House Peters
Acting
Born March 12, 1880 · Bristol, England, UK
Biography
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 h…
Known For · 40 titles
O. Henry's Full House
The Forfeit
Leah Kleschna
The Storm Breaker
Thunderbolts of Fate
Rich Men's Wives
Happiness of Three Women
The Closed Road
Treasure of the Golden Condor
The Highway of Hope
The Great Redeemer
The Unafraid
Prisoners of the Storm
The Hand of Peril
An Hour Before Dawn
The Heir of the Ages
The Captive
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
The Tornado
The Old West
The Girl of the Golden West
The Velvet Paw
Counsel for the Defense
Rose-Marie
Human Hearts
Mignon
The Warrens of Virginia
In the Bishop's Carriage
The Storm
Don't Marry for Money
Head Winds
The Pride of Jennico
Stolen Goods
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
Held to Answer
A Lady of Quality
The Rail Rider
Isobel or the Trail's End
The Leopard Woman
Silk Husbands and Calico Wives