Person Biography:
House Peters Jr. was a renowned character actor and occasional star of B-movies, with a career spanning over 32 years in Hollywood. Born into an acting family, he was the son of silent screen star House Peters and actress Mae King Peters. Affectionately known as "Junior" or "Juny" by friends and relatives, House grew up in Beverly Hills, attended local schools with many children of Hollywood's elite, and dove into the acting business upon graduation from Beverly Hills High.
House's early career was marked by modest success, but his career was put on hold due to World War II. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps' Air Sea Rescue section as a small-boat operator, where he met and married Lucy Pickett during his tour in the Philippines. After the war, House resumed his career and found a lot of work in both movies and television, playing various roles such as soldiers, police detectives, western outlaws, and even the original Mr. Clean in a popular string of TV commercials.
Peters had set himself a goal to achieve star status by age 50, but after remaining typed as a perennial supporting player, he left the set in 1965 after finishing a Lassie episode and ended his career. He then went into the real estate business in the San Fernando Valley and never turned back. In his retirement, House and Lucy toured the entire country many times over in their van and travel trailer, fishing, gold prospecting, site seeing, and attending every swap meet they could find.
House was the recipient of the coveted Golden Boot Award and penned an autobiography, "Another Side of Hollywood." He makes occasional appearances at western film festivals, including the ever-popular gathering at Iverson Ranch in Chatsworth, California. In retrospect, House proclaimed that if he had anything to do over again in his entire life, it would be to "change my name!"
