Perry King
Acting
1948-04-30 · Alliance, Ohio, USA
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
The Divide
2018 · Movie
My Saga
2018 · Movie
Eyewitness
2015 · Movie
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
2012 · Movie
Drop Dead Diva
2009 · Series
The Mentalist
2008 · Series
Framed for Murder
2007 · Movie
Brothers and Sisters
2006 · Series
Big Love
2006 · Series
Blood and Blackboards
2006 · Movie
Home for the Holidays
2005 · Movie
The Perfect Neighbor
2005 · Movie
Stranger at the Door
2004 · Movie
The Day After Tomorrow
2004 · Movie
Cold Case
2003 · Series
Eve
2003 · Series
Without a Trace
2002 · Series
Another pretty face
2002 · Movie
The Perfect Wife
2001 · Movie
Titans
2000 · Series
Her Married Lover
1999 · Movie
Will & Grace
1998 · Series
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
1998 · Movie
The Adventures of Ragtime
1998 · Movie
Their Second Chance
1997 · Movie
Spin City
1996 · Series
Face of Evil
1996 · Movie
The Sentinel
1996 · Series
Hijacked: Flight 285
1996 · Movie
The Outer Limits
1995 · Series
Good King Wenceslas
1994 · Movie
She Led Two Lives
1994 · Movie
Burke's Law
1994 · Series
Jericho Fever
1993 · Movie
A Stranger in the Mirror
1993 · Movie
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993 · Series
The Trouble with Larry
1993 · Series
Almost Home
1993 · Series
A Cry in the Night
1992 · Movie
Melrose Place
1992 · Series
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1992 · Movie
The Torkelsons
1991 · Series
Switch
1991 · Movie
Only One Survived
1990 · Movie
Kaleidoscope
1990 · Movie
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990 · Series
The Knife and Gun Club
1990 · Movie
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
1989 · Movie
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Series
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988 · Movie
Disaster at Silo 7
1988 · Movie
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
1988 · Movie
Perfect People
1988 · Movie
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
1987 · Movie
I'll Take Manhattan
1987 · Series
Samson and Delilah
1986 · Movie
Stranded
1986 · Movie
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985 · Movie
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Movie
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
1984 · Movie
Riptide
1984 · Series
The Hasty Heart
1983 · Movie
The Hitchhiker
1983 · Series
The Clairvoyant
1982 · Movie
The Quest
1982 · Series
Class of 1984
1982 · Movie
Golden Gate
1981 · Movie
Inmates: A Love Story
1981 · Movie
City in Fear
1980 · Movie
The Last Convertible
1979 · Series
Search and Destroy
1979 · Movie
Love's Savage Fury
1979 · Movie
The Cracker Factory
1979 · Movie
A Different Story
1978 · Movie
The Choirboys
1977 · Movie
Aspen
1977 · Series
Bad
1977 · Movie
Captains and the Kings
1976 · Series
Lipstick
1976 · Movie
The Hemingway Play
1976 · Movie
Foster & Laurie
1975 · Movie
Mandingo
1975 · Movie
The Wild Party
1975 · Movie
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974 · Series
The Lords of Flatbush
1974 · Movie
The Deadly Visitor
1973 · Movie
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972 · Movie
Slaughterhouse-Five
1972 · Movie
Short Cut to Haifa
1972 · Movie
Cannon
1971 · Series
Medical Center
1969 · Series
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · Series
Happiness Isn't Everything
Series