Perry King
Born: 1948-04-30 in Alliance, Ohio, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2018
- The Divide as Sam Kincaid
- My Saga as Self
2015
- Eyewitness as Sheriff Lee Decker
2012
- Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood as Ran'l McCoy
2009
- Drop Dead Diva as Warren Persky
2008
- The Mentalist as Greg Bauer
2007
- Framed for Murder as Jason
2006
- Brothers and Sisters as Curtis Jones
- Big Love as Congressman Clark Paley
- Blood and Blackboards
2005
- The Perfect Neighbor as William Costigan
- Home for the Holidays as Cooper
2004
- The Day After Tomorrow as President Blake
- Stranger at the Door as Greg Norris
2002
- Without a Trace as Walter Mulligan
- Another pretty face
2001
- The Perfect Wife as Dr. Robert Steward
2000
- Titans as Richard Williams
1999
- Her Married Lover as Richard Mannhart
1998
- Will & Grace as John Marshall
- The Adventures of Ragtime as Jerry Blue
- The Cowboy and the Movie Star as Clint Barran
1997
1996
- Spin City as Tom Crandall
- The Sentinel as William Ellison
- Hijacked: Flight 285 as Frank Leyton
- Face of Evil as Russell Polk
1995
- The Outer Limits as Senator Richard Adams
1994
- Burke's Law as Richard Moss
- She Led Two Lives as Jeffrey Madison
- Good King Wenceslas as Tunna
1993
- SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron as Randall (voice)
- Almost Home as Brian Morgan
- The Trouble with Larry as Boyd Flatt
- Jericho Fever as Michael Whitney
- A Stranger in the Mirror as Toby Temple
1992
- Melrose Place as Hayley Armstrong
- Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story as Mark
- A Cry in the Night as Erich
1991
- The Torkelsons as Brian Morgan
- Switch as Steve Brooks
1990
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Jake (voice)
- Kaleidoscope as John Chapman
- Only One Survived as Philip Asherton
- The Knife and Gun Club as Dr. Matt Haley
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Roger
- Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer as Herbert 'Peter' Pulitzer
1988
- Disaster at Silo 7 as Maj. Hicks
- Perfect People as Ken Laxton
- The Man Who Lived at the Ritz as Philip Weber
- Shakedown on the Sunset Strip as Charles Stoker
1987
- I'll Take Manhattan as Cutter Amberville
- It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration as Himself
1986
- Stranded as Nick MacKenzie
- Samson and Delilah as Samson (voice)
1984
- Riptide as Cody Allen
- Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues as John Macy
1983
- The Hitchhiker as Doug
- The Hasty Heart as Yank
1982
- Class of 1984 as Andrew Norris
- The Quest
- The Clairvoyant as Paul 'Mac' McCormack
1981
- Golden Gate as Jordan Kingsley
- Inmates: A Love Story as Roy Matson
1980
- City in Fear as Lt. John Armstrong
1979
- The Last Convertible as Russ Currier
- Love's Savage Fury as Col. Zachary Willis
- The Cracker Factory as Dr. Edwin Alexander
- Search and Destroy as Kip Moore
1978
- A Different Story as Albert Walreavens
1977
- The Choirboys as Baxter Slate
- Bad as L.T.
- Aspen as Lee Bishop
1976
- Captains and the Kings as Rory Armagh
- Lipstick as Steve Edison
- The Hemingway Play as Hem
1975
- Mandingo as Hammond Maxwell
- Foster & Laurie as Rocco Laurie
- The Wild Party as Dale Sword
1974
- The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
- The Lords of Flatbush as Chico Tyrell
1973
- The Deadly Visitor as Jamie
1972
- Slaughterhouse-Five as Robert
- Short Cut to Haifa as Nephew Daniel
- The Possession of Joel Delaney as Joel Delaney
1971
1969
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Rick