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