1880-03-12 ( 145 years old ) in Bristol, England, UK
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.
Movies
The Old West
1952-09-29
O. Henry's Full House
1952-08-07
Rose-Marie
1928-02-11
The Combat
1926-03-28
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
1925-05-23
Head Winds
1925-03-29
The Tornado
1925-01-04
Held to Answer
1923-11-22
Don't Marry for Money
1923-08-19
The Storm
1922-09-04
Human Hearts
1922-08-19
Lying Lips
1921-01-30
Isobel or the Trail's End
1920-12-19
The Great Redeemer
1920-10-24
The Leopard Woman
1920-10-18
Silk Husbands and Calico Wives
1920-01-01
You Never Know Your Luck
1919-11-17
The Rail Rider
1916-08-21
The Closed Road
1916-04-24
The Hand of Peril
1916-03-27
Between Men
1916-01-01
The Great Divide
1915-12-20
Stolen Goods
1915-05-14
The Captive
1915-04-22
The Unafraid
1915-04-01
The Warrens of Virginia
1915-02-14
Mignon
1915-01-18
The Girl of the Golden West
1915-01-04
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1914-12-31
Salomy Jane
1914-11-02
The Brute
1914-04-27
A Lady of Quality
1913-12-27
Leah Kleschna
1913-12-10
Chelsea 7750
1913-09-20
In the Bishop's Carriage
1913-09-10
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