House Peters

House Peters

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.

  • Title: House Peters
  • Popularity: 1.506
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1880-03-12
  • Place of Birth: Bristol, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: House Peters Sr., Robert House Peters, The Star of a Thousand Emotions
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House Peters Movies

  • 1913
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    Leah Kleschna

    Leah Kleschna

    1 1913 HD

    Leah Kleschna has been a thief all her life. However, an encounter with a man she intends to rob makes her question her life's course. The film is...

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  • 1913
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    A Lady of Quality

    A Lady of Quality

    1 1913 HD

    News is received by Sir Jeoffrey, a dissolute roué, whose contempt for the other sex extends even to his own daughters, of the arrival of...

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    Stolen Goods

    Stolen Goods

    1 1915 HD

    The lives of a poor orphan and a rich kleptomaniac intertwine after the former is framed for a robbery by the latter.

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  • 1920
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    Isobel or the Trail's End

    Isobel or the Trail's End

    10 1920 HD

    In retaliation for an attack upon his wife Isobel, Scottie Dean, a passenger on a whaling ship, throws Captain Jim Blake overboard and, believing...

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  • 1925
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    Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman

    Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman

    5.5 1925 HD

    Raffles is an English gentleman with a secret life—he is the notorious jewel thief known as "The Amateur Cracksman." While sailing from India...

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  • 1923
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    Don't Marry for Money

    Don't Marry for Money

    1 1923 HD

    Don't Marry for Money is a 1923 silent drama

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  • 1923
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    Held to Answer

    Held to Answer

    1 1923 HD

    John Hampstead gives up his career as an actor and his actress sweetheart, Marian Dounay, to become a minister in a western town. Marian appears, and...

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  • 1915
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    Mignon

    Mignon

    1 1915 HD

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    Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

    Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

    1 1914 HD

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  • 1915
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    The Unafraid

    The Unafraid

    1 1915 HD

    In Montegro brothers Stefan and Michael kidnap American heiress Delight Warren. Stefan marries her so he can claim her wealth, but then they fall in...

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  • 1916
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    The Hand of Peril

    The Hand of Peril

    1 1916 HD

    Nine rooms of a house are shown, with action occurring in each room simultaneously

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    The Warrens of Virginia

    The Warrens of Virginia

    1 1915 HD

    As the Civil War begins Ned Burton leaves his Southern love Agatha Warren and joins the Union army. He is later protected and saved from death by...

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  • 1916
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    Between Men

    Between Men

    1 1916 HD

    When Ashley Hampdon becomes the target of a scheme to ruin him by his daughter's suitor, Hampdon sends for his old friend Bob White. Bob discovers...

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  • 1920
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    The Great Redeemer

    The Great Redeemer

    1 1920 HD

    A murderer and a thief, imprisoned together, find their lives changed forever when the thief's drawing of Christ's crucifixion on the cell wall comes...

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  • 1952
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    O. Henry's Full House

    O. Henry's Full House

    6.5 1952 HD

    Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he...

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  • 1920
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    Silk Husbands and Calico Wives

    Silk Husbands and Calico Wives

    1 1920 HD

    After small-town attorney Deane Kendall wins an important case, a prestigious law firm lures him to the city. Accompanying him is his wife Edith, who...

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  • 1952
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    The Old West

    The Old West

    5 1952 HD

    Doc Lockwood and his gang are trying to take away Autry's contract for supplying horses to the stagecoach line. Parson Brooks joins Autry in an...

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  • 1914
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    Salomy Jane

    Salomy Jane

    3 1914 HD

    When beautiful Salomy Jane resists the romantic advances of a young ruffian, she is rescued by Jack Dart, who has his own additional reasons for...

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  • 1920
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    The Leopard Woman

    The Leopard Woman

    5.5 1920 HD

    An epic of passion, intrigue, and espionage set in the African Jungle.

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  • 1922
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    Human Hearts

    Human Hearts

    1 1922 HD

    Innocent country boy Tom Logan is taken in by the scheming Barbara Kay, a city woman who knows Tom is set to inherit his fathers farm which sits on a...

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  • 1915
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    The Captive

    The Captive

    6 1915 HD

    Set during the Balkan Wars, The Captive tells the story of Sonia, a young woman living in Montenegro and left to care for her younger brother Milos...

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  • 1925
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    Head Winds

    Head Winds

    5 1925 HD

    Peter kidnaps Patricia to prevent her from marrying the wrong man.

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  • 1915
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    The Girl of the Golden West

    The Girl of the Golden West

    5.5 1915 HD

    A saloon hostess loves Ramerrez, a notorious highwayman. Sheriff Jack Rance, who loves the girl too, instigates a card game that will determine the...

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  • 1913
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    In the Bishop's Carriage

    In the Bishop's Carriage

    1 1913 HD

    A lost film. A successful stage actress with a hidden past as a criminal is kept on the path of righteousness by a benefactor.

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  • 1916
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    The Rail Rider

    The Rail Rider

    1 1916 HD

    The Rail Rider is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring House Peters, Bertram Marburgh, and Henry West.

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  • 1916
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    The Closed Road

    The Closed Road

    1 1916 HD

    1916 silent drama directed by Maurice Tourneur

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  • 1913
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    Chelsea 7750

    Chelsea 7750

    1 1913 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Tornado

    The Tornado

    1 1925 HD

    a tornado, flood, and log jam of astounding realism..a love theme as overwhelming as the tornado itself, acclaimed by critics as the most thrilling...

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  • 1922
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    The Storm

    The Storm

    1 1922 HD

    When two men, one from the city the other a trapper and a woman are trapped in a cabin in the Northwoods after a massive snowstorm. Through the...

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  • 1915
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    The Great Divide

    The Great Divide

    7 1915 HD

    The Jordans, Phil and Ruth, accompanied by Philip's wife, Polly, and Dr. Winthrop Newbury, a suitor for Ruth's hand, bid old Mrs. Jordan good-bye at...

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  • 1921
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    Lying Lips

    Lying Lips

    1 1921 HD

    A spoiled rich girl from England encounters a wonderful young man who, unfortunately, has no money. Will love or money win out?

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  • 1920
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    A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios

    A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios

    6 1920 HD

    A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920) presents a fascinating glimpse into the Thomas H. Ince studios at Culver City.

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  • 1928
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    Rose-Marie

    Rose-Marie

    5 1928 HD

    Sergeant Malone of the Mounties and effeminate Etienne Doray are both in love with Rose-Marie, but she doesn't light up until soldier of fortune Jim...

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  • 1926
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    The Combat

    The Combat

    1 1926 HD

    Blaze Burke, rough-and-ready lumberjack, is promised the job of camp boss if he eliminates a gang of lumber poachers. He is doublecrossed and the job...

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  • 1919
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    You Never Know Your Luck

    You Never Know Your Luck

    1 1919 HD

    Ranch foreman Kerry has boarded with Kitty Tynan and her mother for five years in western Canada, his past is a mystery to everyone. He is actually...

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  • 1914
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    The Brute

    The Brute

    1 1914 HD

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