- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 12, 1880
- Place of Birth
- Bristol, England, UK
- Died
- December 7, 1967
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 com…
Filmography
movieTreasure of the Golden Condor
1953 · Magistrate (uncredited)
movieThe Old West
1952 · Parson Jonathan Brooks
movieO. Henry's Full House
1952 · Dave Bascom (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
movieRose-Marie
1928 · Sergeant Malone
moviePrisoners of the Storm
1926 · 'Bucky' Malone
The Combat
movieThe Combat
1926 · Blaze Burke
movieCounsel for the Defense
1925 · Arnold Bruce
The Storm Breaker
movieThe Storm Breaker
1925 · John Strong
movieRaffles: The Amateur Cracksman
1925 · Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
movieHead Winds
1925 · Peter Rosslyn
movieThe Tornado
1925 · Tornado
movieHeld to Answer
1923 · John Hampstead
movieDon't Marry for Money
1923 · Peter Smith
movieRich Men's Wives
1922 · John Masters
movieThe Storm
1922 · Burr Winton
movieHuman Hearts
1922 · Tom Logan
movieLying Lips
1921 · Blair Cornwall
movieIsobel or the Trail's End
1920 · Sgt. William MacVeigh
movieThe Great Redeemer
1920 · Dan Malloy
movieThe Leopard Woman
1920 · John Culbertson
movieA Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
1920 · Himself
movieSilk Husbands and Calico Wives
1920 · Deane Kendall
You Never Know Your Luck
movieYou Never Know Your Luck
1919 · J.G. Kerry
movieThunderbolts of Fate
1919 · Robert Wingfield
movieThe Forfeit
1919 · Jeffrey Masters
movieThe Heir of the Ages
1917 · Hugh Payne
movieThe Highway of Hope
1917 · Steve King
movieHappiness of Three Women
1917 · Billy Craig
movieThe Velvet Paw
1916 · Robert Moorehead
movieThe Rail Rider
1916 · Jim Lewis
movieThe Closed Road
1916 · Frank Sargeant
The Hand of Peril
movieThe Hand of Peril
1916 · James Kestner
movieBetween Men
1916 · Gregg Lewiston
movieThe Great Divide
1915 · Stephen Ghent
movieStolen Goods
1915 · Richard Carlton
movieThe Captive
1915 · Muhamud Hassan
movieThe Unafraid
1915 · Stefan Balsic
movieThe Warrens of Virginia
1915 · Ned Burton
Mignon
movieMignon
1915 · Wilhelm Meister
movieThe Girl of the Golden West
1915 · Ramerrez
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
movieMrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1914 · Bob
movieSalomy Jane
1914 · Jack Dart, The Man
The Brute
movieThe Brute
1914 · Billy West
The Pride of Jennico
movieThe Pride of Jennico
1914 · Basil Jennico
movieA Lady of Quality
1913 · The Duke of Osmonde
movieLeah Kleschna
1913 · Paul Sylvain
The Port of Doom
movieThe Port of Doom
1913 · Kate's Father
An Hour Before Dawn
movieAn Hour Before Dawn
1913 · Kate's Father - the Ex Detective
Chelsea 7750
movieChelsea 7750
1913
movieIn the Bishop's Carriage
1913 · Obermuller