CMNetwork Actors

Jack Riley

John Albert Riley Jr. (December 30, 1935 – August 19, 2016) was an American actor, comedian and writer. He was known for playing Elliot Carlin, a chronic psychology client of the main character on The Bob Newhart Show, and for voicing Stu Pickles, one of the parents in the animated Rugrats franchise. Riley was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Agnes C. Riley (née Corrigan) and John Albert Riley. After attending Saint Ignatius High School and John Carroll University, he served in the U.S. Army. After being discharged, Riley became a popular radio personality in Cleveland, along with his radio partner and "straight man" Jeff Baxter; The Baxter & Riley Show on WERE (1300 AM) featured not only music but comedy sketches and a slew of offbeat characters that Riley and Baxter voiced. Riley gave up the radio show in the mid-1960s and moved to Los Angeles, where his Cleveland friend Tim Conway helped him obtain work writing comedy sketches, which later led to acting opportunities. First a semi-regular in the cast of the 1960s sitcom Occasional Wife, a short-lived show on NBC in which he played Wally Frick, Riley was perhaps most famous for playing Elliot Carlin, the neurotic, sour, and selfish patient on The Bob Newhart Show 1972–1978. In 1973, he was cast as Gomez Addams in The Addams Family Fun-House, then in 1979, he starred in ABC's holiday telefilm The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (a.k.a. The Night Dracula Saved The World) as Warren the Werewolf (Wolf Man) of Budapest. Riley then, in 1980, appeared in a comedy special for HBO called The Wild Wacky Wonderful World of Winter. He was a regular cast member in The Tim Conway Show, a comedy-variety show that aired on CBS from March 1980 through late summer 1981, acting in sketch comedy in each episode. In 1985, he reprised his Bob Newhart Show role of Elliot Carlin on St. Elsewhere, and did so again in a 1987 episode of ALF. Among his other TV credits are multiple appearances on such shows as Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (parodying Lyndon Johnson), M*A*S*H, Barney Miller, Hogan's Heroes, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, One Day at a Time, Gomer Pyle, Diff'rent Strokes, and Night Court. He was also a favorite of Mel Brooks, appearing in several of his films: High Anxiety (1977), History of the World: Part I (1981), To Be or Not to Be (1983), and (cameo only) Spaceballs (1987). Riley often provided voiceovers for television and radio commercials, most notably in spots for Country Crock margarine. He also voiced the character "P.C. Modem, the computer genius" in radio commercials for CompUSA that aired in the 1990s. In the 1990s and early 2000s, Riley was known for voicing Stu Pickles (father of the main protagonist Tommy) in the animated series Rugrats. The franchise consisted of the TV series, the spin-off All Grown Up! and the film trilogy. He continued to make guest appearances during the 1990s in popular sitcoms, showing up in episodes of Seinfeld, Son of the Beach, Friends, Coach, The Drew Carey Show, That '70s Show, and, in a gag appearance, as an unnamed but obvious Mr. Carlin in a 1988 episode of Newhart. He made a cameo appearance on the November 23, 2013, episode of Saturday Night Live, as a subway passenger during the sketch "Matchbox 3". That episode would be his final acting role.

  • Nacimiento: 1935-12-30, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
  • Fallecimiento: 2016-08-19
  • Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 2,5 de 5

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Conocido por

  • Rugrats: Aventuras en pañales (1991) — Stu Pickles (voz)
  • La loca historia de las galaxias (1987) — TV Newsman
  • Boogie nights (1997) — Lawyer
  • Rugrats: La película (1998) — Stuart 'Stu' Pickles (voz)
  • Seinfeld (1989) — Rider
  • Un largo adiós (1973) — Riley
  • Máxima ansiedad (1977) — The Desk Clerk
  • Rugrats en París: La película (2000) — Stu Pickles (voz)

Filmografía

  • El show de Garfield (2009) — Ghost Cat (voz)
  • El ángel vengador (2007) — Elder
  • Puerta al Infierno (2006) — James Brewster
  • Rugrats: Blancanieves (2005) — Stu (voz)
  • Los Rugrats: Vacaciones salvajes (2003) — Stuart 'Stu' Pickles (voz)
  • Burl's (2003) — Gym Instructor
  • ¡Más grandes y traviesos! (2003) — Stu Pickles (voz)
  • Rugrats: Decade in Diapers (2002) — Stu Pickles
  • Rugrats: Ya somos mayores (2001) — Stu Pickles (voz)
  • La Banda del Patio: La película (2001) — Golfer #1 (voz)
  • Rugrats en París: La película (2000) — Stu Pickles (voz)
  • Yes, Dear (2000) — Mr. Shipley
  • Son of the Beach (2000)
  • Oh, Grow Up (1999)
  • Rugrats: La película (1998) — Stuart 'Stu' Pickles (voz)
  • Aquellos maravillosos 70 (1998) — Old Man Shinsky
  • Chairman of the Board (1998) — Condom Boss
  • Working (1997) — Chaplain
  • Boogie nights (1997) — Lawyer
  • Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997)
  • George & Leo (1997)
  • Rugrats: Vacaciones (1997) — Stu Pickles (voz)
  • Los Rugrats y el Janucá (1996) — Stu Pickles (voz)
  • Dino Rex (1995) — Alaric
  • The Drew Carey Show (1995) — Mr. Jones
  • Tocados por un ángel (1994) — Leo
  • Los Rugrats y la Pascua hebrea (1994) — Stu Pickles (voz)
  • Sesame Street Stays Up Late! (1993) — Jack(sin acreditar)
  • Dave's World (1993) — Guy
  • Una mujer peligrosa (1993) — Bandleader
  • Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992) — Mr. Graves
  • El juego de Hollywood (1992) — Jack Riley
  • The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special (1991) — Elliot Carlin
  • Rugrats: Aventuras en pañales (1991) — Stu Pickles (voz)
  • Harry and the Hendersons (1991) — Leonard
  • Cosas de casa (1989) — Wayne
  • Seinfeld (1989) — Rider
  • C.H.U.D. 2 - Reacción viva (1989) — Wade
  • Coach (1989) — Oliver
  • Al filo del abismo (1989) — Homeowner
  • Portrait of a White Marriage (1988) — Roy Bloomer
  • Rented Lips (1988) — Herb the Auditor
  • Payback (1988) — Coroner
  • La loca historia de las galaxias (1987) — TV Newsman
  • Matrimonio Con Hijos (1987) — Wendell
  • Roxie (1987) — Leon Buchanan
  • Mathnet (1987) — Mr. Dwight Ledbetter
  • Throb (1986)
  • Blacke el Mago (1986)
  • Washingtoon (1985)
  • The History of White People in America (1985) — Scientist
  • First the Egg (1985) — Mr. White
  • Lots of Luck (1985) — Marvin
  • Patrulla de noche (1984) — Doctor Ziegler
  • Charles in Charge (1984) — Professor Kleeman
  • The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984) — Sexton / Deacon
  • Punky Brewster (1984) — Snipes
  • Finders Keepers (1984) — Ormond
  • Juzgado de guardia (1984) — Dr. Flick / Emil Dutton / Beepo the Clown / Jim Wimberly
  • Soy o no soy (1983) — Dobish
  • When Your Lover Leaves (1983) — Ralph
  • Frances (1982) — Bob Barnes
  • St. Elsewhere (1982) — Elliot Carlin
  • Newhart (1982) — Patient
  • Enredos de familia (1982) — Earl Quigley
  • Cuentos de las estrellas (1982) — Sexton / Deacon
  • The Rules of Marriage (1982) — Herb Gallup
  • Love in the Present Tense (1982) — Alex
  • Simon & Simon (1981) — Dr. Robert P. Medlow
  • La loca historia del mundo (1981) — Stoned Soldier #2 - The Roman Empire
  • Ladies' Man (1980)
  • Marriage Is Alive and Well (1980) — Owen
  • The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (1979) — Wolf Man
  • Hart y Hart (1979) — Norman Culp
  • Los primeros golpes de Butch Cassidy y Sundance (1979) — Messenger
  • Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978) — Citizen (sin acreditar)
  • Arnold (1978) — Mr. Crocker
  • El ataque de los tomates asesinos (1978) — Salesman
  • Joe and Valerie (1978) — Ed Sweetzer
  • Máxima ansiedad (1977) — The Desk Clerk
  • El mejor amante del mundo (1977) — Projectionist
  • Vacaciones en el mar (1977) — Miles Metcalf
  • Con ocho basta (1977)
  • Alice (1976)
  • La última locura (1976) — Executive
  • Barney Miller (1975) — Frederick Clooney / Robert Lovell
  • Los casos de Rockford (1974) — Adrian Lyman
  • La mujer policia (1974) — Joe
  • Harry O (1974) — Eddie Stern / Barney Hamilton
  • California Split (1974) — Second Bartender
  • El loco, loco asalto a un banco (1974) — Agent Jackson
  • Días felices (1974) — Officer O'Reilly
  • The Snoop Sisters (1973) — Ollie Robertson
  • Un largo adiós (1973) — Riley
  • Barnaby Jones (1973) — Norm Ricks
  • Kung Fu (1972) — Royal
  • M*A*S*H (1972) — Capt. Kaplan
  • El show de Bob Newhart (1972) — Elliot Carlin
  • Los asesinatos de Todd (1971) — Record Company Executive
  • A pleno día (1971) — Cab Driver #3 (sin acreditar)
  • Getting Together (1971)
  • Colombo (1971) — Director
  • Cannon (1971)
  • Los vividores (1971) — Riley Quinn
  • The Partridge Family (1970) — Corporal Wrzesinski
  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) — Barry Barlow / Eldon Colfax
  • Trampa 22 (1970) — Doctor
  • Love, American Style (1969) — Danny
  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) — Lyndon B. Johnson (sin acreditar)
  • La novicia voladora (1967) — Leo
  • Occasional Wife (1966)
  • Mi bella genio (1965) — Frank
  • Los héroes de Hogan (1965) — Captain
  • Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964) — Larry
  • Días de vino y rosas (1963) — Waiter (sin acreditar)