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John A. “Jack” Riley Jr. (December 30, 1935 – August 19, 2016) Actor, voice artist and comedian. He is known for playing Elliot Carlin on the The Bob Newhart Show and for voicing Stu Pickles in the Rugrats franchise.
Riley was 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. In 1979, he starred in ABC’s holiday telefilm The Halloween That Almost Wasn’t (aka The Night Dracula Saved The World) as Warren the Werewolf (Wolf Man) of Budapest.Riley then appeared in a HBO comedy special in 1980 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 the late Summer of 1981, acting in sketch comedy in each episode. In 1985, he reprised his Bob Newhart Show role of Elliot Carlin on St. Elsewhere.
Among his other TV credits are multiple appearances on such shows as Barney Miller, Hogan’s Heroes, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, One Day at a Time, Gomer Pyle, Diff’rent Strokes and Night Court.
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 an episode of Newhart.(Wikipedia)
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