House Peters

1880-03-12 Bristol, England, UK

Biografia

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.

Películas

	Treasure of the Golden Condor	Magistrate (uncredited)	1953-02-04
	The Old West	Parson Jonathan Brooks	1952-09-29
	O. Henry's Full House	Dave Bascom (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)	1952-08-07
	Rose-Marie	Sergeant Malone	1928-02-11
	Prisoners of the Storm	'Bucky' Malone	1926-11-24
	The Combat	Blaze Burke	1926-03-28
	Head Winds	Peter Rosslyn	1925-03-29
	Counsel for the Defense	Arnold Bruce	1925-12-06
	The Storm Breaker	John Strong	1925-10-25
	The Tornado	Tornado	1925-01-04
	Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman	Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman	1925-05-23
	Don't Marry for Money	Peter Smith	1923-08-19
	Held to Answer	John Hampstead	1923-11-22
	The Storm	Burr Winton	1922-09-04
	Rich Men's Wives	John Masters	1922-09-15
	Human Hearts	Tom Logan	1922-08-19
	Lying Lips	Blair Cornwall	1921-01-30
	A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios	Himself	1920-08-15
	Silk Husbands and Calico Wives	Deane Kendall	1920-02-18
	Isobel or the Trail's End	Sgt. William MacVeigh	1920-12-19
	The Great Redeemer	Dan Malloy	1920-10-24
	The Leopard Woman	John Culbertson	1920-10-18
	You Never Know Your Luck	J.G. Kerry	1919-11-17
	Thunderbolts of Fate	Robert Wingfield	1919-04-06
	The Forfeit	Jeffrey Masters	1919-03-10
	The Highway of Hope	Steve King	1917-05-17
	The Heir of the Ages	Hugh Payne	1917-06-21
	Happiness of Three Women	Billy Craig	1917-01-18
	The Velvet Paw	Robert Moorehead	1916-09-11
	The Closed Road	Frank Sargeant	1916-04-24
	Between Men	Gregg Lewiston	1916-01-01
	The Hand of Peril	James Kestner	1916-03-27
	The Rail Rider	Jim Lewis	1916-08-21
	The Warrens of Virginia	Ned Burton	1915-02-14
	The Captive	Muhamud Hassan	1915-04-22
	The Unafraid	Stefan Balsic	1915-04-01
	Stolen Goods	Richard Carlton	1915-05-14
	Mignon	Wilhelm Meister	1915-01-18
	The Great Divide	Stephen Ghent	1915-12-20
	The Girl of the Golden West	Ramerrez	1915-01-04
	Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch	Bob	1914-12-31
	The Pride of Jennico	Basil Jennico	1914-02-20
	The Brute	Billy West	1914-04-27
	Salomy Jane	Jack Dart, The Man	1914-11-02
	Chelsea 7750		1913-09-20
	A Lady of Quality	The Duke of Osmonde	1913-12-27
	Leah Kleschna	Paul Sylvain	1913-12-10
	The Port of Doom	Kate's Father	1913-11-20
	In the Bishop's Carriage	Obermuller	1913-09-10
	An Hour Before Dawn	Kate's Father - the Ex Detective	1913-10-20