Perry King
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.
92 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 92
The Mentalist
2008
Without a Trace
2002
Melrose Place
1992
Will & Grace
1998
Cold Case
2003
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Spin City
1996
Brothers and Sisters
2006
The Outer Limits
1995
Medical Center
1969
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Cannon
1971
Big Love
2006
Drop Dead Diva
2009
The Sentinel
1996
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
The Hitchhiker
1983
Burke's Law
1994
Eve
2003
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
The Torkelsons
1991
Riptide
1984
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993
Titans
2000
Captains and the Kings
1976
Mandingo
1975
Class of 1984
1982
Almost Home
1993
Eyewitness
2015
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Switch
1991
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974
Aspen
1977
Slaughterhouse-Five
1972
The Trouble with Larry
1993
The Last Convertible
1979
I'll Take Manhattan
1987
The Lords of Flatbush
1974
A Stranger in the Mirror
1993
The Quest
1982
Hijacked: Flight 285
1996
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
1984
Happiness Isn't Everything
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Lipstick
1976
The Perfect Wife
2001
The Choirboys
1977
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
2012
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972
Bad
1977
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1992
Her Married Lover
1999
City in Fear
1980
Golden Gate
1981
Framed for Murder
2007
The Cracker Factory
1979
Disaster at Silo 7
1988
The Wild Party
1975
Samson and Delilah
1986
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
1998
The Adventures of Ragtime
1998
The Perfect Neighbor
2005
Their Second Chance
1997
Love's Savage Fury
1979
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
1988
Home for the Holidays
2005
Kaleidoscope
1990
A Cry in the Night
1992
She Led Two Lives
1994
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
Inmates: A Love Story
1981
Perfect People
1988
The Clairvoyant
1982
Face of Evil
1996
The Divide
2018
Foster & Laurie
1975
Search and Destroy
1979
Jericho Fever
1993
Stranded
1986
Good King Wenceslas
1994
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
1989
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
Short Cut to Haifa
1972
The Hasty Heart
1983
Stranger at the Door
2004
The Hemingway Play
1976
The Knife and Gun Club
1990
Another pretty face
2002
Only One Survived
1990
The Deadly Visitor
1973
My Saga
2018
A Different Story
1978
Blood and Blackboards
2006