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.
Filmography (93)
The Divide
2018
My Saga
2018
Eyewitness
2015
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
2012
Drop Dead Diva
2009
The Mentalist
2008
Framed for Murder
2007
Blood and Blackboards
2006
Brothers and Sisters
2006
Big Love
2006
The Perfect Neighbor
2005
Home for the Holidays
2005
Stranger at the Door
2004
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
Cold Case
2003
Eve
2003
Another pretty face
2002
Without a Trace
2002
The Perfect Wife
2001
Titans
2000
Her Married Lover
1999
The Adventures of Ragtime
1998
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
1998
Will & Grace
1998
Their Second Chance
1997
Face of Evil
1996
Hijacked: Flight 285
1996
Spin City
1996
The Sentinel
1996
The Outer Limits
1995
She Led Two Lives
1994
Good King Wenceslas
1994
Burke's Law
1994
A Stranger in the Mirror
1993
Jericho Fever
1993
The Trouble with Larry
1993
Almost Home
1993
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993
A Cry in the Night
1992
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1992
Melrose Place
1992
Switch
1991
The Torkelsons
1991
Kaleidoscope
1990
The Knife and Gun Club
1990
Only One Survived
1990
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
1989
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Disaster at Silo 7
1988
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
1988
Perfect People
1988
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
1987
I'll Take Manhattan
1987
Samson and Delilah
1986
Stranded
1986
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
1984
Riptide
1984
The Hasty Heart
1983
The Hitchhiker
1983
Class of 1984
1982
The Clairvoyant
1982
The Quest
1982
Inmates: A Love Story
1981
Golden Gate
1981
City in Fear
1980
Search and Destroy
1979
Love's Savage Fury
1979
The Cracker Factory
1979
The Last Convertible
1979
A Different Story
1978
Bad
1977
The Choirboys
1977
Aspen
1977
Lipstick
1976
The Hemingway Play
1976
Captains and the Kings
1976
Mandingo
1975
The Wild Party
1975
Foster & Laurie
1975
The Lords of Flatbush
1974
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974
The Deadly Visitor
1973
Slaughterhouse-Five
1972
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972
Short Cut to Haifa
1972
Cannon
1971
Medical Center
1969
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Happiness Isn't Everything
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