Jack Riley (actor)
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Jack Riley in 2005
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| Born |
John Albert Riley, Jr. December 30, 1935 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | August 19, 2016 (aged 80) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Pneumonia |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian |
| Years active | 1962–2013 |
| Spouse(s) | Ginger Lawrence-Riley (m. 1975–2016) |
| Children | 2 |
John Albert "Jack" Riley Jr. (December 30, 1935 – August 19, 2016) was an American actor and comedian. He was known for playing Elliot Carlin on The Bob Newhart Show, and for voicing Stu Pickles in the Rugrats franchise.
Riley was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Agnes C. (née Corrigan) and John Albert Riley. After attending Saint Ignatius High School and John Carroll University, he served in the United States 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 friend Tim Conway helped him receive 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. 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 appeared in a HBO comedy special in 1980 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.
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