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House Peters

AKA: House Peters Sr.
Birthday: 1880-03-12
Died: 1967-12-07
Birthplace: Bristol, England, UK


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.

Filmography

Leah Kleschna
Character: Paul Sylvain
A Lady of Quality
Character: The Duke of Osmonde
Stolen Goods
Character: Richard Carlton

Isobel or the Trail's End
Character: Sgt. William MacVeigh
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
Character: Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
Don't Marry for Money
Character: Peter Smith

Held to Answer
Character: John Hampstead

The Unafraid
Character: Stefan Balsic
The Hand of Peril
Character: James Kestner
The Warrens of Virginia
Character: Ned Burton

Between Men
Character: Gregg Lewiston
The Great Redeemer
Character: Dan Malloy
O. Henry's Full House
Character: Dave Bascom (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

The Old West
Character: Parson Jonathan Brooks
Salomy Jane
Character: Jack Dart, The Man

The Leopard Woman
Character: John Culbertson
Human Hearts
Character: Tom Logan
The Captive
Character: Muhamud Hassan

Head Winds
Character: Peter Rosslyn
The Girl of the Golden West
Character: Ramerrez
In the Bishop's Carriage
Character: Obermuller

The Closed Road
Character: Frank Sargeant
The Rail Rider
Character: Jim Lewis

The Tornado
Character: Tornado
The Storm
Character: Burr Winton
The Great Divide
Character: Stephen Ghent

Lying Lips
Character: Blair Cornwall
Rose-Marie
Character: Sergeant Malone

The Combat
Character: Blaze Burke
You Never Know Your Luck
Character: J.G. Kerry
The Brute
Character: Billy West