Riley Chamberlin

{{Short description|American silent film actor}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Riley Chamberlin | image = Riley Chamberlin - actor.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1854|11|07|mf=y}} | birth_place = Byron Center, Michigan, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1917|01|24|1854|11|07|mf=y}} | death_place = New Rochelle, New York, U.S. | other_names = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1912–1917 }}

'''Riley Chamberlin''' (November 7, 1854 – January 24, 1917) was an American silent film actor.

Born in Byron Center, Michigan, he was a graduate of Grand Rapids High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan.<ref name="ah">{{cite book|last1=Miller|first1=Blair|title=Almost Hollywood: The Forgotten Story of Jacksonville, Florida|date=2013|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780761859949|page=86|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=faCTiHZS1VwC&q=%22Riley+Chamberlin%22+Byron&pg=PA86|accessdate=30 March 2018|language=en}}</ref> He was educated at Clinet College and Cornell University. In 1874 he made his professional debut as an actor at Charles R. Gardiner's Academy of Music in Chicago.<ref name="gfh">{{cite news|title=The 'Movies' and the People|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18760177/riley_chamberlin/|work=Grand Forks Herald|date=April 26, 1913|location=North Dakota, Grand Forks|page=8|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 29, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref>

In 1910, billed as '''Riley Chamberlain''', he performed in ''Lulu's Husbands'' on Broadway.<ref>{{cite web|title=Riley Chamberlain|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/riley-chamberlain-34996|website=Internet Broadway Database|publisher=The Broadway League|accessdate=30 March 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330025423/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/riley-chamberlain-34996|archivedate=30 March 2018}}</ref>

In 1912, he began acting in films with the Thanhouser Company<ref name="gfh" /> at the age of 57, and starred in over 100 films until his death five years later at the age of 62.

==Selected filmography== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- |rowspan=5|1912 |''Why Tom Signed the Pledge'' |Deacon Prim |- |''Conductor 786'' |Conductor 786 |- |''At the Foot of the Ladder'' |The Debutante's Father |- |''Please Help the Pore'' |Henry Snaith, a Wealthy Banker |Alternative title: ''Please Help the Poor'' |- |''A Six Cylinder Elopement'' |Ex-Congressman Gray, The Girl's Father |- |rowspan=4|1913 |''The Evidence of the Film'' |Clerk |- |''Some Fools There Were'' |Third Unsuspecting Bachelor |- |''Her Gallant Knights'' | |- |''How Filmy Won His Sweetheart'' |Filmy |- |rowspan=4|1914 |''The Elevator Man'' |Tim - the Elevator Man |- |''The Strategy of Conductor 786'' |Conductor 786 |- |''The Benevolence of Conductor 786'' |Conductor 786 |- |''Naidra, the Dream Woman'' |The Old Scientist |- |rowspan=4|1915 |''The Gratitude of Conductor 786 '' |Conductor 786 |- |''The Conductor's Classy Champion'' |Conductor 786 |- |''The Conductor's Classy Champion'' |Conductor 786 |- |''Una's Useful Uncle'' |Uncle Dan |- |rowspan=4|1916 |''Lucky Larry's Lady Love'' |Lulu's Father |- |''Theodore's Terrible Thirst'' |Theodore |- |''Ruining Randall's Reputation'' |Rivington Randall |- |''Dad's Darling Daughters'' |Dad |- |1917 |''Her New York'' |Farmer Si Brown |}

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0150264}}

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