[DOC] [TLE] The Life of Riley - Wikipedia [PAR] The Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, is a popular American radio 
situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film, a 
long-run 1950s television series (originally with Jackie Gleason as Riley ... The 
reworked script cast Bendix as blundering Chester A. Riley, a wing riveter at the... [DOC] [TLE] Jackie Gleason - Wikipedia [PAR] John Herbert "Jackie" Gleason (February 26, 1916  June 24, 1987) was an 
American ... Gleason became interested in performing after being part of a class 
play; ... This was Gleason's first job as a professional comedian, and he had 
regular ... Chester A. Riley for the first television version of the radio comedy The 
Life of... [DOC] [TLE] Life Of Riley - Incredible TV and Movies [PAR] Life Of Riley - Jackie Gleason played Chester A. Riley then later William Bendix 
... He wrote jokes for Milton Berle and also created "The Life of Riley" for radio 
and TV, .... with William Bendix and for TV's first Life of Riley series with Jackie 
Gleason. ... Gillis says you need to nourish a person's talent and that a delicate 
flower... [DOC] [TLE] The Life of Riley (TV Series 19491950) - IMDb [PAR] Comedy ... With Jackie Gleason, Rosemary DeCamp, Lanny Rees, Sid Tomack. 
Riley ... The Life of Riley was 'Jackie Gleason''s first TV show. ... Jackie Gleason 
made the first great television sit-com, he starred as everyman Chester Riley in 
this very early television series. ... His Chester Riley is something of a straight 
man. [DOC] [TLE] JACKIE GLEASON TV SHOW - Life of Riley S01E21 Home Sweet ... [PAR] Dec 30, 2013 - 23 min - Uploaded by danny sharplesgleason played riley first on tv bendix always played him on radio bendix took ...  Before ... [DOC] [TLE] Life Of Riley: Radio and TV Versions | Nostalgia and Now [PAR] Sep 10, 2009 ... The cast of Life of Riley television show from the 1950s. ... Babs, William Bendix 
as Chester A. Riley and Wesley Morgan as Junior. ... to him he was known for 
saying What a revoltin' development this is! ... His character appeared in the first 
television version of the series starring Jackie Gleason as Riley but... [DOC] [TLE] Biography for William Bendix - TCM.com [PAR] Loveable lunkhead Chester A. Riley was the role for which he was best 
remembered ... Bendix first tried acting at age 16 for the Henry Street Settlement 
House ... Jackie Gleason took over the title character, but the early sitcom failed 
to strike ... He also played the title role in the second television version of the 
series, which... [DOC] [TLE] Irving Brecher, 94, Comedy-Script Writer, Is Dead - The New York ... [PAR] Nov 19, 2008 ... (The second was Go West, released in 1940.) ... the first situation comedy on TV 
 and hired Jackie Gleason for the lead role of Chester A. Riley. ... He added: 
As Chester A. Riley would have said, 'What a revoltin' development this is! ... 
misidentified the first actor to play the role of Chester A. Riley in Mr. [DOC] [TLE] Jackie Gleason Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline [PAR] Jackie Gleason was an American comedian and actor. ... In 1949, he played the 
blunt soft-hearted aircraft-worker Chester A. Riley for the first television ... The 
Jackie Gleason Show became the second-highest-rated television show ... 
playing opposite Laurence Olivier in the HBO dramatic two-man special, Mr. 
Halpern... [DOC] [TLE] "Well, that's another fine mess you've gotten us into..." - Angelfire [PAR] s" first year was 1934; however one of the links on this website traces its ... NB: 
Dramatic actor William Bendix played Chester A. Riley, who worked at an aircraft 
... He was a loving, though not so bright, family man and father. Riley would be 
played by Jackie Gleason on its TV version. ... The second came in 1947 on ABC. [DOC] [TLE] TV ACRES

Question: He was the second person to play Chester A. Riley on TV; Jackie Gleason was first
Answer: William Bendix