Riley Chamberlain — Motography’s Gallery of Picture Players (1914) 🇺🇸

Riley Chamberlain [Riley Chamberlin], inimitable fun maker of the Thanhouser company, has the reputation of having served longer with Edwin Thanhouser in his Milwaukee stock company than any other comedian.

He is also one of the veterans of the Thanhouser studio, being sought for that connection like many another thespian because of a previous Thanhouser connection, and it is pleasing to record that no actor who ever played with the old Thanhouser stock company has failed to make good in film work.

Chamberlain’s one best picture hit was in “Conductor 786” where his portrayal of an old street car conductor was of a kind that will be long and favorably remembered. The scenario chief of the Thanhouser forces is even now at work on a series of Conductor 786 adventures in which Riley will be starred, the series having been inspired by the original Chamberlain portrayal.

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Collection: Motography Magazine, March 1914