Perry King

Known For: Acting
Born: April 30, 1948
Place of Birth: Alliance, Ohio, USA

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 Willia…

Filmography

The Divide

2018 · Sam Kincaid, Director

My Saga

2018 · Self

Eyewitness

2015 · Sheriff Lee Decker

Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood

2012 · Ran'l McCoy

Drop Dead Diva

2009 · Warren Persky

The Mentalist

2008 · Greg Bauer

Framed for Murder

2007 · Jason

Brothers and Sisters

2006 · Curtis Jones

Big Love

2006 · Congressman Clark Paley

Blood and Blackboards

Blood and Blackboards

2006

Home for the Holidays

2005 · Cooper

The Perfect Neighbor

2005 · William Costigan

Stranger at the Door

2004 · Greg Norris

The Day After Tomorrow

2004 · President Blake

Cold Case

2003 · Stan Williams

Eve

2003 · Jackson

Without a Trace

2002 · Walter Mulligan

Another pretty face

2002

The Perfect Wife

2001 · Dr. Robert Steward, Associate Producer

Titans

2000 · Richard Williams

Her Married Lover

1999 · Richard Mannhart

Will & Grace

1998 · John Marshall

The Cowboy and the Movie Star

1998 · Clint Barran

The Adventures of Ragtime

1998 · Jerry Blue

Their Second Chance

1997

Spin City

1996 · Tom Crandall

Face of Evil

1996 · Russell Polk

The Sentinel

1996 · William Ellison

Hijacked: Flight 285

1996 · Frank Leyton

The Outer Limits

1995 · Senator Richard Adams

Good King Wenceslas

1994 · Tunna

She Led Two Lives

1994 · Jeffrey Madison

Burke's Law

1994 · Richard Moss

Jericho Fever

1993 · Michael Whitney

A Stranger in the Mirror

1993 · Toby Temple

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron

1993 · Randall (voice)

The Trouble with Larry

1993 · Boyd Flatt

Almost Home

1993 · Brian Morgan

A Cry in the Night

1992 · Erich

Melrose Place

1992 · Hayley Armstrong

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

1992 · Mark

The Torkelsons

1991 · Brian Morgan

Switch

1991 · Steve Brooks

Only One Survived

1990 · Philip Asherton

Kaleidoscope

1990 · John Chapman

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

1990 · Jake (voice)

The Knife and Gun Club

The Knife and Gun Club

1990 · Dr. Matt Haley

Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer

1989 · Herbert 'Peter' Pulitzer

Tales from the Crypt

1989 · Roger

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

1988 · Philip Weber

Disaster at Silo 7

1988 · Maj. Hicks

Shakedown on the Sunset Strip

Shakedown on the Sunset Strip

1988 · Charles Stoker

Perfect People

1988 · Ken Laxton

It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration

It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration

1987 · Himself

I'll Take Manhattan

1987 · Cutter Amberville

Samson and Delilah

1986 · Samson (voice)

Stranded

1986 · Nick MacKenzie

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

1985

Night of 100 Stars II

1985 · Self

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues

1984 · John Macy

Riptide

1984 · Cody Allen

The Hasty Heart

The Hasty Heart

1983 · Yank

The Hitchhiker

1983 · Doug

The Clairvoyant

1982 · Paul 'Mac' McCormack

The Quest

1982

Class of 1984

1982 · Andrew Norris

Golden Gate

1981 · Jordan Kingsley

Inmates: A Love Story

1981 · Roy Matson

City in Fear

1980 · Lt. John Armstrong

The Last Convertible

1979 · Russ Currier

Search and Destroy

1979 · Kip Moore

Love's Savage Fury

1979 · Col. Zachary Willis

The Cracker Factory

1979 · Dr. Edwin Alexander

A Different Story

1978 · Albert Walreavens

The Choirboys

1977 · Baxter Slate

Aspen

1977 · Lee Bishop

Bad

1977 · L.T.

Captains and the Kings

1976 · Rory Armagh

Lipstick

1976 · Steve Edison

The Hemingway Play

1976 · Hem

Foster & Laurie

1975 · Rocco Laurie

Mandingo

1975 · Hammond Maxwell

The Wild Party

1975 · Dale Sword

The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

1974

The Lords of Flatbush

1974 · Chico Tyrell

The Deadly Visitor

1973 · Jamie

The Possession of Joel Delaney

1972 · Joel Delaney

Slaughterhouse-Five

1972 · Robert

Short Cut to Haifa

1972 · Nephew Daniel

Cannon

1971

Medical Center

1969

Hawaii Five-O

1968 · Rick, Jay Farraday

Happiness Isn't Everything

Happiness Isn't Everything

— · Commander Gower

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