House Peters

Robert House Peters Sr 12 March 1880 7 December 1967 was a Britishborn 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 Bishops Carriage 1913 costarring Mary Pickford While The Bishops 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 goodbad 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 1928s 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 19162008 Peters died at the Motion Picture Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills California