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.

Filmography (92 Appearances)

Happiness Isn't Everything

TBA

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

Brothers and Sisters

2006

Big Love

2006

Blood and Blackboards

2006

Home for the Holidays

2005

The Perfect Neighbor

2005

Stranger at the Door

2004

The Day After Tomorrow

2004

Cold Case

2003

Eve

2003

Without a Trace

2002

Another pretty face

2002

The Perfect Wife

2001

Titans

2000

Her Married Lover

1999

Will & Grace

1998

The Cowboy and the Movie Star

1998

The Adventures of Ragtime

1998

Their Second Chance

1997

Spin City

1996

Face of Evil

1996

The Sentinel

1996

Hijacked: Flight 285

1996

The Outer Limits

1995

Good King Wenceslas

1994

She Led Two Lives

1994

Burke's Law

1994

Jericho Fever

1993

A Stranger in the Mirror

1993

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron

1993

The Trouble with Larry

1993

Almost Home

1993

A Cry in the Night

1992

Melrose Place

1992

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

1992

The Torkelsons

1991

Switch

1991

Only One Survived

1990

Kaleidoscope

1990

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

1990

The Knife and Gun Club

1990

Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer

1989

Tales from the Crypt

1989

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

1988

Disaster at Silo 7

1988

Shakedown on the Sunset Strip

1988

Perfect People

1988

I'll Take Manhattan

1987

Samson and Delilah

1986

Stranded

1986

The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There

1985

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

1984

Riptide

1984

The Hasty Heart

1983

The Hitchhiker

1983

The Clairvoyant

1982

The Quest

1982

Class of 1984

1982

Golden Gate

1981

Inmates: A Love Story

1981

City in Fear

1980

The Last Convertible

1979

Search and Destroy

1979

Love's Savage Fury

1979

The Cracker Factory

1979

A Different Story

1978

The Choirboys

1977

Aspen

1977

Bad

1977

Captains and the Kings

1976

Lipstick

1976

The Hemingway Play

1976

Foster & Laurie

1975

Mandingo

1975

The Wild Party

1975

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

1974

The Lords of Flatbush

1974

The Deadly Visitor

1973

The Possession of Joel Delaney

1972

Slaughterhouse-Five

1972

Short Cut to Haifa

1972 Debut

Cannon

1971

Medical Center

1969

Hawaii Five-O

1968
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