Cast
House Peters
Acting
Cast
House Peters
Known for
Acting
Born
1880-03-12
From
Bristol, England, UK
Died
1967-12-07
Also known as House Peters Sr., Robert House Peters, The Star of a Thousand Emotions
Biography
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.
MOVIE1913
Leah Kleschna
as Paul Sylvain
★6.9
MOVIE1952
O. Henry's Full House
as Dave Bascom (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1919
The Forfeit
as Jeffrey Masters
★8.0
MOVIE1925
The Storm Breaker
as John Strong
★7.0
MOVIE1926
Prisoners of the Storm
as 'Bucky' Malone
MOVIE1917
The Heir of the Ages
as Hugh Payne
MOVIE1917
Happiness of Three Women
as Billy Craig
★8.0
MOVIE1919
Thunderbolts of Fate
as Robert Wingfield
★6.3
MOVIE1953
Treasure of the Golden Condor
as Magistrate (uncredited)
MOVIE1917
The Highway of Hope
as Steve King
MOVIE1916
The Closed Road
as Frank Sargeant
★7.0
MOVIE1922
Rich Men's Wives
as John Masters
★6.0
MOVIE1915
The Captive
as Muhamud Hassan
MOVIE1916
The Velvet Paw
as Robert Moorehead
MOVIE1915
The Warrens of Virginia
as Ned Burton
MOVIE1915
Mignon
as Wilhelm Meister
★1.0
MOVIE1913
In the Bishop's Carriage
as Obermuller
★6.4
MOVIE1925
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
as Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
MOVIE1913
An Hour Before Dawn
as Kate's Father - the Ex Detective
★6.5
MOVIE1925
Head Winds
as Peter Rosslyn
★7.0
MOVIE1928
Rose-Marie
as Sergeant Malone
MOVIE1915
The Unafraid
as Stefan Balsic
★7.0
MOVIE1952
The Old West
as Parson Jonathan Brooks
★7.0
MOVIE1922
The Storm
as Burr Winton
★9.0
MOVIE1925
Counsel for the Defense
as Arnold Bruce
MOVIE1914
The Brute
as Billy West
★8.0
MOVIE1923
Don't Marry for Money
as Peter Smith
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The Pride of Jennico
as Basil Jennico
★7.0
MOVIE1920
The Leopard Woman
as John Culbertson
★10.0
MOVIE1920
The Great Redeemer
as Dan Malloy
★8.0
MOVIE1920
Silk Husbands and Calico Wives
as Deane Kendall
★9.0
MOVIE1925
The Tornado
as Tornado
MOVIE1913
A Lady of Quality
as The Duke of Osmonde
★7.0
MOVIE1923
Held to Answer
as John Hampstead
★5.5
MOVIE1915
The Girl of the Golden West
as Ramerrez
★3.0
MOVIE1914
Salomy Jane
as Jack Dart, The Man
★10.0
MOVIE1921
Lying Lips
as Blair Cornwall
MOVIE1913
The Port of Doom
as Kate's Father
MOVIE1914
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Bob
★6.0
MOVIE1920
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
as Himself
★7.0
MOVIE1915
The Great Divide
as Stephen Ghent
MOVIE1915
Stolen Goods
as Richard Carlton
MOVIE1916
The Rail Rider
as Jim Lewis
★10.0
MOVIE1922
Human Hearts
as Tom Logan
MOVIE1913
Chelsea 7750
MOVIE1916
The Hand of Peril
as James Kestner
★10.0
MOVIE1919
You Never Know Your Luck
as J.G. Kerry
★8.5
MOVIE1920
Isobel or the Trail's End
as Sgt. William MacVeigh
MOVIE1916
Between Men
as Gregg Lewiston
★9.0
MOVIE1926
The Combat
as Blaze Burke