
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.
50 acting credits
Acting · 50

O. Henry's Full House
1952

Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953

The Old West
1952

The Storm
1922

The Unafraid
1915

Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
1925

Human Hearts
1922

The Great Redeemer
1920

The Girl of the Golden West
1915

Salomy Jane
1914

A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
1920

Rose-Marie
1928

The Warrens of Virginia
1915

The Captive
1915

The Tornado
1925
Mignon
1915

In the Bishop's Carriage
1913

Rich Men's Wives
1922

The Closed Road
1916
The Storm Breaker
1925
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1914

Between Men
1916

Stolen Goods
1915
The Port of Doom
1913

The Great Divide
1915

Leah Kleschna
1913
You Never Know Your Luck
1919

The Highway of Hope
1917

Held to Answer
1923

The Leopard Woman
1920

Happiness of Three Women
1917

Counsel for the Defense
1925

Silk Husbands and Calico Wives
1920

Don't Marry for Money
1923

A Lady of Quality
1913

Prisoners of the Storm
1926
The Combat
1926
An Hour Before Dawn
1913

Thunderbolts of Fate
1919

Head Winds
1925

Isobel or the Trail's End
1920
The Hand of Peril
1916
The Pride of Jennico
1914

Lying Lips
1921
The Brute
1914

The Heir of the Ages
1917

The Forfeit
1919

The Velvet Paw
1916
Chelsea 7750
1913

The Rail Rider
1916