Name
Perry King
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1948-04-30 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Alliance, Ohio, USA
Biography
Perry King, born Perry Firestone King, made his film debut, aged around 23, in the 1972 film Slaughterhouse-Five. In 1975, he portrayed Hammond Maxwell in the exploitation film Mandingo. Since the 1970s, he has appeared in dozens of feature films, television series and television movies. He auditioned for the role of Han Solo in Star Wars, but the role ultimately went to Harrison Ford. However, he played the character in the radio adaptations of Star Wars and both its sequels.
In 1984, King was nominated for a Golden Globe award for his role in the TV movie The Hasty Heart. That same year, he landed the role of Cody Allen on the series Riptide.
In 1993, he starred in the television adaptation of Sidney Sheldon's novel A Stranger in the Mirror, which is a roman à clef on Groucho Marx. In 1995, he portrayed the role of Hayley Armstrong on Melrose Place. He also appeared as Richard Williams in the NBC TV series Titans with Yasmine Bleeth in 2000 and as the President of the United States in the 2004 film The Day After Tomorrow.
King has made guest appearances on TV shows including Spin City, Will & Grace, Eve, and Cold Case.
Known For
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- 1991 Switch as Steve Brooks
- 1982 Class of 1984 as Andrew Norris
- 1972 Slaughterhouse-Five as Robert
- 1972 The Possession of Joel Delaney as Joel Delaney
- 2007 Framed for Murder as Jason
- 1975 Mandingo as Hammond Maxwell
- 2005 The Perfect Neighbor as William Costigan
- 1974 The Lords of Flatbush as Chico Tyrell
- 1977 Bad as L.T.
- 1977 The Choirboys as Baxter Slate
- 2005 Home for the Holidays as Cooper
- 1980 City in Fear as Lt. John Armstrong
- 1979 Search and Destroy as Kip Moore
- 1976 Lipstick as Steve Edison
- 1999 Her Married Lover as Richard Mannhart
- 1984 Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues as John Macy
- 1986 Samson and Delilah as Samson (voice)
- 2012 Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood as Ran'l McCoy
- 1975 The Wild Party as Dale Sword
- 1988 Disaster at Silo 7 as Maj. Hicks
- 1992 A Cry in the Night as Erich
- 1990 Kaleidoscope as John Chapman
- 1978 A Different Story as Albert Walreavens
- 2001 The Perfect Wife as Dr. Robert Steward
- 2004 Stranger at the Door as Greg Norris
- 1996 Face of Evil as Russell Polk
- 1996 Hijacked: Flight 285 as Frank Leyton
- 1994 She Led Two Lives as Jeffrey Madison
- 2004 The Day After Tomorrow as President Blake
- 1988 The Man Who Lived at the Ritz as Philip Weber
- 1979 Love's Savage Fury as Col. Zachary Willis
- 1998 The Adventures of Ragtime as Jerry Blue
- 1979 The Cracker Factory as Dr. Edwin Alexander
- 1988 Shakedown on the Sunset Strip as Charles Stoker
- 1985 Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 2002 Another pretty face
- 1972 Short Cut to Haifa as Nephew Daniel
- 1983 The Hasty Heart as Yank
- 1986 Stranded as Nick MacKenzie
- 1988 Perfect People as Ken Laxton
- 1989 Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer as Herbert 'Peter' Pulitzer
- 1994 Good King Wenceslas as Tunna
- 1982 The Clairvoyant as Paul 'Mac' McCormack
- 1993 A Stranger in the Mirror as Toby Temple
- 1992 Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story as Mark
- 2018 The Divide as Sam Kincaid
- 2018 My Saga as Self
- 1998 The Cowboy and the Movie Star as Clint Barran
- 1973 The Deadly Visitor as Jamie
- 1993 Jericho Fever as Michael Whitney
- 2015 Eyewitness as Sheriff Lee Decker
- 2006 Blood and Blackboards
- 1981 Inmates: A Love Story as Roy Matson
- 1981 Golden Gate as Jordan Kingsley
- 1990 The Knife and Gun Club as Dr. Matt Haley
- 1975 Foster & Laurie as Rocco Laurie
- 1976 The Hemingway Play as Hem
- 1990 Only One Survived as Philip Asherton
- 1997 Their Second Chance
- 1985 The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
- 1987 It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration as Himself
- 2000 Titans ( 13 episodes ) as Richard Williams
- 2006 Brothers and Sisters ( 1 episode ) as Curtis Jones
- 1969 Hawaii Five-O ( 1 episode ) as Rick
- 1996 Spin City ( 5 episodes ) as Tom Crandall
- 2003 Cold Case ( 1 episode ) as Stan Williams
- 1989 Tales from the Crypt ( 1 episode ) as Roger
- 2002 Without a Trace ( 1 episode ) as Walter Mulligan
- 1969 Medical Center ( 1 episode )
- 1992 Melrose Place ( 15 episodes ) as Hayley Armstrong
- 1971 Cannon ( 1 episode )
- 1984 Riptide ( 56 episodes ) as Cody Allen
- 1998 Will & Grace ( 1 episode ) as John Marshall
- 1983 The Hitchhiker ( 1 episode ) as Doug
- 1987 I'll Take Manhattan ( 4 episodes ) as Cutter Amberville
- 1976 Captains and the Kings ( 8 episodes ) as Rory Armagh
- 1995 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Senator Richard Adams
- 1993 The Trouble with Larry ( 7 episodes ) as Boyd Flatt
- 1982 The Quest ( 10 episodes )
- 2008 The Mentalist ( 1 episode ) as Greg Bauer
- 2009 Drop Dead Diva ( 1 episode ) as Warren Persky
- 1979 The Last Convertible ( 3 episodes ) as Russ Currier
- 1969 Hawaii Five-O ( 1 episode ) as Jay Farraday
- 1974 The Lives of Benjamin Franklin ( 4 episodes )
- 1990 Captain Planet and the Planeteers ( 1 episode ) as Jake (voice)
- 2003 Eve ( 2 episodes ) as Jackson
- 1994 Burke's Law ( 1 episode ) as Richard Moss
- Soon Happiness Isn't Everything ( 1 episode ) as Commander Gower
- 1991 The Torkelsons ( 13 episodes ) as Brian Morgan
- 1993 Almost Home ( 13 episodes ) as Brian Morgan
- 1996 The Sentinel ( 1 episode ) as William Ellison
- 1977 Aspen ( 3 episodes ) as Lee Bishop
- 2006 Big Love ( 3 episodes ) as Congressman Clark Paley
- 1993 SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron ( 1 episode ) as Randall (voice)
