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
- Home for the Holidays as Cooper
- The Perfect Neighbor as William Costigan
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 Cowboy and the Movie Star as Clint Barran
- The Adventures of Ragtime as Jerry Blue
1997
1996
- Spin City as Tom Crandall
- The Sentinel as William Ellison
- Face of Evil as Russell Polk
- Hijacked: Flight 285 as Frank Leyton
1995
- The Outer Limits as Senator Richard Adams
1994
- Burke's Law as Richard Moss
- Good King Wenceslas as Tunna
- She Led Two Lives as Jeffrey Madison
1993
- Jericho Fever as Michael Whitney
- A Stranger in the Mirror as Toby Temple
- Almost Home as Brian Morgan
- The Trouble with Larry as Boyd Flatt
1992
- Melrose Place as Hayley Armstrong
- Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story as Mark
- A Cry in the Night as Erich
1991
- Switch as Steve Brooks
- The Torkelsons as Brian Morgan
1990
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Ray (voice)
- Kaleidoscope as John Chapman
- The Knife and Gun Club as Dr. Matt Haley
- Only One Survived as Philip Asherton
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
- Shakedown on the Sunset Strip as Charles Stoker
- The Man Who Lived at the Ritz as Philip Weber
1987
- I'll Take Manhattan as Cutter Amberville
1986
- Stranded as Nick MacKenzie
- Samson and Delilah as Samson (voice)
1985
- Night of 100 Stars II as Self
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 Clairvoyant as Paul 'Mac' McCormack
- The Quest
1981
- Inmates: A Love Story as Roy Matson
- Golden Gate as Jordan Kingsley
1980
- City in Fear as Lt. John Armstrong
1979
- The Cracker Factory as Dr. Edwin Alexander
- Love's Savage Fury as Col. Zachary Willis
- The Last Convertible as Russ Currier
- 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
- The Hemingway Play as Hem
- Lipstick as Steve Edison
1975
- Foster & Laurie as Rocco Laurie
- Mandingo as Hammond Maxwell
- The Wild Party as Dale Sword
1974
- The Lords of Flatbush as Chico Tyrell
- The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1973
- The Deadly Visitor as Jamie
1972
- Slaughterhouse-Five as Robert
- The Possession of Joel Delaney as Joel Delaney
- Big Truck and Sister Clare as Nephew Daniel
1971
1969
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Rick