Riley Hatch Explained

William Riley Hatch
Birth Date:	September 2, 1862
Birth Place:	Cleveland, Ohio
Death Date:	September 6, 1925 (aged 63)
Death Place:	Bay Shore, New York
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Actor Singer

William Riley Hatch (September 2, 1862  - September 6, 1925) was an American singer and actor on stage and in silent films.^[1]

Hatch's Broadway debut came in The Burgomaster (1900); his final Broadway appearance was in The Nervous Wreck (1923).^[2]

He appeared in films such as At Shiloh (1913), The City (1916), A Case at Law (1917),^[3] The Law of the Land (1917), Eve's Daughter (1918), Sheltered Daughters (1921), and Zaza (1923).

On September 6, 1925, Hatch died of heart disease at his home on Long Island.^[4]

Partial filmography

• At Shiloh (1913)
• When Rome Ruled (1914)
• Paid in Full (1914)
• The Exploits of Elaine (1914)
• Shore Acres (1914)
• Wildfire (1915)
• The Plunderer (1915)
• The Little Gypsy (1915)
• The City (1916)
• The World's Great Snare (1916)
• The Lone Wolf (1917)
• The Law of the Land (1917)
• Double Crossed (1917)
• A Case at Law (1917)
• Blind Man's Luck (1917)
• Eve's Daughter (1918)
• From Two to Six (1918)
• Other Men's Daughters (1918)
• Peck's Bad Girl (1918)
• Something Different (1920)
• The Idol of the North (1921)
• Sheltered Daughters (1921)
• The Matrimonial Web (1921)
• Nobody (1921)
• You Find It Everywhere (1921)
• What Women Will Do (1921)
• The Conquest of Canaan (1921)
• Missing Millions (1922)
• If Winter Comes (1923)
• Little Old New York (1923)
• Zaza (1923)
• West of the Water Tower (1923)
• You Are Guilty (1923)
• Trouping with Ellen (1924)
• America (1924)
• The Street of Forgotten Men (1925)

Notes and References

1. Book: Katchmer. George A.. A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. 2009. McFarland. 9781476609058. 156. 24 April 2018. en.
2. Web site: Riley Hatch. Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. 24 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180424010451/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/riley-hatch-44491. 24 April 2018.
3. Book: Langman, Larry. A Guide to Silent Westerns. 1 January 1992. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-27858-7. 74.
4. News: Wm. Riley Hatch dies . December 25, 2021 . The New York Times . September 7, 1925 . 11. subscription.