The Life of Riley Old Time Radio 116 Episodes
The Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, was a popular NBC radio comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film and continued as a long-run TV series during the 1950s. The show began as a proposed Groucho Marx radio series, The Flotsam Family, but the sponsor balked at what would have been essentially a straight head-of-household role for the comedian. Then producer Irving Brecher saw Bendix as taxicab company owner Tim McGuerin in the movie The McGuerins from Brooklyn (1942). The Flotsam Family was reworked with Bendix cast as blundering Chester A. Riley, riveter at a California aircraft plant, and his frequent exclamation of indignation---"What a revoltin' development this is!"---became one of the most famous catch-phrases of the 1940s. The radio series also benefited from the immense popularity of a supporting character, Digby "Digger" O'Dell (John Brown), "the friendly undertaker."
FIRST BROADCAST: 12th April 1941
LAST BROADCAST: 1951
CAST: Lionel Stander, Grace Coppin, Jackie Grimes, Peggy Conklin, William Bendix, Paula Winslowe, Sharon Douglas, Conrad Binyon, Scotty Beckett, Jack Grimes, Bobby Eiler, Hans Conried, John Brown, Francis Trout, Charlie Cantor, Shirley Mitchell.
ANNOUNCERS: Jackson Wheeler, George Bryan, Ken Niles, Ken Carpenter, Jimmy Wallington.
DIRECTORS: Leonard Bercovici, Marx Loeb, Al Kaye, Don Bernard
CREATOR/PRODUCER: Irving Brecher
ORCHESTRA: Lou Kosloff
WRITERS: Bercovici, Sidney Harmon, Alan Lipscott, Reuben Ship, Ashmead Scott, Robert Sloane, Dick Powell
SOUND EFFECTS: Monty Fraser
The Life Of Riley - 1941-1951
The Life Of Riley was a hilarious comedy about Chester A Riley. He lived with his wife Peg and his two children Junior and Babs. Riley had a heart of gold but he had no brain and always seemed to make a mess of everything
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