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.
As Actor/Actress
O. Henry's Full House
Dave Bascom (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Treasure of the Golden Condor
Magistrate (uncredited)
The Old West
Parson Jonathan Brooks
The Tornado
Tornado
The Storm
Burr Winton
The Captive
Muhamud Hassan
A Lady of Quality
The Duke of Osmonde
The Leopard Woman
John Culbertson
Rose-Marie
Sergeant Malone
Human Hearts
Tom Logan
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
Himself
The Unafraid
Stefan Balsic
The Great Redeemer
Dan Malloy
Between Men
Gregg Lewiston
Held to Answer
John Hampstead
Salomy Jane
Jack Dart, The Man
The Warrens of Virginia
Ned Burton
Silk Husbands and Calico Wives
Deane Kendall
The Velvet Paw
Robert Moorehead
The Great Divide
Stephen Ghent
Don't Marry for Money
Peter Smith
Counsel for the Defense
Arnold Bruce
The Rail Rider
Jim Lewis
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
Prisoners of the Storm
'Bucky' Malone
The Forfeit
Jeffrey Masters
Rich Men's Wives
John Masters
Lying Lips
Blair Cornwall
The Heir of the Ages
Hugh Payne
Happiness of Three Women
Billy Craig