Perry King
Acting • Born 1948-04-30
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
92 credits
Switch
Movie • 1991
Steve Brooks
Class of 1984
Movie • 1982
Andrew Norris
Slaughterhouse-Five
Movie • 1972
Robert
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Movie • 1972
Joel Delaney
Framed for Murder
Movie • 2007
Jason
Mandingo
Movie • 1975
Hammond Maxwell
The Perfect Neighbor
Movie • 2005
William Costigan
The Lords of Flatbush
Movie • 1974
Chico Tyrell
Bad
Movie • 1977
L.T.
The Choirboys
Movie • 1977
Baxter Slate
Home for the Holidays
Movie • 2005
Cooper
City in Fear
Movie • 1980
Lt. John Armstrong
Search and Destroy
Movie • 1979
Kip Moore
Lipstick
Movie • 1976
Steve Edison
Her Married Lover
Movie • 1999
Richard Mannhart
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
Movie • 1984
John Macy
Samson and Delilah
Movie • 1986
Samson (voice)
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
Movie • 2012
Ran'l McCoy
The Wild Party
Movie • 1975
Dale Sword
Disaster at Silo 7
Movie • 1988
Maj. Hicks
A Cry in the Night
Movie • 1992
Erich
Kaleidoscope
Movie • 1990
John Chapman
A Different Story
Movie • 1978
Albert Walreavens
The Perfect Wife
Movie • 2001
Dr. Robert Steward
Stranger at the Door
Movie • 2004
Greg Norris
Face of Evil
Movie • 1996
Russell Polk
Hijacked: Flight 285
Movie • 1996
Frank Leyton
She Led Two Lives
Movie • 1994
Jeffrey Madison
The Day After Tomorrow
Movie • 2004
President Blake
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Movie • 1988
Philip Weber
Love's Savage Fury
Movie • 1979
Col. Zachary Willis
The Adventures of Ragtime
Movie • 1998
Jerry Blue
The Cracker Factory
Movie • 1979
Dr. Edwin Alexander
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
Movie • 1988
Charles Stoker
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self
Another pretty face
Movie • 2002
Short Cut to Haifa
Movie • 1972
Nephew Daniel
The Hasty Heart
Movie • 1983
Yank
Stranded
Movie • 1986
Nick MacKenzie
Perfect People
Movie • 1988
Ken Laxton
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
Movie • 1989
Herbert 'Peter' Pulitzer
Good King Wenceslas
Movie • 1994
Tunna
The Clairvoyant
Movie • 1982
Paul 'Mac' McCormack
A Stranger in the Mirror
Movie • 1993
Toby Temple
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Movie • 1992
Mark
The Divide
Movie • 2018
Sam Kincaid
My Saga
Movie • 2018
Self
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
Movie • 1998
Clint Barran
The Deadly Visitor
Movie • 1973
Jamie
Jericho Fever
Movie • 1993
Michael Whitney
Eyewitness
Movie • 2015
Sheriff Lee Decker
Blood and Blackboards
Movie • 2006
Inmates: A Love Story
Movie • 1981
Roy Matson
Golden Gate
Movie • 1981
Jordan Kingsley
The Knife and Gun Club
Movie • 1990
Dr. Matt Haley
Foster & Laurie
Movie • 1975
Rocco Laurie
The Hemingway Play
Movie • 1976
Hem
Only One Survived
Movie • 1990
Philip Asherton
Their Second Chance
Movie • 1997
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
Movie • 1985
Titans
TV • 2000
Richard Williams
Brothers and Sisters
TV • 2006
Curtis Jones
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Rick
Spin City
TV • 1996
Tom Crandall
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Stan Williams
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Roger
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Walter Mulligan
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Melrose Place
TV • 1992
Hayley Armstrong
Cannon
TV • 1971
Riptide
TV • 1984
Cody Allen
Will & Grace
TV • 1998
John Marshall
The Hitchhiker
TV • 1983
Doug
I'll Take Manhattan
TV • 1987
Cutter Amberville
Captains and the Kings
TV • 1976
Rory Armagh
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Senator Richard Adams
The Trouble with Larry
TV • 1993
Boyd Flatt
The Quest
TV • 1982
The Mentalist
TV • 2008
Greg Bauer
Drop Dead Diva
TV • 2009
Warren Persky
The Last Convertible
TV • 1979
Russ Currier
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Jay Farraday
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
TV • 1974
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
TV • 1990
Ray (voice)
Eve
TV • 2003
Jackson
Burke's Law
TV • 1994
Richard Moss
Happiness Isn't Everything
TV
Commander Gower
The Torkelsons
TV • 1991
Brian Morgan
Almost Home
TV • 1993
Brian Morgan
The Sentinel
TV • 1996
William Ellison
Aspen
TV • 1977
Lee Bishop
Big Love
TV • 2006
Congressman Clark Paley