House Peters
Actor
- Born
- March 12, 1880 · Bristol, England, UK
- Died
- December 7, 1967 (age 87)
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.
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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
O. Henry's Full House
September 18, 1952
The Captive
April 22, 1915
Treasure of the Golden Condor
February 4, 1953
The Girl of the Golden West
January 4, 1915
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
May 23, 1925
Salomy Jane
November 2, 1914
The Leopard Woman
October 18, 1920
Isobel or the Trail's End
December 19, 1920
The Old West
September 29, 1952
Head Winds
March 29, 1925
Rose-Marie
February 11, 1928
Rich Men's Wives
September 15, 1922
Acting51
- 1953Treasure of the Golden Condor as Magistrate (uncredited)
- 1952The Old West as Parson Jonathan Brooks
- 1952O. Henry's Full House as Dave Bascom (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
- 1928Rose-Marie as Sergeant Malone
- 1926Prisoners of the Storm as 'Bucky' Malone
- 1926The Combat as Blaze Burke
- 1925Counsel for the Defense as Arnold Bruce
- 1925The Storm Breaker as John Strong
- 1925Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman as Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
- 1925