House Peters

Born in Bristol, England. As a youth sailed around the world, worked in South Africa as a mining technician and served in the Boer War. Established England and America as a stage actor, he was hired by 'Jesse L. Lasky' (qv) and quickly became a leading light of the silent film. His son, 'House Peters' (qv) Jr., was also an actor and appeared with him in at least one film, _The Old West (1952)_ (qv).::Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>