
House Peters
Acting
Born: 1880-03-12 · Bristol, England, UK
Died: 1967-12-07
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 perman
🎬 Movies (30)

Treasure of the Golden Condor
1953
Magistrate (uncredited)

O. Henry's Full House
1952
Dave Bascom (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

The Old West
1952
Parson Jonathan Brooks

Rose-Marie
1928
Sergeant Malone
The Combat
1926
Blaze Burke

Prisoners of the Storm
1926
'Bucky' Malone

Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
1925
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman

Head Winds
1925
Peter Rosslyn

The Tornado
1925
Tornado

Counsel for the Defense
1925
Arnold Bruce
The Storm Breaker
1925
John Strong

Don't Marry for Money
1923
Peter Smith

Held to Answer
1923
John Hampstead

Human Hearts
1922
Tom Logan

The Storm
1922
Burr Winton

Rich Men's Wives
1922
John Masters

Lying Lips
1921
Blair Cornwall

Isobel or the Trail's End
1920
Sgt. William MacVeigh

The Great Redeemer
1920
Dan Malloy

Silk Husbands and Calico Wives
1920
Deane Kendall

The Leopard Woman
1920
John Culbertson

A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
1920
Himself
You Never Know Your Luck
1919
J.G. Kerry

The Forfeit
1919
Jeffrey Masters

Thunderbolts of Fate
1919
Robert Wingfield

Happiness of Three Women
1917
Billy Craig

The Heir of the Ages
1917
Hugh Payne

The Highway of Hope
1917
Steve King
The Hand of Peril
1916
James Kestner

Between Men
1916
Gregg Lewiston