- Was friends with Bob Newhart.
- Often portraying mean spirited or shallow characters.
- Met his wife Ginger Lawrence on the set of Laugh In in the late 1960s, and they had 2 children together.
- Was a graduate of John Carroll University in Cleveland, OH, and St. Ignatius High School.
- Had 2 children, Brian and Jamie.
- Upon Riley's death, his body was cremated, and his ashes given to his surviving relatives.
- Served in the US Army.
- His father, John Riley Sr., died in 1991, while his mother, Agnes Corrigan Riley, died in 1998.
- Was of English, Irish and Scottish ancestry and was also a devout Irish Catholic.
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