Old Mother Riley - The Old Mother Riley Films

The Old Mother Riley Films

Made on a minuscule budget, but extremely profitable, all 17 films made by Arthur Lucan featured him as Old Mother Riley:

  • Stars on Parade (1936)
  • Old Mother Riley (1937)
  • Kathleen Mavourneen (1937)
  • Old Mother Riley MP (1938)
  • Old Mother Riley in Paris (1938)
  • Old Mother Riley Joins Up (1939)
  • Old Mother Riley in Society (1940)
  • Old Mother Riley in Business (1940)
  • Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)
  • Old Mother Riley's Ghosts (1941)
  • Old Mother Riley Overseas (1943)
  • Old Mother Riley Detective (1943)
  • Old Mother Riley at Home (1945)
  • Old Mother Riley's New Venture (1949)
  • Old Mother Riley Headmistress (1950)
  • Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure (1951)
  • Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952) – stars Bela Lugosi.

At the time of Lucan's death he was scheduled to film Old Mother Riley's Trip to Mars.

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