Life of Riley - William Bendix episodes (212 according to IMDb) - NBC-TV - 1953-58
William Bendix, Marjorie Reynolds, Wesley Morgan, Tom D'Andrea, Lugene Sanders, Henry Kulky, Gloria Blondell, George O'Hanlon, Gregory Marshall, Florence Sundstrom, Emory Parnell, Douglass Dumbrille, Sterling Holloway, Martin Milner Babs School Election 1/2/1953 - viewable online from Internet Archive Riley's Gift From The Boss 1/9/1953 Riley's New Suit 1/16/1953 Don't have episode name 1/23/1953 Riley's Kiss In The Dark 1/30/1953 Don't have episode name 2/6/1953 Riley's Sister Cissy 2/13/1953 Riley And The Bear Contest 2/20/1953 Riley And The Scoutmaster 2/27/1953 Riley Invades The Fight Game 3/6/1953 Riley's Lost Weekend 3/13/1953 Junior Wins the Soapbox Derby 3/20/1953 RILEY'S BUSINESS VENTURE 4/3/53 THE RILEYS STEP OUT 4/10/53 RILEY THE EXECUTIVE TYPE 5/1/53 RILEY ENGAGES AN ESCORT 5/8/53 RILEY'S OPERATION In this episode, Gloria Blondell plays a nurse instead of Honeybee Gillis. RILEY CULTIVATES BABS 5/15/53 RILEY'S UNCLE BAXTER 5/22/53 RILEY OUTWITS CUPID 5/29/53 RILEY MEETS A RIVAL 6/19/53 RILEY THE TYPICAL WORKER 6/26/53 RILEY'S STOMACH ACHE 9/18/53 Riley gets a stomach ache after a late night snack. RILEY THE ANIMAL LOVER 9/25/53 Riley saves a horse by buying it then can't find a place for it. RILEY FACES FATHERHOOD 10/2/53 Riley imagines he is about to be a father after a trick from Gillis. PEG'S BIRTHDAY PRESENT 10/9/53 Peg discovers a fur Riley has found. RILEY'S SURPRISE PACKAGE 10/16/53 Riley is envious when he thinks Gillis has won an award. RILEY'S OLD FLAME 10/23/53 Riley thinks an old friend is still in love with him. RILEY'S SURPRISE PARTY 11/6/53 JUNIOR'S VACATION 11/13/53 RILEY'S BURNING AMBITION 11/20/53 RILEY'S HAUNTED HOUSE 11/27/53 RILEY'S SEPARATION 12/4/53 RILEY GETS ENGAGED 12/11/53 RILEY THE WORRIER 12/18/53 RILEY'S SECOND HONEYMOON 12/25/53 RILEY TEACHES JUNIOR BOXING 1/1/54 RILEY BALANCES THE BUDGET 1/8/54 RILEY'S LOVE LETTERS 1/15/54 JUNIOR'S DOUBLE DATE 1/22/54
RILEY'S URANIUM MINE 1/29/54 RILEY BRIGHTENS THE CORNER 2/5/54 Good natured Riley gives away the family beds to a needy mission and the whole family has to make adjustments. BABS'S USED CAR 2/12/54 RILEY AND THE BOSS'S NIECE 2/19/54 RILEY AND THE COP 2/26/54 THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN 3/5/54 RILEY IN A RUT 3/12/54 RILEY SURPRISE WITNESS 3/19/54 RILEY AND THE BEAUX ARTS BALL 3/26/54 RILEY HOLDS THE BAG 4/2/54 RILEY TAKES UP ART 4/9/54 RILEY'S GOOD DEED 4/16/54 RILEY THE HEIR 4/23/54 RILEY TAKES OUT INSURANCE 4/30/54 RILEY FACES MOTHER'S DAY 5/7/54 RILEY THE NEWSBOY 5/14/54 RILEY AND THE FOREMAN'S GIFT 5/21/54 RILEY TAKES A ROOMER 5/28/54 RILEY MEETS THE PRESS 6/11/54 JUNIOR'S SECRET 9/17/54 RILEY IN THE WILD BLUE YONDER 9/24/54 RILEY AND THE SUGGESTION CONTEST 10/1/54 DESTINATION BROOKLYN 10/8/54 Riley discovers why people pull gags on him. Riley's parents, Mike and Martha Riley, are in this episode. THE DOG WATCH 10/15/54 BABS AND JUNIOR TRY HOME ECONOMICS 10/22/54 THE DUCK HUNTING TRIP 10/29/54 JUNIOR THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE 11/5/54 RILEY BUYS A STATUE 11/12/54 RILEY VS. NUMEROLOGY 11/19/54 RILEY THE FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR 11/26/54 RILEY'S WILD OATS 12/3/54
PUPPY LOVE 12/10/54 THE CAR POOL 12/17/54 JOB OPEN 12/ 24/54 BROTHERLY LOVE 12/31/54 THE UNWELCOME GUESTS 1/7/55 COME BACK LITTLE JUNIOR 1/14/55
RILEY BUYS A WRESTLER 1/21/55 LIGHT/FINGERED BABS 1/28/55 THE AUCTION 2/11/55
A BRIDE FOR OTTO 2/18/55 Riley wants to help Otto get a bride through a friendship club. But Otto mentions he doesn't have a telephone at his place. So Riley sends the club his telephone number and address, and a picture of neighbor Jim Gillis.
SISTER CISSY RETURNS 2/25/55 NIGHT SHIFT 3/4/55 CHICKEN RANCH 3/11/55 Riley's parents, Mike (James Gleason) and Martha Riley (Sarah Padden) are in for a visit from Brooklyn, New York. Riley tried real hard to get them to stay in California near him and not return home. (James Gleason might have played Fred Mertz in "I Love Lucy" but he wanted too much money.)
UP TO THE JURY 3/18/55 THE GYMNASIUM 3/25/55 SINGING COWBOY 4/1/55 LOOK PEG I'M DANCING 4/8/55 MEET THE NEIGHBOR 4/15/55 BABS GETS ENGAGED 4/22/55 BROTHERHOOD OF THE B.P.L.A. 5/6/55 THE BLOCKADE 5/13/55 THE DIET 5/20/55 OUT TO PASTURE 5/27/55 TOP SECRET 6/3/55 RILEY UNITES THE FAMILY 6/10/55 SCHOOL BOARD CRITIC 6/17/55 LETTER OF INTRODUCTION 9/16/55 THE BIG SACRIFICE 9/23/55 THE MARINES HAVE LANDED 9/30/55 LOVE COMES TO WALDO BINNEY 10/7/55 DARLING I AM GROWING OLD 10/14/55 DO IT YOURSELF 10/21/55 WEDDING PLANS FOR BABS 10/28/55 DUDLEY THE BURGLAR 11/4/55 Riley's was given a watch by his lodge, the Brooklyn Patriots of Los Angeles, and it turns up missing. There has been talk of a masked burglar in the area. When Riley sees Dudley's pajamas that look like a prison uniform, he gets an idea.
PAY THE PENALTY 11/11/55 GHOST TOWN 11/18/55 THE FAMOUS CHESTER A. RILEY JUNIOR 11/25/55 RILEY THE TYCOON 12/2/55 REPEAT PERFORMANCE 12/9/55
MIDDLE AGE BLUES 12/16/55 WALDO'S MOTHER 12/23/55 SHOWER FOR BABS 12/30/55 HEAD OF THE FAMILY 1/6/56 RILEY AND THE WIDOW 1/13/56 BABS'S WEDDING 1/20/56
RILEY'S RAFFLE 1/27/56 JUNIOR QUITS SCHOOL 2/3/56 Junior realizes he has money issues when he experiences the social activities his friends are involved in. A friend tells Junior we had the same problems before we got fed up with school and went to work. Peg and Riley are really alarmed when Junior says he wants to drop out of school. This episode was one of the best from "Life of Riley" and showed what a great actor William Bendix really was. Herb Vigran played Muley in this episode but he played Chester A. Riley in the pilot show for "Life of Riley" that on 4/13/48 on NBC. The part of Hawkins was played in this episode by Ralph Sanford.
THE TREE GREW IN BROOKLYN 2/10/56 Riley has to take care of a tree, the responsibility given to him by his lodge. But Dudley and Riley water it so much that it becomes waterlogged according to the tree surgeon. So, does it grow after those two give it "Riley Grow"?
BABS'S NEW JOB 2/17/56 THE TRAIN TRIP 2/24/56 THE CONTESTANT 3/2/56 THE SONG WRITER 3/9/56 HIS BROTHER/IN/LAW'S KEEPER 3/16/56 PARTNERSHIP 3/23/56 RILEY'S ALLERGY 3/30/56 STAGE DOOR RILEY 4/6/56 RILEY'S CLUB FOR SERVICE WIVES 4/13/56 WATERFRONT 4/20/56 EXPECTANTLY YOURS 4/27/56 A doctor's list for Babs and Riley wanting to bring home a dog create some misunderstandings in the Riley household.
JUNIOR GETS A CAR 5/4/56
FROM RAGS TO RICHES 5/11/56 With Riley and Otto present, co/worker Corkey says that he is quitting his job to search for uranium. Then Riley buys some uranium stock. But is it the real deal? Pictured with Riley in a classic moment is his neighbor Calvin Dudley (George O'Hanlon, voice of George Jetson in the Jetsons).
HOUSE FOR SALE 5/18/56 BABS MOVES OUT 5/25/56 RILEY TRADES HIS HOUSE 6/1/56 WHEN WOMEN WERE WOMEN 6/8/56 A WIRE FOR GILLIS 9/14/56 THE FIRST QUARREL 9/21/56
BUTTERING UP A MILLIONAIRE 9/28/56 After about a one year absence, Jim and Honeybee Gillis return in this 1956 episode. Riley and Peg have dinner out with them but Riley is in for a surprise.
THE NEW JOB DESTINATION DEL MAR VISTA 10/12/56 UNCLE BIXBY TAKES OVER 10/19/56 FRIENDS ARE WHERE YOU FIND THEM 10/26/56 JUVENILE DELINQUENT 11/2/56 RILEY'S LONELY NIGHT 11/9/56 A MAN'S PRIDE 11/16/56 RILEY HIRES A NURSE 11/23/56 BLESSED EVENT 11/30/56
BENEFIT FOR EGBERT 12/7/56 In this heartwarming episode, Jim and Honeybee can't afford to have their son, Egbert (pictured left, played by Gregory Marshall), come home for the holidays. Going the extra mile for his buddy Gillis, Riley tries to help by having a barbecue to raise the money.
HONEYBEE'S MOTHER 12/14/56 WORLD'S GREATEST GRANDSON 12/21/56 DOUBLE DOUBLE DATE 12/28/56 RILEY WINS A TRIP 1/4/57 ALOHA RILEY GOODBYE 1/11/57 CHANGE IN COMMAND 1/18/57 STROLLING THROUGH THE PARK 1/25/57 DEEP IN THE HEART OF... 2/1/57
CANDID CAMERA 2/8/57
FOREIGN INTRIGUE 2/15/57 Honeybee suggests Riley and Gillis ought to get her and Peg a maid. Gillis gets a letter from Gigi (Zsa Zsa Gabor), his nurse overseas when he was in the hospital. It says she is coming to see Gillis. She is an attractive woman and that presents problems at home. ALL/AMERICAN BRAIN 2/22/57 Glenn Langan plays the coach that's trying to convince Junior to play football. He also tutors him in English. Riley and Gillis think their wives are getting interested in the coach so they come up with a funny scheme of their own. Langan played the part of Lt. Col. Glenn Manning, the giant man in the 1957 movie, "The Amazing Colossal Man". GETTING RILEY'S GOAT 3/1/57 A YOUNG MAN'S FANCY 3/8/57 BABS'S DREAM HOUSE 3/15/57
A MATCH FOR GILLIS 3/22/57 RILEY PUNISHES JUNIOR/JUNIOR'S FUTURE 3/29/57 A DAY AT THE BEACH 4/5/57 A HOUSE DIVIDED 4/12/57
RETURN TO BLUE VIEW 4/19/57 THE HIGH COST OF RILEY 4/26/57 BABS COMES HOME 5/3/57 FATHER/IN/LAW VS. FATHER/IN/LAW 5/10/57 THE STRAY DOG 5/17/57 VACATION PLANS 5/24/57 HOMELESS OTTO 5/31/57 SUMMER JOB FOR JUNIOR 6/7/57 GOSSIP 9/13/57 RILEY'S UPS AND DOWNS 9/20/57 THE NEW DEN 9/27/57 GILLIS'S CHILDHOOD FRIEND 10/4/57 DOWN FOR THE COUNT/RILEY AND THE BEAN CONTEST 10/11/57 GRUESOME TWOSOME 10/18/57 HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE CHESTER 10/25/57 BABS AND THE LATIN 11/1/57 ANCHORS AWAY 11/8/57 FRAMED 11/15/57 NOBODY DOWN HERE LIKES ME 11/22/57 Mr. Cunningham asks Riley to fix the steering device on his boat. But there is a conflict between Riley's boat repair and his planned fishing party.
BABY CHESTER'S FIRST WORDS 11/29/57 A TRIP FOR PEG 12/6/57 GOING STEADY 12/13/57 Riley is concerned, thinking Junior is going to quit college to marry his girlfriend Bobbie.
A GUEST FROM ENGLAND 12/20/57 Junior wins a trip to England through an essay writing contest. A boy from England, Rodney, wins the contest as well. The prize is Junior goes to stay with Rodney's parents in England for 2 weeks and Rodney comes to America to stay with Riley and Peg. Riley is in for a learning experience. There is a wonderful scene in this episode with Riley and Rodney.
LITTLE AWFUL ANNIE 1/3/58 MUSIC HATH CHARMS 1/10/58 Riley tries to learn the piano but runs people crazy with his awful playing. MOVIE STRUCK 1/24/58 Riley's niece, Annie (Lorraine Bendix), wants to become an actress in the movies. She runs into Dolly (Pat Hitchcock, daughter of Alfred Hitchcock) and they cross paths with a big star (George Montgomery). It's mentioned in this episode that Riley's brother is Johnny and Johnny's daughter is Annie.
BOWLING BEAUTIES 1/31/58 Mr. Bellflower, an efficiency expert (Howard McNear) at the plant, is driving Hawkins crazy. And he decides Riley and Gillis will be coaches of a women's bowling team to improve plant morale. THE LETTER 2/7/58 TEN O'CLOCK SCHOLAR 2/14/58 A high school diploma is the requirement for a better job at Cunningham Aircraft. Riley never graduated so he starts taking night classes and wants to keep it a secret. The teacher, Miss Cosgrove, is played by Gloria Henry, who played Alice Mitchell on Dennis the Menace. RILEY CAMPS OUT/OILY BIRDS 2/21/58 MRS. AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES 2/28/58 AFTER YOU'RE GONE 3/7/58 A TEST FOR GILLIS 3/14/58 RILEY'S BURST BUBBLE 3/21/58 TEENAGE TROUBLES 3/28/58 OTIS YONDER STORY 4/4/58 Country and western singer/songwriter Freddie Hart played Otis Yonder. BARRACKS BAG 4/11/58 PRICE OF FAME 4/18/58 ANNIE'S RADIO ROMANCE 4/25/58 Annie Riley (Lorraine Bendix) is quite taken with Charles Chalmers "The Lonesome Guy", that has a radio show. She enters a contest to have a night out with him.
DUDLEY COMES TO TOWN 5/2/58 Calvin Dudley returns from Brooklyn to visit and has a scheme going with penny candy machines. Will Riley and Gillis buy into it? LIVE MODERN 5/9/58 HELP FOR HONEYBEE 5/16/58 HERE COMES CONSTANCE 5/23/58 RILEY'S GIFT FROM THE BOSS RILEY'S NEW SUIT RILEY PROVES HIS MANHOOD RILEY'S KISS IN THE DARK THE CAKE CONTEST RILEY'S SISTER CISSY/STUPID CUPID RILEY THE SCOUTMASTER RILEY INVADES THE FIGHT GAME RILEY'S LOST WEEKEND RILEY'S FAMILY REUNION RILEY'S ANNIVERSARY |
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