#WilliamBendix (1906-1964) was #BornOnThisDay.

He was a familiar face in more than 50 films and an Oscar nominee for #WakeIsland (1942), but I know him best as the star of #TheLifeOfRiley!

Listen to the radio show (1944-51) on Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/TheLifeOfRiley

And watch the TV version (1953-58 on YouTube:
https://tinyurl.com/mr2r2fnu

#OldTimeRadio #ClassicTV #OTR #1950sTV #Nostalgia #1950s

The Life of Riley 132 Eps : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

(132 Episodes) The Life of Riley: starring William Bendix as lovable, blundering, Chester A. Riley, was a radio situation comedy broadcast during and after...

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Tonight in 1955 — #TheBobCummingsShow (aka #LoveThatBob) debuted on NBC.

Future #BradyBunch icon #AnnBDavis won 2 Emmys (and was nominated for 2 more). #DwayneHickman (#DobieGillis) and RosemaryDeCamp (#TheLifeOfRiley) co-starred.

The series was created by #PaulHenning, later the creator of #TheBeverlyHillbillies, #PetticoatJunction and #GreenAcres!

#ClassicTV #OnThisDay #1950s #1950sTV #1960s #1960sTV #Nostalgia