The Life of Riley - Wikipedia The reworked script cast Bendix in the title role of blundering Chester A Riley, a wing riveter at the fictional Cunningham Aircraft plant in California His frequent exclamation of indignation—"What a revoltin' development this is!"—became one of the most famous catchphrases of the 1940s
The Life of Riley (TV Series 1953–1958) - IMDb The Life of Riley: With William Bendix, Marjorie Reynolds, Wesley Morgan, Tom D'Andrea Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems