Riley Hatch

Nacimiento : 1862-09-02, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Muerte : 1925-09-06

Películas

Night Life of New York
William Workman
John Bentley hates New York City, because of an unhappy romance as a young man, but his son, Ronald, tired of living in Iowa, is determined to take up residence in Manhattan. The elder Bentley therefore conspires with his New York manager, William Workman, to involve Ronald in so much trouble that he will gladly return to the sedate life of an Iowa burgher. Arriving in Manhattan, Ronald strikes up an acquaintance with Meg, a telephone operator, whose brother, Jimmy, has come under the evil influence of Jerry. Jerry and Jimmy rob a wealthy woman, and Ronald is charged with the crime on circumstantial evidence, keeping quiet in order to protect Jimmy.
The Street of Forgotten Men
Easy-Money Charley, the best fake crippled beggar in New York, loses his beloved dog and adopts a dying prostitute's daughter to fill the empty place in his heart. But his fellow crooks and dissemblers mock him for sentimentality, and he disowns the child in order to bring her up secretly in the safety of a distant suburb. He brings her up as a young lady in ignorance of her true history or of his; but when he discovers that her affections have taken an unexpected slant, it brings about an end to their tranquil life, a crisis of conscience, and an opportunity for the sinister 'White-Eye' to take a hand...
Zaza
Rigault
Zaza (Swanson) es una actriz y la favorita en un teatro al aire libre en una pequeña ciudad francesa. Cuando el diplomático Bernard Dufresne (H. Warner) llega a la aldea, se aleja por temor a que se enamore de ella. Pero durante una actuación, mientras Zaza canta en un columpio, su rival (Mary Thurmon) corta la cuerda y ella se cae. Zaza está gravemente herida y conoce a Dufresne. Un romance brota rápidamente y él la instala en una villa. Su felicidad se ve empañada, sin embargo, cuando su esposa aparece y le ruega que renuncie a Zaza para que pueda asumir un alto cargo diplomático. Zaza cree que Dufresne la ha dejado por otra mujer, y solo después de viajar a París se da cuenta de que él ya estaba casado y tenía una familia. Con el corazón roto, le da la espalda al asunto. Los años pasan, la Primera Guerra Mundial va y viene, y los antiguos amantes se reúnen una vez más. La esposa de Dufresne ha muerto, por lo que pueden reunirse.
If Winter Comes
Reverend Sebastian Fortune
Mark Sabre hires young Effie Bright to keep his snobbish, cold-hearted wife Mabel company while he goes off to war. When he returns home from the front wounded, he finds that Mabel has fired Effie, who shows up at Mark's door with her baby, having no place to go. Mark takes her in, but Mabel leaves him when the town shuns him for what they believe is going on with Mark and Effie. Matters are further complicated when Effie, driven to desperation, commits an unspeakable act that results in Mark having a nervous breakdown--and then things get worse.
Missing Millions
Detective John Webb
A girl seeks revenge after a Wall Street broker had falsely accused her father and sent him unjustly to prison.
The Conquest of Canaan
Mike Sheenan
Joe Louden is an outcast in the small town of Canaan, and is especially disliked by Judge Pike. There is one inhabitant, however, who is fond of Joe -- the pretty but poor Ariel Tabor. But she inherits some money and goes to Paris with her father.
Sheltered Daughters
Jim Dark, Her Father
New York police sergeant Jim Dark is determined that his daughter, Jenny, will be shielded from any knowledge of evil. Consequently, she lives in a dream world, imagining herself to be a descendant of Saint Jeanne d'Arc, but has a loyal friend in reporter Pep Mullins. Her school friend, Adele, also raised by overly protective parents, is ejected from her home when she becomes inebriated after spending an evening with a disreputable young man.
Little Miss Rebellion
Stephen
The Grand Duchess Marie Louise is the beautiful young ruler of Molvania. She is a fun-loving girl who secretly hopes that the revolutionaries who threaten to take over her country are able to do so, as that will free her to go to America to be with the soldier friends she met during the Great War.
The Teeth of the Tiger
Alexandre Mazeroux
Living quietly under the assumed name Paul Sernine, reformed gentleman crook Arsene Lupin is summoned to protect his invalid, wealthy friend Henry Forbes.
Peck's Bad Girl
Adam Raskell
Minnie Penelope Peck, the village scamp of Yaptank, accompanies her father to the bank to demand the nine dollars owed him for his work as a night watchman. When the bank president refuses to pay Peck, Minnie posts a sign which states that the bank is insolvent, whereupon all of the depositors immediately demand their money. The fire department is called in to quell the mob, but things get worse when Minnie accidentally turns on the fire hose.....
Eve's Daughter
Martin Simpson-Bates
Eve's Daughter was the fourth and final screen teaming of Billie Burke and Thomas Meighan. This time out, Burke is cast as Irene Simpson-Bates, who is disheartened to learn that her millionaire father has left her with a mere $15,000. She is subsequently courted by two men: Poor but respectable John Norton (Thomas Meighan), and rich but disreputable Courtenay Urquahrt (Lionel Atwill, in his American screen debut).
From Two to Six
House Detective
During World War I, John Stevens invents an anti-submarine device, but the plans are stolen by two German spies, the Baron von Wiederholtz and Madame Elsa, who flee to a New York hotel. Stevens' daughter Alice pursues the spies hoping to retrieve the plans.
Law of the Land
Inspector Cochrane
In order to save her mother from disgrace, Margaret marries Richard Harding even though she really loves Geoffrey Morton.
The Lone Wolf
De Moribar (as William Riley Hatch)
Based on a character created by Louis Joseph Vance
Lady Audley's Secret
Luke Martin (as William Riley Hatch)
Theda Bara melodrama is considered lost
Wildfire
Matt Donovan (as William Riley Hatch)
John Keefe, a gambler, shoots and kills Robert Barrington in an argument over a card game. Keefe steals Barrington's papers and forges a bill of sale to himself for Barrington's stable of race horses back east. The stable includes the prize filly, Wildfire. Meanwhile, Barrington's daughters, Henrietta and Myrtle, are becoming worried about their father's long absence in the West. John Garrison, the sheriff of the town in which Barrington was killed, goes East to investigate. He suspects Keefe (now called John Duffy) and begins to build a case, causing Henrietta to become suspicious. Keefe, realizing that the game is almost up, tries to get Wildfire's jockey to throw the big race, but Henrietta saves the day and Wildfire wins.
When Rome Ruled
Caius' Father
Nydia, an Early Christian girl seemingly singled out for exclusive persecution by the despotic empress of Rome. The empress' ire seems to have been aroused by the fact that her erstwhile sweetheart, handsome centurion Caius (a very young Ernest Truex) is in love with Nydia.
Pierre of the Plains
Peter Galbraith
A French-Canadian trapper's adventures...
Paid in Full
Capt. Williams (as William Riley Hatch)