Jack Riley
Biography
Jack Riley was an American actor, comedian and writer who began as a popular radio personality in his native Cleveland alongside Jeff Baxter, then moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1960s, where Tim Conway helped him land comedy sketch writing that opened the door to acting. He played Wally Frick on the 1960s sitcom Occasional Wife, but his signature role was Elliot Carlin, the neurotic patient on The Bob Newhart Show from 1972 to 1978, a part he later revived on St. Elsewhere and ALF. Mel Brooks cast him in High Anxiety (1977), History of the World: Part I (1981), To Be or Not to Be (1983) and Spaceballs (1987). In the 1990s he voiced Stu Pickles in the animated Rugrats series and its film trilogy, and he made guest appearances on Seinfeld, Friends and Night Court.
80years old at death
- Born Cleveland
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as John A. Riley Jr.
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 33 years1973 to 2006
Genres
First and latest
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A change of course
In the mid-1960s Riley quit his radio show and relocated to Los Angeles. Tim Conway, a friend from Cleveland, helped him find jobs writing comedy sketches, and that eventually opened doors to acting.
Jack Riley movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Graeme Clifford directed three of these films, Robert Altman two and Norton Virgien two. Melanie Chartoff appears in five of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Melanie Chartoff's page
Tara Strong's page
Kath Soucie's page
Elizabeth Daily's page
Michael Bell's page
Cree Summer's page
All films by Graeme Clifford
All films by Robert Altman
Norton VirgienDirector, 2 films, 1998 to 2003
All films by Norton Virgien
Also four films together1 more actor
- Cheryl ChaseRugrats: Tales from the Crib: Snow White (2005), Rugrats Go Wild (2003), Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000) and The Rugrats Movie (1998)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Jack Riley's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$380 million
11 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 11 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$103M27.2% of the total
- 2$100M26.4% of the total
- 3$62M16.4% of the total
- 4$55M14.6% of the total
- 5$31M8.2% of the total
- 6$13M3.4% of the total
- 7$5.0M1.3% of the total
- 8$5.0M1.3% of the total
$4.3 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
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Official profiles and reference pages.