The Life of Riley

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American comedy series actor fictional character radio comedy series radio program screenwriter television series

The Life of Riley is a mid-20th-century American comedy series, best known in its radio and television incarnations, that follows the humorous misadventures of well-meaning but bumbling factory worker Chester A. Riley and his family.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Life of Riley (TV series)	2
The Life of Riley (radio series)	0
The Life of Riley (TV series, 1953)	0
The Life of Riley (TV series, 1949)	0
Chester A. Riley	0
Irving Brecher	0
William Bendix	0

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American comedy series ⓘ actor ⓘ fictional character ⓘ radio comedy series ⓘ radio program ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ television series ⓘ
basedOn	The Life of Riley (radio series) NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Irving Brecher NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Babs Riley NERFINISHED ⓘ Babs Riley NERFINISHED ⓘ Chester A. Riley NERFINISHED ⓘ Digger O’Dell NERFINISHED ⓘ Digger O’Dell NERFINISHED ⓘ Junior Riley NERFINISHED ⓘ Junior Riley NERFINISHED ⓘ Peg Riley NERFINISHED ⓘ Peg Riley NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAired	1944 ⓘ 1949 ⓘ 1953 ⓘ
genre	family comedy ⓘ situation comedy ⓘ situation comedy ⓘ situation comedy ⓘ
lastAired	1950 ⓘ 1951 ⓘ 1958 ⓘ
mainCharacter	Chester A. Riley NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFocus	misadventures of a well-meaning but bumbling factory worker and his family ⓘ
notableCatchphrase	What a revoltin’ development this is! ⓘ
occupation	factory worker ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ English ⓘ English ⓘ English ⓘ
originalNetwork	NBC ⓘ NBC ⓘ NBC Radio NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	Irving Brecher NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Los Angeles ⓘ
starred	Jackie Gleason NERFINISHED ⓘ William Bendix NERFINISHED ⓘ William Bendix NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	mid-20th century ⓘ

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Irving Brecher → notableWork → The Life of Riley ⓘ

Irving Brecher → wrote → The Life of Riley ⓘ

Peggy Knudsen → notableWork → The Life of Riley ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Life of Riley (TV series)

William Bendix → notableWork → The Life of Riley ⓘ

Marjorie Reynolds → notableWork → The Life of Riley ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Life of Riley (TV series)