House Peters
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.
Acting
Movie
O. Henry's Full House
as Dave Bascom (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
1952
Movie
The Captive
as Muhamud Hassan
1915
Movie
Treasure of the Golden Condor
as Magistrate (uncredited)
1953
Movie
The Girl of the Golden West
as Ramerrez
1915
Movie
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
as Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
1925
Movie
Salomy Jane
as Jack Dart, The Man
1914
Movie
The Leopard Woman
as John Culbertson
1920
Movie
Isobel or the Trail's End
as Sgt. William MacVeigh
1920
Movie
The Old West
as Parson Jonathan Brooks
1952
Movie
Head Winds
as Peter Rosslyn
1925
Movie
Rose-Marie
as Sergeant Malone
1928
Movie
Don't Marry for Money
as Peter Smith
1923
Movie
Held to Answer
as John Hampstead
1923
Movie
The Great Redeemer
as Dan Malloy
1920
Movie
Silk Husbands and Calico Wives
as Deane Kendall
1920
Movie
Human Hearts
as Tom Logan
1922
Movie
In the Bishop's Carriage
as Obermuller
1913
Movie
The Tornado
as Tornado
1925
Movie
The Storm
as Burr Winton
1922
Movie
The Great Divide
as Stephen Ghent
1915
Movie
Lying Lips
as Blair Cornwall
1921
Movie
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
as Himself
1920
Movie
The Combat
as Blaze Burke
1926
Movie
You Never Know Your Luck
as J.G. Kerry
1919