House Peters
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 12, 1880, Bristol, England, UK
- Died
- December 7, 1967
- Movies
- 51
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
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1953 | Treasure of the Golden Condor | Magistrate (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Old West | Parson Jonathan Brooks |
| 1952 | O. Henry's Full House | Dave Bascom (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited) |
| 1928 | Rose-Marie | Sergeant Malone |
| 1926 | Prisoners of the Storm | 'Bucky' Malone |
| 1926 | The Combat | Blaze Burke |
| 1925 | Counsel for the Defense | Arnold Bruce |
| 1925 | The Storm Breaker | John Strong |
| 1925 | Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman | Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman |
| 1925 | Head Winds | Peter Rosslyn |
| 1925 | The Tornado | Tornado |
| 1923 | Held to Answer | John Hampstead |
| 1923 | Don't Marry for Money | Peter Smith |
| 1922 | Rich Men's Wives | John Masters |
| 1922 | The Storm | Burr Winton |
| 1922 | Human Hearts | Tom Logan |
| 1921 | Lying Lips | Blair Cornwall |
| 1920 | Isobel or the Trail's End | Sgt. William MacVeigh |
| 1920 | The Great Redeemer | Dan Malloy |
| 1920 | The Leopard Woman | John Culbertson |
| 1920 | A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios | Himself |
| 1920 | Silk Husbands and Calico Wives | Deane Kendall |
| 1919 | You Never Know Your Luck | J.G. Kerry |
| 1919 | Thunderbolts of Fate | Robert Wingfield |
| 1919 | The Forfeit | Jeffrey Masters |
| 1917 | The Heir of the Ages | Hugh Payne |
| 1917 | The Highway of Hope | Steve King |
| 1917 | Happiness of Three Women | Billy Craig |
| 1916 | The Velvet Paw | Robert Moorehead |
| 1916 | The Rail Rider | Jim Lewis |
| 1916 | The Closed Road | Frank Sargeant |
| 1916 | The Hand of Peril | James Kestner |
| 1916 | Between Men | Gregg Lewiston |
| 1915 | The Great Divide | Stephen Ghent |
| 1915 | Stolen Goods | Richard Carlton |
| 1915 | The Captive | Muhamud Hassan |
| 1915 | The Unafraid | Stefan Balsic |
| 1915 | The Warrens of Virginia | Ned Burton |
| 1915 | Mignon | Wilhelm Meister |
| 1915 | The Girl of the Golden West | Ramerrez |
| 1914 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Bob |
| 1914 | Salomy Jane | Jack Dart, The Man |
| 1914 | The Brute | Billy West |
| 1914 | Clothes | Arnold West |
| 1914 | The Pride of Jennico | Basil Jennico |
| 1913 | A Lady of Quality | The Duke of Osmonde |
| 1913 | Leah Kleschna | Paul Sylvain |
| 1913 | The Port of Doom | Kate's Father |
| 1913 | An Hour Before Dawn | Kate's Father - the Ex Detective |
| 1913 | Chelsea 7750 | |
| 1913 | In the Bishop's Carriage | Obermuller |
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