House Peters Jr.

A stage actor in the late 1930s, he performed at the Pasadena Playhouse, among others.

House Peters Jr. spent over 32 years in Hollywood as a well-respected, journeyman character actor and occasional star of B-movies. Beginning his career in 1935's Hot Tip (1935), he went on to portray mostly supporting characters and a host of baddies in a large number of stage roles, films, serials, TV shows and commercials. House was born into an acting family, the son of silent screen star House Peters and actress Mae King Peters. Affectionately known as "Junior" or "Juny" by friends and relatives, he 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, with modest success. With his new career put on hold because of WWII, House served in the U. S. Army Air Corps' Air Sea Rescue section as a small-boat operator. Meeting and subsequently marrying Lucy Pickett during his tour in the Phillipines, he returned home after the war and resumed his career.

Interviewed about Flash Gordon (1936) in Tom Weaver's book "A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde" (McFarland & Co., 2010).

During the late 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s, House found a lot of work in both movies and television, playing such roles as soldiers, police detectives, western outlaws and even as the original Mr. Clean in a popular string of TV commercials. Peters had set himself a goal when he began his acting career that if he didn't achieve star status by age 50, he would leave show business for good.

During World War II, from 1942-46, he was a member of the Air Corps involved in Air Sea Rescue in the South Pacific.

Won a Golden Boot Award in 2000 for his lifetime contribution to the western genre.

As of December 2003 was living at the Motion Picture and TV Home, Woodland Hills, CA.