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Biography

Peters was born in New Rochelle, New York to actors

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, a major leading man in the silent era, and Mae King. He grew up in Beverley Hills, California and graduated from

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'' and '' Lassie''. From the late 1950s into the 1960s, Peters Jr. played

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. Peters wrote a book, "Another Side of Hollywood" an autobiography by actor House Peters Jr. published by Empire Publishing of Madison, North Carolina in the year 2000. It is an entertaining, interesting look at the early days of Hollywood movie and television production with many black and white photos.

Filmography

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