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Jack Riley

Highest Rated: 95% The Long Goodbye (1973)

Lowest Rated: 27% Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978)

Birthday: Dec 30, 1935

Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

With a career spanning nearly five decades, Jack Riley became a familiar face to countless TV fans-even if some don't know his name. Born in Cleveland in 1935, Riley first entered show business hosting a radio show on his hometown's AM station WERE. After serving in the U.S. Army, Riley took his act to Los Angeles, where he landed his first big break co-starring on the TV series "Occasional Wife" (NBC, 1966-67). When that series wrapped, Riley embarked on what would become the mainstay of his career: memorable TV appearances. Between 1967 and 1972 alone, Riley appeared on sixteen different shows, including "I Dream of Jeannie" (NBC, 1965-1970), "The Partridge Family" (ABC, 1970-1974), and "Hogan's Heroes" (CBS, 1965-1971). In 1972, Riley joined the cast of the popular sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show" (CBS, 1972-1978) as the comically dour Elliot Carlin. He played the character throughout the show's six-year run, and when the series wrapped in 1978, Riley returned to his streak of guest appearances. He would show up on everything from "Hart to Hart" (ABC 1979-1984), to "Eight is Enough" (ABC, 1977-1981), to "Family Ties" (NBC, 1982-1989). In 1991, Riley took on the voice acting role of Stu Pickles on the popular animated series "Rugrats" (Nickelodeon, 1991-2005). He would stick with the series for its entire run, concurrently playing the same role on the show's spinoff, "All Grown Up!" (Nickelodeon, 2003-07). Jack Riley died in 2016. He was 80 years old.

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Highest rated movies

95% 87% The Long Goodbye
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76% 56% Rugrats in Paris: The Movie Watchlist
75% 67% High Anxiety
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59% 50% The Rugrats Movie Watchlist
55% 75% To Be or Not to Be
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40% 39% Rugrats Go Wild Watchlist
27% 42% Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
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53% Night Patrol
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23% C.H.U.D. II
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28% Bank Shot
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet McBride: The Doctor Is Out ... Really Out Alex (Character) - 2005
40% 39% Rugrats Go Wild Stu Pickles (Voice) $39.4M 2003
76% 56% Rugrats in Paris: The Movie Stu Pickles (Voice) $76.5M 2000
59% 50% The Rugrats Movie Stu Pickles (Voice) $100.5M 1998
No Score Yet 23% C.H.U.D. II Wade (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet 25% Finders Keepers Ormond (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 53% Night Patrol Doctor Ziegler (Character) - 1984
55% 75% To Be or Not to Be Dobish (Character) - 1983
27% 42% Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Salesman (Character) - 1978
75% 67% High Anxiety The Desk Clerk (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 28% Bank Shot Jackson (Character) - 1974
95% 87% The Long Goodbye Lenny, the piano player (Character) - 1973

TV

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No Score Yet 79% All Grown Up Unknown (Voice) 2003-2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yes, Dear Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet 82% That '70s Show Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet 93% Rugrats Stuart 'Stu' Pickles (Guest Star),
Stu Pickles/Stuvon (Guest Voice)
1991-1994 1996-2003
33% No Score Yet Oh Grow Up Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
70% No Score Yet George & Leo Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Touched by an Angel Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Drew Carey Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Coach Oliver (Guest Star) 1996
54% No Score Yet Hudson Street Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
78% 93% Friends Airline Passenger (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dave's World Unknown (Guest Star) 1994
No Score Yet 97% Married ... With Children Wendell (Guest Star) 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Civil Wars Jack Cort (Guest Star) 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Two Dads Unknown (Guest Star) 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Newhart Unknown (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charles in Charge Professor Kleeman (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Punky Brewster Darryl Snipes (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Roxie Leon Buchanan (Character) 1987
No Score Yet 79% ALF Elliot Carlin (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gimme a Break Unknown (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Diff'rent Strokes Unknown (Guest Star) 1978-1979 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Riptide Unknown (Character) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet One Day at a Time Unknown (Guest Star) 1983-1984
No Score Yet 89% Family Ties Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Simon & Simon Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Eight Is Enough Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hart to Hart Unknown (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barney Miller Robert Lovell (Guest Star) 1976 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bob Newhart Show Elliot Carlin (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
1972-1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rockford Files Adrian Lyman (Guest Star) 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alice Unknown (Guest Star) 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harry O Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barnaby Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Woman Joe (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Happy Days Officer O'Reilly (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet 100% Kung Fu Unknown (Character) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Girl With Something Extra Unknown (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet 80% Columbo Director (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cannon Programmer (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mary Tyler Moore Show Barry Barlow (Guest Star) 1971-1972
No Score Yet 87% M*A*S*H Capt. Kaplan (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Getting Together Unknown (Guest Star) 1971-1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Good Life Unknown (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet 100% Hogan's Heroes Unknown (Guest Star) 1969-1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Partridge Family Corporal Wrzesinski (Guest Star) 1970
No Score Yet 58% I Dream of Jeannie Frank (Guest Star) 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Flying Nun Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Larry (Guest Star) 1967
33% No Score Yet Occasional Wife Wally (Character) 1966-1967