House Peters
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Robert House Peters, Sr. (12 March 1880 – 7 December 1967) was a British-born American silent film actor, known to filmgoers of the era as "The Star of a Thousand Emotions." Born in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, Peters began his career on a high note, playing the handsome leading man in In the Bishop's Carriage (1913), co-starring Mary Pickford. While The Bishop's Carriage was filmed in an East Coast studio, Peters was in Los Angeles by 1914, becoming one of the first screen stars to permanently settle there. Although he stated publicly that he preferred playing villains, Peters, curly haired and pleasantly dimpled, was from the outset typecast as the romantic hero. After enjoying his greatest success as the good-bad hero of The Girl of the Golden West (1915), Peters found his career peak of the early 1920s. He signed with Universal Studios for six films in 1924, hoping for a comeback. The results, however, were mostly mediocre and he was soon demoted to supporting roles. Retired after 1928's Rose Marie, Peters returned for a guest appearance in The Old West, a 1952 Gene Autry film that also featured his son, House Peters, Jr., who subsequently enjoyed a lengthy film career. Peters was married to actress Mae King in 1914 with whom he had three children, Gregg, Patricia and Robert, Jr. (1916–2008). Peters died at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.
Known for
Credits
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
as Dave Bascom (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Rich Men's Wives (1922)
as John Masters
Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953)
as Magistrate (uncredited)
The Old West (1952)
as Parson Jonathan Brooks
The Closed Road (1916)
as Frank Sargeant
Counsel for the Defense (1925)
as Arnold Bruce
The Storm (1922)
as Burr Winton
Happiness of Three Women (1917)
as Billy Craig
Don't Marry for Money (1923)
as Peter Smith
The Captive (1915)
as Muhamud Hassan
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (1925)
as Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
The Heir of the Ages (1917)
as Hugh Payne
The Great Redeemer (1920)
as Dan Malloy
Leah Kleschna (1913)
as Paul Sylvain
The Highway of Hope (1917)
as Steve King
The Storm Breaker (1925)
as John Strong
The Tornado (1925)
as Tornado
Human Hearts (1922)
as Tom Logan
Silk Husbands and Calico Wives (1920)
as Deane Kendall
Rose-Marie (1928)
as Sergeant Malone
A Lady of Quality (1913)
as The Duke of Osmonde
The Combat (1926)
as Blaze Burke
The Forfeit (1919)
as Jeffrey Masters
Isobel or the Trail's End (1920)
as Sgt. William MacVeigh
The Unafraid (1915)
as Stefan Balsic
Salomy Jane (1914)
as Jack Dart, The Man
Held to Answer (1923)
as John Hampstead
You Never Know Your Luck (1919)
as J.G. Kerry
The Warrens of Virginia (1915)
as Ned Burton
The Girl of the Golden West (1915)
as Ramerrez
Head Winds (1925)
as Peter Rosslyn
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920)
as Himself
Stolen Goods (1915)
as Richard Carlton
The Leopard Woman (1920)
as John Culbertson
Prisoners of the Storm (1926)
as 'Bucky' Malone
An Hour Before Dawn (1913)
as Kate's Father - the Ex Detective
The Great Divide (1915)
as Stephen Ghent
Mignon (1915)
as Wilhelm Meister
Lying Lips (1921)
as Blair Cornwall
The Pride of Jennico (1914)
as Basil Jennico
Chelsea 7750 (1913)
Actor
The Rail Rider (1916)
as Jim Lewis
The Port of Doom (1913)
as Kate's Father
In the Bishop's Carriage (1913)
as Obermuller
The Velvet Paw (1916)
as Robert Moorehead
Thunderbolts of Fate (1919)
as Robert Wingfield
Between Men (1916)
as Gregg Lewiston
The Hand of Peril (1916)
as James Kestner
The Brute (1914)
as Billy West
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1914)
as Bob