Jack Riley
John Albert Riley Jr. (December 30, 1935 – August 19, 2016) was an American actor, comedian and writer. He was known for playing Elliot Carlin, a chronic psychology client of the main character on The Bob Newhart Show, and for voicing Stu Pickles, one of the parents in the animated Rugrats franchise.
Riley was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Agnes C. Riley (née Corrigan) and John Albert Riley. After attending Saint Ignatius High School and John Carroll University, he served in the U.S. 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 Cleveland friend Tim Conway helped him obtain 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 1972–1978. 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, in 1980, appeared in a comedy special for HBO 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, and did so again in a 1987 episode of ALF.
Among his other TV credits are multiple appearances on such shows as Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (parodying Lyndon Johnson), M*A*S*H, Barney Miller, Hogan's Heroes, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, One Day at a Time, Gomer Pyle, Diff'rent Strokes, and Night Court. He was also a favorite of Mel Brooks, appearing in several of his films: High Anxiety (1977), History of the World: Part I (1981), To Be or Not to Be (1983), and (cameo only) Spaceballs (1987).
Riley often provided voiceovers for television and radio commercials, most notably in spots for Country Crock margarine. He also voiced the character "P.C. Modem, the computer genius" in radio commercials for CompUSA that aired in the 1990s. In the 1990s and early 2000s, Riley was known for voicing Stu Pickles (father of the main protagonist Tommy) in the animated series Rugrats. The franchise consisted of the TV series, the spin-off All Grown Up! and the film trilogy.
He continued to make guest appearances during the 1990s in popular sitcoms, showing up in episodes of Seinfeld, Son of the Beach, Friends, Coach, The Drew Carey Show, That '70s Show, and, in a gag appearance, as an unnamed but obvious Mr. Carlin in a 1988 episode of Newhart. He made a cameo appearance on the November 23, 2013, episode of Saturday Night Live, as a subway passenger during the sketch "Matchbox 3". That episode would be his final acting role.
Fotos
Películas (58)
No Friends
2025 · Airline Passenger
Silent Laughter: The Reel Inspirations of 'Silent Movie'
2009 · Self
Avenging Angel
2007 · Elder
Room 6
2006 · James Brewster
Rugrats: Tales from the Crib: Snow White
2005 · Stu (voice)
Rugrats Go Wild
2003 · Stuart 'Stu' Pickles (voice)
Burl's
2003 · Gym Instructor
Rugrats: Decade in Diapers
2002 · Stu Pickles
Rugrats: All Growed Up
2001 · Stu Pickles (voice)
Recess: School's Out
2001 · Golfer #1 (voice)
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
2000 · Stu Pickles (voice)
The Rugrats Movie
1998 · Stuart 'Stu' Pickles (voice)
Chairman of the Board
1998 · Condom Boss
Boogie Nights
1997 · Lawyer
A Rugrats Vacation
1997 · Stu Pickles (voice)
A Rugrats Chanukah
1996 · Stu Pickles (voice)
Theodore Rex
1995 · Alaric
A Rugrats Passover
1994 · Stu Pickles (voice)
Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
1993 · Jack(uncredited)
A Dangerous Woman
1993 · Bandleader
The Player
1992 · Jack Riley
The Bob Newhart Show 19th Anniversary Special
1991 · Elliot Carlin
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
1989 · Wade
Gleaming the Cube
1989 · Homeowner
Portrait of a White Marriage
1988 · Roy Bloomer
Rented Lips
1988 · Herb the Auditor
Payback
1988 · Coroner
Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio
1987 · Self
Spaceballs
1987 · TV Newsman
The History of White People in America: Volume II
1986 · Scientist
The History of White People in America
1985 · Scientist
First the Egg
1985 · Mr. White
Lots of Luck
1985 · Marvin
Night Patrol
1984 · Doctor Ziegler
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
1984 · Sexton / Deacon
Finders Keepers
1984 · Ormond
To Be or Not to Be
1983 · Dobish
When Your Lover Leaves
1983 · Ralph
Frances
1982 · Bob Barnes
The Rules of Marriage
1982 · Herb Gallup
Love in the Present Tense
1982 · Alex
History of the World: Part I
1981 · Stoned Soldier #2 - The Roman Empire
Marriage Is Alive and Well
1980 · Owen
The Halloween That Almost Wasn't
1979 · Wolf Man
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1979 · Messenger
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
1978 · Citizen (uncredited)
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
1978 · Salesman
High Anxiety
1977 · The Desk Clerk
The World's Greatest Lover
1977 · Projectionist
Silent Movie
1976 · Executive
California Split
1974 · Second Bartender
The Bank Shot
1974 · Agent Jackson, Jackson
The Long Goodbye
1973 · Riley
The Todd Killings
1971 · Record Company Executive
In Broad Daylight
1971 · Cab Driver #3 (uncredited)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
1971 · Riley Quinn
Catch-22
1970 · Doctor
Days of Wine and Roses
1963 · Waiter (uncredited)
Series (65)
The Garfield Show
2009 · Ghost Cat (voice)
All Grown Up!
2003 · Stu Pickles (voice)
Yes, Dear
2000 · Mr. Shipley
Son of the Beach
2000
Oh, Grow Up
1999
That '70s Show
1998 · Old Man Shinsky
Working
1997 · Chaplain
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
1997
George & Leo
1997
The Drew Carey Show
1995 · Mr. Jones
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Leo
Dave's World
1993 · Guy
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
1992 · Mr. Graves
Rugrats
1991 · Stu Pickles (voice)
Harry and the Hendersons
1991 · Leonard
Family Matters
1989 · Wayne
Seinfeld
1989 · Rider
Coach
1989 · Oliver
Married... with Children
1987 · Wendell
Roxie
1987 · Leon Buchanan
Mathnet
1987 · Mr. Dwight Ledbetter
Throb
1986
Blacke's Magic
1986
Washingtoon
1985
Charles in Charge
1984 · Professor Kleeman
Punky Brewster
1984 · Snipes
Body Language
1984 · Self
Night Court
1984 · Dr. Flick, Emil Dutton, Beepo the Clown, Jim Wimberly
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Elliot Carlin
Newhart
1982 · Patient
Family Ties
1982 · Earl Quigley
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Sexton / Deacon
Simon & Simon
1981 · Dr. Robert P. Medlow
Ladies' Man
1980
The Tim Conway Show
1980 · Self
Hart to Hart
1979 · Norman Culp
Diff'rent Strokes
1978 · Mr. Crocker
Joe and Valerie
1978 · Ed Sweetzer
Vacaciones en el mar
1977 · Miles Metcalf
Eight Is Enough
1977
Alice
1976
Barney Miller
1975 · Frederick Clooney, Robert Lovell
The Rockford Files
1974 · Adrian Lyman
Police Woman
1974 · Joe
Harry O
1974 · Eddie Stern, Barney Hamilton
Happy Days
1974 · Officer O'Reilly
The Snoop Sisters
1973 · Ollie Robertson
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Norm Ricks
Kung Fu
1972 · Royal
M*A*S*H
1972 · Capt. Kaplan
The Bob Newhart Show
1972 · Elliot Carlin
Getting Together
1971
Colombo
1971 · Director
Cannon
1971
The Partridge Family
1970 · Corporal Wrzesinski
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970 · Barry Barlow, Eldon Colfax
Love, American Style
1969 · Danny
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self, Lyndon B. Johnson (uncredited)
The Flying Nun
1967 · Leo
Occasional Wife
1966
I Dream of Jeannie
1965 · Frank
Hogan's Heroes
1965 · Captain
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964 · Larry
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Gunslinger, Clergyman, Minor Role, Paul