Personal Info
House Peters Sr.
Robert House Peters
The Star of a Thousand Emotions
House Peters
Acting
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…
Filmography
Movies
Treasure of the Golden Condor
as Magistrate (uncredited)
O. Henry's Full House
as Dave Bascom (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
The Old West
as Parson Jonathan Brooks
Rose-Marie
as Sergeant Malone
The Combat
as Blaze Burke
Prisoners of the Storm
as 'Bucky' Malone
The Tornado
as Tornado
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
as Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
Head Winds
as Peter Rosslyn
Counsel for the Defense
as Arnold Bruce