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Jack Riley played the airline passenger to whom Rachel's message to Ross was delivered by the flight representative in "The One Where Rachel Finds Out".

John Albert Riley Jr. (December 30, 1935 - August 19, 2016) was born in Cleveland switched to acting from baseball after obtaining a radio job and wrote and performed while at John Carroll University, touring military bases around the world after being drafted into the Army in 1958. After discharge he returned to radio and gained a break through his radio pal Tim Conway.

Later he became a regular in front of the camera gaining roles in Hogans Heroes (1965), I Dream of Jeannie (1965) and met his future wife Ginger Lawrence while writing and performing on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in. Jack also gained minor roles in Mel Brook's spoofs.

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