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{{Short description|American silent film actor}}
{{More citations needed|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Riley Chamberlin
| image =
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| 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.
| othername =
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 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 [[Central High School (Grand Rapids, Michigan)|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 (Chicago)|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
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

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[[Category:1854 births]]
[[Category:1917 deaths]]
[[Category:American male silent film actors]]
[[Category:Male actors from Grand Rapids, Michigan]]
[[Category:Male actors from New Rochelle, New York]]
[[Category:20th-century American male actors]]

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Riley Chamberlin - Revision history

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