Dewey Riley

Dewey Riley
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Portrayed by	David Arquette
Location	Woodsboro
	Hollywood
Occupation	Woodsboro deputy
	Technical advisor
Family	Mrs. Riley (mother)
	Tatum Riley (sister)
	Gale Weathers (fiancee)
Status	Alive
Stab actor	David Schwimmer (Stab 1 and 2)
	Tom Prinze (Stab 3)
Appearance(s)	Scream
	Scream 2
	Scream 3

Deputy Dwight "Dewey" Riley was the older brother of Tatum Riley, and the deputy sheriff of Woodsboro. He helped protect his surrogate little sister, Sidney Prescott, when the killer was at large.

Films

Scream

In Scream, 25 year old Dwight "Dewey" Riley is the deputy sheriff of Woodsboro, making it his main duty to protect Sidney Prescott from the killer. During the film, Dewey develops feelings for Gale Weathers. During the film' climax, he is stabbed in the back by the killer, though he survives.

Scream 2

Dewey in Scream 2.

He arrived once again to protect Sidney, only this time with a limp due to a damaged nerve, caused by his injury in the previous film. Angry at Gale Weathers, who had depicted him as inexperienced in her new book about the murders, Dewey constantly avoids Gale's presence. Later on, Gale and Dewey have a brief emotional moment, only to realize that Ghostface is in fact in the same building. After being separated, Dewey is stabbed several times, with Gale a witness in a soundproof room, directly overlooking Dewey's location. However, once again, Dewey survives the ordeal.

Scream 3

Dewey in Scream 3.

Dewey appears once more to aid in the investigation after it appears a new killer has surfaced. By this time, Gale and Dewey have very strong feelings for one another. At the end of the film, after having killed Roman, the new Ghostface killer, he asks for Gale's hand in marriage, which she accepts.

Behind the Scenes

He was described "a big guy, 20's, handsome in a scrubbed-clean boyish way" in the Scream script.