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The Life of Riley. Wesley Morgan and William Bendix, 1956. The Life of Riley is an American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film, as well as two different television series, and a comic book.
- Situation comedy
- Irving Brecher
- January 16, 1944 –, June 29, 1951
The phrase came into common usage around the time of WWI. The first printed citation of ‘the life of Riley’ (with the easy/carefree meaning of the phrase) that I have found is from New Jersey newspaper The News, May 1910: Henry Mungersdorf is living the life of Riley just at present. Quotation marks are usually added to phrases that the ...
The Life of Riley: With William Bendix, Marjorie Reynolds, Wesley Morgan, Tom D'Andrea. 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.
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The Life of Riley: With Rosemary DeCamp, Jackie Gleason, Lanny Rees, Sid Tomack. 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.
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- Rosemary Decamp, Jackie Gleason, Lanny Rees
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Apr 23, 2015 · This upload contains 252 episodes of the great Old Time Radio comedy, The Life of Riley, starring William Bendix. The radio show aired from 1944-1951, and also spawned a feature film and two television adaptions, one with Jack Gleason that aired for 26 weeks (1949-1950) and a the second with William Bendix reprising his role for six seasons (1953-1958).
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The Life of Riley. 1953. TV-PG. Comedy. For well-meaning aircraft worker Riley, there’s no invention he’s not willing to take a crack at, even if he’s hopelessly in over his head. Starring: William Bendix Marjorie Reynolds Wesley Morgan Tom D'Andrea Lugene Sanders. Directed by: Abby Berlin.
