Jack Riley
Jack Riley
While serving his two-year hitch in the Army, Jack Riley performed in "Rolling Along of 1960," a military travelling show. After his discharge, Riley attended John Carroll University, then resumed his show-business activities as an actor, comedian, and "special material" writer for such stars as Mort Sahl, Rowan and Martin and Don Rickles. He made his film debut in 1962's The Days of Wine and Roses, and has since essayed eccentric roles in such laugh-spinners as Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1979). Active in television since 1966, Riley was a comedy-ensemble player in Keep on Truckin' (1975) and The Tim Conway Show (1980 edition), and occasionally popped up on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, impersonating Lyndon Johnson. His most celebrated TV role was the supremely paranoid Elliot Carlin in The Bob Newhart Show (1972-78), a role he has since reprised (under various character names) in such series as Alf and St. Elsewhere. He was also cast as TV station manager Leon Buchanan in the two-episode sitcom Roxie (1987), and has been heard as the voice of Stu Pickles on the animated series Rugrats (1991- ). Extremely active in the LA theatrical scene, Jack Riley has starred in such stage productions as 12 Angry Men and Small Craft Warnings. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Jack Riley:
- Spaceballs with Mel Brooks , Mel Brooks , John Candy , Rick Moranis , Bill Pullman , Daphne Zuniga , John Hurt , Dick VanPatten , George Wyner , Michael Winslow , Joan Rivers , Dom DeLuise , Rick Ducommun , Stephen Tobolowsky
- The Player with Tim Robbins , Greta Scacchi , Fred Ward , Whoopi Goldberg , Peter Gallagher , Vincent D'Onofrio , Brion James , Cynthia Stevenson , Dean Stockwell , Richard E. Grant , Sydney Pollack , Lyle Lovett , Dina Merrill , Jeremy Piven , Gina Gershon , Steve Allen , Richard Anderson , Rene Auberjonois , Harry Belafonte , Shari Belafonte , Karen Black , Gary Busey , Robert Carradine , Cher , James Coburn , Cathy Lee Crosby , John Cusack , Brad Davis , Paul Dooley , Peter Falk , Felicia Farr , Louise Fletcher , Dennis Franz , Teri Garr , Jeff Goldblum , Elliott Gould , Joel Grey , David Alan Grier , Buck Henry , Anjelica Huston , Sally Kirkland , Jack Lemmon , Marlee Matlin , Andie MacDowell , Malcolm McDowell , Jayne Meadows , Martin Mull , Nick Nolte , Bert Remsen , Burt Reynolds , Julia Roberts , Mimi Rogers , Annie Ross , Alan Rudolph , Jill St. John , Susan Sarandon , Rod Steiger , Joan Tewkesbury , Lily Tomlin , Robert Wagner , Ray Walston , Bruce Willis , James Jr. Coburn , Scott Glenn , Michael Tolkin
- History of the World -- Part I with Mel Brooks , Mel Brooks , Mel Brooks , Mel Brooks , Mel Brooks , Dom DeLuise , Madeline Kahn , Harvey Korman , Cloris Leachman , Ron Carey , Gregory Hines , Shecky Greene , Sid Caesar , Howard Morris , Orson Welles , Paul Mazursky , Art Metrano , Henny Youngman , Fritz Feld , Pat McCormick , John Hurt , Jackie Mason , Phil Leeds , Jack Carter , Jan Murray , Spike Milligan , John Hillerman , Sidney Lassick , John Gavin , Bea Arthur , Nigel Hawthorne , Barry Levinson , Richard Lewis , John Myhers
- Catch-22 with Alan Arkin , Martin Balsam , Richard Benjamin , Art Garfunkel , Jack Gilford , Buck Henry , Bob Newhart , Anthony Perkins , Paula Prentiss , Martin Sheen , Jon Voight , Orson Welles , Bob Balaban , Marcel Dalio , Norman Fell , Charles Grodin , Austin Pendleton , Peter Bonerz , Elizabeth Wilson , Richard Libertini , Jon Korkes , Liam Dunn , Alan Alda , Bruce Kirby
- Bank Shot with Sorrell Booke , Joanna Cassidy , Liam Dunn , Clifton James , Bob Balaban , George C. Scott
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