidney
John Harmon
John Harmon
as
Dayton Lummis
Dayton Lummis
as Mr. Marshall
Raymond Bailey
Raymond Bailey
as
George Cisar
George Cisar
as Sparky
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
as Fire Chief
Lester Dorr
Lester Dorr
as
Richard Deacon
Richard Deacon
as Chauffeur
Philip Van Zandt
Philip Van Zandt
as Lou
Norman Leavitt
Norman Leavitt
as Eddie
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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Season 3

Season 3

Season 4

Season 4

Season 5

Season 5

Season 6

Season 6

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    Babs' school election

  • 1x2

    Riley's gift from the boss

  • 1x3

    Riley's new suit

  • 1x4

    The cake contest

  • 1x5

    Riley's kiss in the dark

  • 1x6

    Riley proves his manhood

  • 1x7

    Riley's sister cissy

  • 1x8

    Riley and the bean contest

  • 1x9

    Riley the scoutmaster

  • 1x10

    Riley invades the fight game

  • 1x11

    Riley's lost weekend

  • 1x12

    Junior wins the soapbox derby

  • 1x13

    Riley's family reunion

  • 1x14

    Riley's business venture

  • 1x15

    Riley camps out

  • 1x16

    Riley steps out

  • 1x17

    Riley's operation

  • 1x18

    Riley the executive type

  • 1x19

    Riley engages an escort

  • 1x20

    Riley cultivates babs

  • 1x21

    Riley's uncle baxter

  • 1x22

    Riley outwits cupid

  • 1x23

    Riley gets engaged

  • 1x24

    Riley punishes junior

  • 1x25

    Riley meets a rival

  • 1x26

    Riley the typical worker

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    Riley's stomach ache

  • 2x2

    Riley, the animal lover

  • 2x3

    Riley faces fatherhood

  • 2x4

    Peg's birthday present

  • 2x5

    Riley's surprise package

  • 2x6

    Riley's old flame

  • 2x7

    Riley hears bells

  • 2x8

    Riley's surprise party

  • 2x9

    Junior's vacation

  • 2x10

    Riley's burning ambition

  • 2x11

    Riley's haunted house

  • 2x12

    Riley's separation

  • 2x13

    Riley the worrier

  • 2x14

    Riley's second honeymoon

  • 2x15

    Riley teaches junior boxing

  • 2x16

    Riley balances the budget

  • 2x17

    Riley's love letters

  • 2x18

    Junior's double date

  • 2x19

    Riley's uranium mine

  • 2x20

    Riley brightens the corner

  • 2x21

    Babs' used car

  • 2x22

    Riley and the boss' niece

  • 2x23

    Riley and the cop

  • 2x24

    The circus comes to town

  • 2x25

    Riley in a rut

  • 2x26

    Riley, surprise witness

  • 2x27

    Riley and the beaux arts ball

  • 2x28

    Riley holds the bag

  • 2x29

    Riley takes up art

  • 2x30

    Riley's good deed

  • 2x31

    Riley, the heir

  • 2x32

    Riley takes out insurance

  • 2x33

    Riley faces mother's day

  • 2x34

    Riley, the newsboy

  • 2x35

    Riley and the foreman's gift

  • 2x36

    Riley takes a roomer

  • 2x37

    Riley's anniversary

  • 2x38

    Riley meets the press

  • 2x39

    Riley in brooklyn

Episodes season 3

  • 3x1

    Junior's secret

  • 3x2

    Riley in the wild blue yonder

  • 3x3

    Riley and the suggestion contest

  • 3x4

    Destination brooklyn

  • 3x5

    The dog watch

  • 3x6

    Babs and junior try home economics

  • 3x7

    The duck hunting trip

  • 3x8

    Junior, the chief magistrate

  • 3x9

    Riley buys a statue

  • 3x10

    Riley versus numerology

  • 3x11

    Riley, the friendly neighbor

  • 3x12

    Riley's wild oats

  • 3x13

    Puppy love

  • 3x14

    The car pool

  • 3x15

    Job opening

  • 3x16

    Brotherly love

  • 3x17

    Unwelcome guests

  • 3x18

    Come back, little junior

  • 3x19

    Riley buys a wrestler

  • 3x20

    Light-fingered babs

  • 3x21

    Family activities planned

  • 3x22

    The auction

  • 3x23

    A bride for otto

  • 3x24

    Sister cissy returns

  • 3x25

    Night shift

  • 3x26

    Chicken ranch

  • 3x27

    Up to the jury

  • 3x28

    The gymnasium

  • 3x29

    Singing cowboy

  • 3x30

    Look peg, i'm dancing

  • 3x31

    Meet the neighbor

  • 3x32

    Babs gets engaged

  • 3x33

    Babs graduation from college

  • 3x34

    Brotherhood of the b.p.l.a.

  • 3x35

    The blockade

  • 3x36

    The diet

  • 3x37

    Out to pasture

  • 3x38

    Top secret

  • 3x39

    Riley unites the family

  • 3x40

    School board critic

  • 3x41

    The stupid cupid

Episodes season 4

  • 4x1

    Letter of introduction

  • 4x2

    The big sacrifice

  • 4x3

    The marines have landed

  • 4x4

    Love comes to waldo binney

  • 4x5

    Darling, am i growing old

  • 4x6

    Do it yourself

  • 4x7

    Wedding plans for babs

  • 4x8

    Dudley the burglar

  • 4x9

    Pay the penalty

  • 4x10

    Ghost town

  • 4x11

    The famous chester a. riley, junior

  • 4x12

    Riley, the tycoon

  • 4x13

    Repeat performance

  • 4x14

    Middle-age blues

  • 4x15

    Waldo's mother

  • 4x16

    A shower for babs

  • 4x17

    Head of the family

  • 4x18

    Riley and the widow

  • 4x19

    Babs's wedding

  • 4x20

    Riley's raffle

  • 4x21

    Junior quits school

  • 4x22

    The tree that grew in brooklyn

  • 4x23

    Babs' new job

  • 4x24

    The train trip

  • 4x25

    The contestant

  • 4x26

    The song writer

  • 4x27

    His brother-in-law's keeper

  • 4x28

    Partnership

  • 4x29

    Riley's allergy

  • 4x30

    Stage door riley

  • 4x31

    Riley's club for service wives

  • 4x32

    Waterfront

  • 4x33

    Expectantly yours

  • 4x34

    Junior gets a car

  • 4x35

    From rags to riches

  • 4x36

    House for sale

  • 4x37

    Babs moves out

  • 4x38

    Riley trades his house

  • 4x39

    When women were women

Episodes season 5

  • 5x1

    A wire for gillis

  • 5x2

    The first quarrel

  • 5x3

    Buttering up a millionaire

  • 5x4

    The new job

  • 5x5

    Destination del mar vista

  • 5x6

    Uncle bixby takes over

  • 5x7

    Friends are where you find them

  • 5x8

    Juvenile delinquent

  • 5x9

    Riley's lonely night

  • 5x10

    A man's pride

  • 5x11

    Riley hires a nurse

  • 5x12

    Blessed event

  • 5x13

    Benefit for egbert

  • 5x14

    Honeybee's mother

  • 5x15

    World's greatest grandson

  • 5x16

    Double, double date

  • 5x17

    Riley wins a trip

  • 5x18

    Aloha riley, goodbye

  • 5x19

    Change in command

  • 5x20

    Strolling through the park

  • 5x21

    Deep in the heart of...

  • 5x22

    Candid camera

  • 5x23

    Foreign intrigue

  • 5x24

    All-american brain

  • 5x25

    Getting riley's goat

  • 5x26

    A young man's fancy

  • 5x27

    Babs's dream house

  • 5x28

    A watch for gillis

  • 5x29

    Junior's future

  • 5x30

    A day at the beach

  • 5x31

    A house divided

  • 5x32

    Return to blue view

  • 5x33

    The high cost of riley

  • 5x34

    Babs comes home

  • 5x35

    Father-in-law versus father-in-law

  • 5x36

    The stray dog

  • 5x37

    Vacation plans

  • 5x38

    Homeless otto

  • 5x39

    Summer job for junior

Episodes season 6

  • 6x1

    Gossip

  • 6x2

    Riley's ups and downs

  • 6x3

    The new den

  • 6x4

    Gillis' childhood friend

  • 6x5

    Down for the count

  • 6x6

    The gruesome twosome

  • 6x7

    Happy birthday, little chester

  • 6x8

    Babs and the latin

  • 6x9

    Anchors aweigh

  • 6x10

    Framed

  • 6x11

    Nobody down here likes me

  • 6x12

    Baby chester's first words

  • 6x13

    A trip for peg

  • 6x14

    Going steady

  • 6x15

    A guest from england

  • 6x16

    Little awful annie

  • 6x17

    Music hath charms

  • 6x18

    Movie struck

  • 6x19

    Bowling beauties

  • 6x20

    The letter

  • 6x21

    Ten o'clock scholar

  • 6x22

    The oily birds

  • 6x23

    Mrs. aircraft industries

  • 6x24

    After you're gone

  • 6x25

    A test for gillis

  • 6x26

    Riley's burst bubble

  • 6x27

    Teenage troubles

  • 6x28

    The otis yonder story

  • 6x29

    The barracks bag

  • 6x30

    The price of fame

  • 6x31

    Annie's radio romance

  • 6x32

    Dudley comes to town

  • 6x33

    Live modern

  • 6x34

    Help for honeybee

  • 6x35

    Here comes constance

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