Perry King
Known for: Acting
Born: April 30, 1948
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
61 movies · 32 TV shows, newest first
6.4
The Divide
2018
NR
My Saga
2018
5.1
Eyewitness
2015
6.1
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
2012
7.7
Drop Dead Diva
2009
8.4
The Mentalist
2008
3.8
Framed for Murder
2007
7.1
Brothers and Sisters
2006
6.9
Big Love
2006NR
Blood and Blackboards
2006
6.1
Home for the Holidays
2005
5.6
The Perfect Neighbor
2005
5.2
Stranger at the Door
2004
6.6
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
7.7
Cold Case
2003
8.5
Eve
2003
7.2
Without a Trace
2002
4.7
Another pretty face
2002
4.8
The Perfect Wife
2001
5.7
Titans
2000
3.1
Her Married Lover
1999
6.9
Will & Grace
1998
9.3
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
1998
10.0
The Adventures of Ragtime
1998
5.3
Their Second Chance
1997
7.0
Spin City
1996
6.3
Face of Evil
1996
7.2
The Sentinel
1996
5.6
Hijacked: Flight 285
1996
7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
4.4
Good King Wenceslas
1994
4.8
She Led Two Lives
1994
6.8
Burke's Law
1994
6.0
Jericho Fever
1993
3.5
A Stranger in the Mirror
1993
8.0
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993
7.5
The Trouble with Larry
1993
6.3
Almost Home
1993
4.4
A Cry in the Night
1992
5.8
Melrose Place
1992
5.8
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1992
8.2
The Torkelsons
1991
5.9
Switch
1991
8.0
Only One Survived
1990
4.6
Kaleidoscope
1990
6.9
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
19904.3
The Knife and Gun Club
1990
3.7
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
1989
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
1989
4.3
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
7.3
Disaster at Silo 7
1988NR
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
1988
4.7
Perfect People
1988
7.0
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
1987
6.2
I'll Take Manhattan
1987
5.5
Samson and Delilah
19868.0
Stranded
1986
NR
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
6.8
Night of 100 Stars II
19857.0
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
1984
6.8
Riptide
19849.0
The Hasty Heart
1983
6.3
The Hitchhiker
1983
5.6
The Clairvoyant
1982
10.0
The Quest
1982
6.4
Class of 1984
1982
9.0
Golden Gate
1981
8.0
Inmates: A Love Story
1981
5.7
City in Fear
1980
8.0
The Last Convertible
1979
7.1
Search and Destroy
1979
5.3
Love's Savage Fury
1979
9.3
The Cracker Factory
1979
5.5
A Different Story
1978
5.4
The Choirboys
1977
8.0
Aspen
1977
6.5
Bad
1977
8.8
Captains and the Kings
1976
5.4
Lipstick
1976
7.0
The Hemingway Play
1976
8.5
Foster & Laurie
1975
6.6
Mandingo
1975
4.9
The Wild Party
1975
9.0
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974
5.8
The Lords of Flatbush
1974
6.4
The Deadly Visitor
1973
5.6
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972
6.5
Slaughterhouse-Five
1972
5.0
Short Cut to Haifa
1972
6.7
Cannon
1971
6.4
Medical Center
1969
7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968NR
Happiness Isn't Everything
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