1880-03-12 Bristol, England
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.
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The Old West | Parson Jonathan Brooks | 1952-09-29 |
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O. Henry's Full House | Dave Bascom (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited) | 1952-08-07 |
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Rose-Marie | Sergeant Malone | 1928-02-11 |
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The Combat | Blaze Burke | 1926-03-28 |
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Head Winds | Peter Rosslyn | 1925-03-29 |
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Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman | Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman | 1925-05-23 |
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The Tornado | Tornado | 1925-01-04 |
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Don't Marry for Money | Peter Smith | 1923-08-19 |
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Held to Answer | John Hampstead | 1923-11-22 |
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The Storm | 1922-09-04 | |
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Human Hearts | Tom Logan | 1922-08-19 |
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Lying Lips | Blair Cornwall | 1921-01-30 |
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The Great Redeemer | Dan Malloy | 1920-10-24 |
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The Leopard Woman | John Culbertson | 1920-10-18 |
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A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios | Himself | 1920-08-15 |
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Isobel or the Trail's End | Sgt. William MacVeigh | 1920-12-19 |
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Silk Husbands and Calico Wives | 1920-01-01 | |
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You Never Know Your Luck | J.G. Kerry | 1919-11-17 |
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The Rail Rider | Jim Lewis | 1916-08-21 |
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The Closed Road | Frank Sargeant | 1916-04-24 |
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Between Men | Gregg Lewiston | 1916-01-01 |
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The Unafraid | Stefan Balsic | 1915-04-01 |
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Mignon | 1915-01-18 | |
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Stolen Goods | Richard Carlton | 1915-05-14 |
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The Great Divide | Stephen Ghent | 1915-12-20 |
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The Captive | Muhamud Hassan | 1915-04-22 |
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The Warrens of Virginia | Ned Burton | 1915-02-14 |
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The Girl of the Golden West | Ramerrez | 1915-01-04 |
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Salomy Jane | Jack Dart, The Man | 1914-11-02 |
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | 1914-12-31 | |
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Leah Kleschna | Paul Sylvain | 1913-12-10 |
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Chelsea 7750 | 1913-09-20 | |
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In the Bishop's Carriage | Obermuller | 1913-09-10 |
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A Lady of Quality | The Duke of Osmonde | 1913-12-27 |
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The Hand of Peril | James Kestner |
