Raising Dad is an American television series that aired on the WB from September 2001 until May 2002. The series starred Bob Saget, Kat Dennings, Brie Larson, Riley Smith, Beau Wirick, and Jerry Adler.^[1]

Premise[link]

Matt Stewart (Saget) is a widower trying to raise his two daughters, Sarah (Dennings) and Emily (Larson), with the help of his live-in father, Sam (Jerry Adler), who was a former baseball player for the Boston Red Sox. To further complicate matters, Matt works as an English teacher at Sarah's high school. Matt struggles to keep his nose out of his daughter's social life while attempting to find a social life of his own.

Cast and characters[link]

• Bob Saget as Matt Stewart
• Kat Dennings as Sarah Stewart
• Brie Larson as Emily Stewart
• Jerry Adler as Sam Stewart
• Fred Stoller as Bert
• Meagan Good as Katie
• Riley Smith as Jared Ashby
• Beau Wirick as Evan
• Camille Guaty as Olivia
• Tembi Locke as Vice Principal Liz Taylor

Episode guide[link]

Season 1: 2001-2002[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Raising Dad at the Internet Movie Database
• Raising Dad at TV.com

Riley Smith (born April 12, 1978 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa) is an American film and television actor and singer for the band The Life of Riley.

Background[link]

Smith's parents are Russ and Roxanne Smith. He was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and raised in Marion, Iowa^[1] on his parents’ horse ranch.^[2] He became an accomplished rider, competing in a horse show for the first time when he was 9 years old.^[3] When he was 15, he placed 4th in 3-Year-Old Mares division at the American Quarter Horse Youth World Championship,^[3] and at 16 won the American Quarter Horse Youth World Championship.^[1] When he was 17, he became president of the 50,000-member youth association, becoming the youngest person to serve as corresponding vice president of American Quarter Horse Youth Association.^[1][4]

He graduated from Alburnett Junior-Senior High School in 1997, and his original intention was to earn a college degree to cover his horse racing,^[1][2] but he was "discovered" at the Westdale Mall in Cedar Rapids by a local talent scout^[5] and flew to New York City to compete at the International Modeling and Talent Association (IMTA) Convention.^[2] There he was signed to a Tommy Hilfiger modeling campaign.^{[2] [6] [7]} He used the money he earned to pay for acting classes.^{[1] [8]}

Career[link]

Three months after the Hilfiger campaign, Smith flew to Los Angeles to do a screen test for the 1998 WB pilot Minor Threat, but the pilot was not picked up. Subsequently, he went on to do eight prime time network pilots, more than a dozen guest-starring roles, and rescuuring character roles in three television series.

Film[link]

Smith has appeared in the film Eight Legged Freaks, Not Another Teen Movie, Radio, New York Minute and the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury nominee Weapons.^[9]

For the film New York Minute, he and co-star Jared Padelecki were hand picked for their roles by stars Ashley and Mary Kate Olsen. After his role as Jim, the love interest for Ashley's character of Jane, he admitted that he could not tell the sisters apart.^[10]

In Radio, Smith had the role of Johnny Clay, team star and ringleader of the group pulling nasty pranks on Cuba Gooding, Jr.'s character of Radio.^[5] For their work in the film, key production members were awarded a 2005 CAMIE Award; These included executive producer Todd Garner, director Michael Tollin, screenwriter Mike Rich, and actors Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed Harris, Riley Smith, Alfre Woodard, Brent Sexton, S. Epatha Merkerson and Sarah Drew.^[11]

Television[link]

Smith had recurring roles in the Emmy-nominated CBS series Joan of Arcadia, the highly acclaimed Emmy Fox show 24 season 3 as Kyle Singer, the short-lived WB series Summerland and the acclaimed Judd Apatow creation for NBC Freaks and Geeks. He was also a main cast member in the short lived Fox show Drive. Riley also played Dean Talon in the Disney Channel movie Motocrossed. He played a love interest and mentor to Andy Carson on the race track.

He played Russ, the love interest of Mary Elizabeth Winstead's character in the dancing film Make it Happen.

In 2008 Smith joined in collaboration with The Academy of Cinema and Television to create an online educational series for children and teens interested in the entertainment industry,^[2] and in 2009 he appeared in one episode of Ghost Whisperer, a paranormal TV series starring Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Music[link]

Smith took up the guitar to fill downtime while on film sets,^[9] and in 2006, he and Henri O'Connor formed the band "The Life of Riley", of which he is guitarist and lead singer. His original idead was to write music that could be used in his films, but when he and his bandmates had written 16 songs, they picked 11 and cut an album.^[9] The song most important to Riley is "Forget about me". He describes the lyrics as clear and simple and yet very deep and emotional. As of August 2010, the Los Angeles based group has released 3 CDs: The Life of Riley (2007), Long Way Home EP (2009) and Live In Hollywood At The Hotel Cafe (2010).^[12] They have also performed at such music festivals as the New Bohemia Music Festival.^{[13] [14]}

Partial filmography[link]

Television[link]

• One World (1 episode, 1998) as Riley
• Wild Grizzly (1999) as Josh Harding
• Alien Arsenal (1999) as Chad
• 7th Heaven (1 episode, 1999) as Tyler
• Freaks and Geeks (5 episodes, 2000) as Todd Schellinger
• Hang Time (1 episode, 2000) as Dave Carter
• Chestnut Hill (2001) as Jamie Eastman
• Once and Again (2 episodes, 2000–2001) as Pace
• Motocrossed (2001) as Dean Talon
• Gideon's Crossing (3 episodes, 2001) as Derek Fitzhugh
• All About Us (1 episode, 2001) as Jeremy
• Eastwick (2002) as Dakota
• Raising Dad (9 episodes, 2002) as Jared Ashby
• Boston Public (1 episode, 2002) as Mark
• CSI: Miami (1 episode, 2003) as Jack
• Peacemakers (1 episode, 2003) as Eric Soper
• 24 (6 episodes, 2003) as Kyle Singer
• Summerland (2 episodes, 2004) as Tanner
• Hawaii (1 episode, 2004) as Sheldon
• Joan of Arcadia (5 episodes, 2004–2005) as Andy Baker
• The Way (2006) as Karl
• Spring Break Shark Attack as Shane Jones
• Drive (6 episodes, 2007) as Rob Laird
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (1 episode, 2007) as Jordan Rockwell
• Women's Murder Club (1 episode, 2007) as Jamie Galvan
• Criminal Minds (1 episode, 2008) as Ryan Phillips
• Ghost Whisperer (1 episode, 2009) as Sean Flannery
• Knight and Day (2010) as Jim Pollard
• Leverage (1 episode, 2010) as Dr. Wes Abernathy
• 10,000 Days (2010) as Sam Beck

Film[link]

• Lovers Lane (1999) as Michael Lamson
• Voodoo Academy (2000) as Christopher Sawyer
• Bring It On (2000) as Deion
• Motocrossed (2001) as Dean Talon
• Not Another Teen Movie (2001) as Les
• Eight Legged Freaks (2002) as Randy
• Full Ride (2002) as Matt Sabo
• National Lampoon's Barely Legal (2003) as Jake
• Radio (2003) as Johnny Clay
• New York Minute (2004)
• The Plight of Clownana (2004) as Riley
• Weapons (2007) as Jason
• White Air (2007) as Alexi
• Graduation (2007) as Chaucer Boyle
• Make It Happen (2009) as Russ
• Gallowwalker (2010) as Fabulos
• Minuteman (2010) as Lance Deakin
• The Closer (2011) as Trey Gavin

Recognition[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

• 2005, Won CAMIE Award for Radio^[11]

References[link]

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Rasdal, Dave (February 6, 2001). "Marion's Riley Smith starting out strong in Hollywood". The Gazette (Cedar Rapids). http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=0EAFEACF3711DBBE&p_docnum=1. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} McGlothlen, John (March 14, 2008). "Actor from E. Iowa to create online educational series for youth interested in show biz". The Gazette (Cedar Rapids). http://thegazette.com/2008/03/14/actor-from-e-iowa-to-create-online-educational-series-for-youth-interested-in-show-biz/. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Lucas, Marlene (August 26, 1993). "Riley Smith proves he's a winner". The Gazette (Cedar Rapids). http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=0EAFE71D4C8158F1&p_docnum=1. Retrieved 13 January 2011. 
4. ^ Sauerberg, George (February 1, 1996). "More than just competition". The Gazette (Cedar Rapids). http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=0EAFE846FB542DA7&p_docnum=1. Retrieved 13 January 2011. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Former E. Iowan Riley Smith relished 'Radio' role". The Gazette (Cedar Rapids). October 23, 2003. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=0FE65B8562CB1B5A&p_docnum=1. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 
6. ^ Thomas, Karen (February 5, 2004). "2004's letter-perfect men". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-02-05-men_x.htm. Retrieved 13 January 2011. 
7. ^ "Riley Smith bio". filmreference.com. http://www.filmreference.com/film/26/Riley-Smith.html. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 
8. ^ "Riley Smith Biography". BuddyTV. April 10, 2007. http://www.buddytv.com/articles/drive/profile/riley-smith.aspx. Retrieved 13 January 2011. 
9. ^ ^{a b c} "Iowa native Smith adds music to his Hollywood repertoire". The Gazette (Cedar Rapids). July 26, 2007. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=11AA5C326A742618&p_docnum=1. Retrieved 13 January 2011. 
10. ^ "Actor Reports No Worries With Olsens". The Vindicator (Google News Archive). May 9, 2004. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8dJIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=N4IMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3748,4783416&dq=riley-smith+actor&hl=en. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 
11. ^ ^{a b} "The 2005 CAMIES". CAMIE Awards. August 11, 2008. http://www.camie.org/the-2005-camies.html. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 
12. ^ Doherty, Michael (August 21, 2010). "The Life Of Riley: "The Life Of Riley" (2007)". Suite 101. 
13. ^ "You have options galore this Labor Day weekend". The Gazette (Cedar Rapids). August 30, 2008. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=122EA3C5B7810BA0&p_docnum=1. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 
14. ^ Truman, Deanna (August 28, 2008). "For music fest, the show must go on". Press-Citizen. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/press_citizen/access/1699551271.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+28%2C+2008&author=Deanna+Truman&pub=Press+-+Citizen&desc=For+music+fest%2C+the+show+must+go+on&pqatl=google. Retrieved 12 January 2011. 

External links[link]

• Riley Smith at the Internet Movie Database
• The Official Riley Smith Website
• Riley Smith on Twitter
• The Official Facebook of Riley Smith
• Riley Smith on Myspace

Richard Burton "Rich" Cronin (August 30, 1974^[1] – September 8, 2010) was an American singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer and primary songwriter for the pop group Lyte Funkie Ones or LFO.

Early life[link]

Cronin was raised in Kingston, Massachusetts and attended Sacred Heart High School, graduating in 1993. He also attended Bridgewater State College and was working part-time in a Blockbuster video store.^[2] He was of Irish and Swedish descent. His brother, Mike Cronin, was a manager for the pop group O-Town. He is not related to REO Speedwagon band member, Kevin Cronin.

LFO[link]

Cronin was the founding member of the pop group LFO. The group started out in Germany on BMG in 1997 with member, Brian Gillis aka "Brizz". In the spring of 1998 the group opened up for *NSYNC and by this time were signed to BMG/Logic Records in the US. They were labeled as the "bad boys of pop" citing influences: The Beastie Boys and New Edition. They released two singles: "Sex U Up (The Way You Like It)" and "Can't Have You" with original member, Brian Gillis. Brian left the group frustrated with the direction of the group and lack of success.

Harold "Devin" Lima was added to the group to replace Brian Gillis 6 months before the hit "Summer Girls", was released. By this time, the group had transtioned from Logic Records to Arista Records. With executive, Clive Davis, mentoring and working closely with Cronin on the group's debut release, LFO.

The group's breakout hit "Summer Girls", was written by Cronin in 1999, hit #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales chart for six weeks. The single also went platinum in the US with sales of over 1,000,000 units.

The group's second album, "Life is Good", was released on Davis' new label, J Records with Cronin writing or co-writing each song on the album. The group had success with the album's first single, "Every Other Time."

The group disbanded in 2002.

After LFO[link]

In 2007, Cronin was a cast member for the VH1 Reality Show Mission: Man Band. The show also starred Chris Kirkpatrick of 'N Sync, Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees and Bryan Abrams of Color Me Badd. The four former pop stars came together in Orlando, Florida to hit the music scene. Recording with producer Brian Michael Cox, performing and pitching their new music to major record labels, VH1 chronicled their month long endeavor in eight episodes.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, Cronin released his first solo album Billion Dollar Sound on May 16, 2008. He made an appearance on The Howard Stern Show in January 2009.

Cronin also formed a rap duo with Doug Ray (formerly of Bad Ronald) called Loose Cannons. They released one album entitled Life Goes On. The band performed shows from 2006 until 2008.

2009 reunion tour with LFO[link]

On June 3, 2009, LFO posted a blog entitled "LFO IS BACK" on their official MySpace page which announced that they had reunited and were going on tour beginning July 9, 2009, with Rookie of the Year, Go Crash Audio, and Kiernan McMullan. A new song titled "Summer of My Life" was also announced in associated with the reunion.^[3] In September 2009, however, they announced that they had again broken up.

Illness and death[link]

In March 2005, Cronin went to the hospital after suffering from constant headaches. He was diagnosed with a form of leukemia known as acute myelogenous leukemia. He was given chemotherapy at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. In January 2006, he went into remission, and subsequently started the Rich Cronin Hope Foundation for Leukemia.

In the summer of 2010, his condition worsened, and he was admitted for further treatment at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. On the afternoon of September 8, 2010 Rich Cronin died in the hospital after suffering a stroke secondary to leukemia, at the age of 36.^[4]

References[link]