House Peters

Acting

House Peters

Born March 12, 1880 · Bristol, England, UK

Died December 7, 1967 · aged 87

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 Ea…

Known For

O. Henry's Full HouseO. Henry's Full House · 1952
O. Henry's Full House
★ 6.91952
MovieComedyDrama
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 is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".
Treasure of the Golden CondorTreasure of the Golden Condor · 1953
Treasure of the Golden Condor
★ 6.31953
MovieAdventure
A nobleman searches for a hidden treasure in Guatemala.
ClothesClothes · 1914
Clothes
1914
MovieDrama
Lost Slient​ ​Films​ Based on play Clothes by Avery Hopwood and Channing Pollock
Raffles: The Amateur CracksmanRaffles: The Amateur Cracksman · 1925
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
★ 6.41925
MovieRomanceAdventure
Raffles is an English gentleman with a secret life—he is the notorious jewel thief known as "The Amateur Cracksman." While sailing from India to England accompanied by his friend, Bunny Manners, it is rumored that the infamous cracksman is aboard ship. Raffles warns a lady passenger to keep an eye on her necklace, which is stolen soon afterward. Although a search reveals no evidence, the necklace is returned upon reaching London.
The Warrens of VirginiaThe Warrens of Virginia · 1915
The Warrens of Virginia
1915
MovieWarDrama
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 Agatha in spite of her loyalty to the South.
Leah KleschnaLeah Kleschna · 1913
Leah Kleschna
1913
MovieDrama
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 lost.
Happiness of Three WomenHappiness of Three Women · 1917
Happiness of Three Women
1917
MovieDrama
Constance, the beautiful wife of Mark Barr, is in fear of her husband's jealousy. Among the guests at their reception are Myrtle Gale and her fiancé, Billy Craig, to whom Constance was at one time engaged. Mark misinterprets a friendly chat between the two and forbids Billy to visit his house. Myrtle goes to the city, and is to return on an early evening train, on which Constance also expects her husband.
The Girl of the Golden WestThe Girl of the Golden West · 1915
The Girl of the Golden West
★ 5.51915
MovieWesternRomance
A saloon hostess loves Ramerrez, a notorious highwayman. Sheriff Jack Rance, who loves the girl too, instigates a card game that will determine the fate of all three of them. If she wins, the girl's lover will go free; but if she loses…

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Counsel for the DefenseCounsel for the Defense · 1925
Counsel for the Defense
★ 9.01925
MovieDrama
Typhus specialist Dr. David West has fought long and hard for the construction of the new municipal waterworks. Harrison Blake, the town's leading lawyer and banker, conspires to have the waterworks put into private hands and frames David for accepting a bribe. As none of the town's lawyers will take the case, Katherine, David's daughter and a recent law school graduate, accepts her first client in her father. However, the circumstantial evidence is too great and David is convicted. Harrison bribes a worker to sabotage the waterworks, causing a public clamor for their takeover by private interests. Katherine, with the aid of newspaper editor Arnold Bruce, uncovers the conspiracy after the outbreak of a typhus epidemic. David is freed, and Katherine weds Arnold.

Arnold Bruce

Silk Husbands and Calico WivesSilk Husbands and Calico Wives · 1920
Silk Husbands and Calico Wives
★ 8.01920
MovieDrama
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 retains her small-town ways, so does not fit into her husband's new social world. When adventuress Georgia Wilson meets the promising attorney, she falls in love and determines to break up his marriage. Georgia arranges for artist Charles Madison to lure Edith to his apartments and seduce her. Resisting his advances, Edith flees back to the innocent town of Harmony. Soon after, Kendall arrives, informed by Georgia that his wife is with Madison. However, the artist's mistress, who witnessed the incident, testifies to Edith's purity, and Kendall follows Edith back to their hometown, where they are reconciled.

Deane Kendall