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.
O. Henry's Full House
as Dave Bascom (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and...
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The Old West
as Parson Jonathan BrooksDoc Lockwood and his gang are trying to take away Autry's contract for supplying horses to the...
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The Rail Rider
as Jim LewisThe Rail Rider is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring...
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The Captive
as Muhamud HassanSet during the Balkan Wars, The Captive tells the story of Sonia, a young woman living in...
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Stolen Goods
as Richard CarltonThe lives of a poor orphan and a rich kleptomaniac intertwine after the former is framed for a...
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The Girl of the Golden West
as RamerrezA saloon hostess loves Ramerrez, a notorious highwayman. Sheriff Jack Rance, who loves the girl...
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The Closed Road
as Frank Sargeant1916 silent drama directed by Maurice Tourneur
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Rose-Marie
as Sergeant MaloneSergeant Malone of the Mounties and effeminate Etienne Doray are both in love with Rose-Marie,...
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The Great Redeemer
as Dan MalloyA murderer and a thief, imprisoned together, find their lives changed forever when the thief's...
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The Storm
as Burr WintonWhen two men, one from the city the other a trapper and a woman are trapped in a cabin in the...
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The Leopard Woman
as John CulbertsonAn epic of passion, intrigue, and espionage set in the African Jungle.
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Head Winds
as Peter RosslynPeter kidnaps Patricia to prevent her from marrying the wrong man.
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Isobel or the Trail's End
as Sgt. William MacVeighIn retaliation for an attack upon his wife Isobel, Scottie Dean, a passenger on a whaling ship,...
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Held to Answer
as John HampsteadJohn Hampstead gives up his career as an actor and his actress sweetheart, Marian Dounay, to...
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Don't Marry for Money
as Peter SmithDon't Marry for Money is a 1923 silent drama
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The Tornado
as Tornadoa tornado, flood, and log jam of astounding realism..a love theme as overwhelming as the tornado...
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A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
as HimselfA Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920) presents a fascinating glimpse...
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Salomy Jane
as Jack Dart, The ManWhen beautiful Salomy Jane resists the romantic advances of a young ruffian, she is rescued by...
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Between Men
as Gregg LewistonWhen Ashley Hampdon becomes the target of a scheme to ruin him by his daughter's suitor, Hampdon...
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Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
as Raffles, the Amateur CracksmanRaffles is an English gentleman with a secret life—he is the notorious jewel thief known as "The...
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The Warrens of Virginia
as Ned BurtonAs the Civil War begins Ned Burton leaves his Southern love Agatha Warren and joins the Union...
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Silk Husbands and Calico Wives
as uncreditedAfter small-town attorney Deane Kendall wins an important case, a prestigious law firm lures him...
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The Great Divide
as Stephen GhentThe Jordans, Phil and Ruth, accompanied by Philip's wife, Polly, and Dr. Winthrop Newbury, a...
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In the Bishop's Carriage
as ObermullerA lost film. A successful stage actress with a hidden past as a criminal is kept on the path of...
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A Lady of Quality
as The Duke of OsmondeNews is received by Sir Jeoffrey, a dissolute roué, whose contempt for the other sex extends...
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Leah Kleschna
as Paul SylvainLeah Kleschna has been a thief all her life. However, an encounter with a man she intends to rob...
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The Unafraid
as Stefan BalsicIn Montegro brothers Stefan and Michael kidnap American heiress Delight Warren. Stefan marries...
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Human Hearts
as Tom LoganInnocent country boy Tom Logan is taken in by the scheming Barbara Kay, a city woman who knows...
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Lying Lips
as Blair CornwallA spoiled rich girl from England encounters a wonderful young man who, unfortunately, has no...
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