Jackie Gleason
Chester A. Riley
TV SERIES
The Life of Riley
Comedy
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!"
Top cast
Rosemary DeCamp
Peg Riley
Lanny Rees
Junior Riley
Gloria Winters
Babs Riley
BJ
Bob Jellison
Waldo Binny
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Episodes
26 Episodes011. Tonsils
Riley has to go to the hospital to have his tonsils out.
022. Babs and Simon Step Out
Riley's insistence that Babs has nothing to do with Simon comes between him and Babs. He forbids her to see him, then when she sneaks around behind his back, he chases Simon off. Both his wife and daughter are very upset with him.
033. Egbert's Chemistry Set
No episode synopsis is available.
044. The French Professor
No episode synopsis is available.
055. Nervous Breakdown
No episode synopsis is available.
066. Assistant Manager
No episode synopsis is available.
077. Riley's Birthday Gift
No episode synopsis is available.
088. Riley, Gillis, and Vanderhopper, Inc.
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.
099. Junior Falls for Teacher
No episode synopsis is available.
1010. Night School
Riley decides to go to night school and gets caught helping a friend cheat who's trying to become a American citizen.
1111. Prom Dress
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.
1212. Junior's Birthday Party
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.
1313. The Boarder
No episode synopsis is available.
1414. Peg's Birthday
No episode synopsis is available.
1515. Junior Drops Out
No episode synopsis is available.
1616. Riley's Firstborn
No episode synopsis is available.
1717. Insurance
No episode synopsis is available.
1818. The Gambler
No episode synopsis is available.
1919. Acting Lessons
Babs and her boyfriend have foolishly spent their money on an acting school con. Riley and Gillis are determined to go to the phony school and demand the kids' money be returned, but they didn't expect the teacher to be a gorgeous blonde.
2020. Valentine's Day
No episode synopsis is available.
2121. Home Sweet Home
No episode synopsis is available.
2222. South American Job
No episode synopsis is available.
2323. Riley's Quarrel
No episode synopsis is available.
2424. Junior and the Bully
No episode synopsis is available.
2525. The Banned Book
No episode synopsis is available.
2626. Five Dollar Bill
No episode synopsis is available.