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.
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Full Filmography
All Credits (86)
The Divide
as Sam Kincaid
My Saga
as Self
Eyewitness
as Sheriff Lee Decker
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
as Ran'l McCoy
Drop Dead Diva
as Warren Persky
The Mentalist
as Greg Bauer
Framed for Murder
as Jason
Brothers and Sisters
as Curtis Jones
Big Love
as Congressman Clark Paley
Home for the Holidays
as Cooper
The Perfect Neighbor
as William Costigan
Stranger at the Door
as Greg Norris
Cold Case
as Stan Williams
Eve
as Jackson
Without a Trace
as Walter Mulligan
Another pretty face
as Unknown
The Perfect Wife
as Dr. Robert Steward
Titans
as Richard Williams
Her Married Lover
as Richard Mannhart
Will & Grace
as John Marshall
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
as Clint Barran
The Adventures of Ragtime
as Jerry Blue
Their Second Chance
as Unknown
Spin City
as Tom Crandall
Face of Evil
as Russell Polk
The Sentinel
as William Ellison
Hijacked: Flight 285
as Frank Leyton
The Outer Limits
as Senator Richard Adams
Good King Wenceslas
as Tunna
She Led Two Lives
as Jeffrey Madison
Burke's Law
as Richard Moss
Jericho Fever
as Michael Whitney
A Stranger in the Mirror
as Toby Temple
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
as Randall (voice)
The Trouble with Larry
as Boyd Flatt
Almost Home
as Brian Morgan
A Cry in the Night
as Erich
Melrose Place
as Hayley Armstrong
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
as Mark
The Torkelsons
as Brian Morgan
Switch
as Steve Brooks
Only One Survived
as Philip Asherton
Kaleidoscope
as John Chapman
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
as Jake (voice)
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
as Herbert 'Peter' Pulitzer
Tales from the Crypt
as Roger
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
as Philip Weber
Disaster at Silo 7
as Maj. Hicks
Perfect People
as Ken Laxton
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
as Himself
I'll Take Manhattan
as Cutter Amberville
Samson and Delilah
as Samson (voice)
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
as Unknown
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
Riptide
as Cody Allen
The Hitchhiker
as Doug
The Clairvoyant
as Paul 'Mac' McCormack
The Quest
as Unknown
Class of 1984
as Andrew Norris
Golden Gate
as Jordan Kingsley
Inmates: A Love Story
as Roy Matson
City in Fear
as Lt. John Armstrong
The Last Convertible
as Russ Currier
Search and Destroy
as Kip Moore
Love's Savage Fury
as Col. Zachary Willis
The Cracker Factory
as Dr. Edwin Alexander
A Different Story
as Albert Walreavens
The Choirboys
as Baxter Slate
Aspen
as Lee Bishop
Bad
as L.T.
Captains and the Kings
as Rory Armagh
Lipstick
as Steve Edison
The Hemingway Play
as Hem
Foster & Laurie
as Rocco Laurie
Mandingo
as Hammond Maxwell
The Wild Party
as Dale Sword
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
as Unknown
The Lords of Flatbush
as Chico Tyrell
The Deadly Visitor
as Jamie
The Possession of Joel Delaney
as Joel Delaney
Slaughterhouse-Five
as Robert
Short Cut to Haifa
as Nephew Daniel
Cannon
as Unknown
Medical Center
as Unknown
Hawaii Five-O
as Rick
Hawaii Five-O
as Jay Farraday