Perry King
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-04-30
Place of Birth
Alliance, Ohio, USA
Perry King
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.
Also Known For
Switch
May 10, 1991
Class of 1984
Aug 20, 1982
Slaughterhouse-Five
Mar 15, 1972
The Possession of Joel Delaney
May 24, 1972
Framed for Murder
Mar 18, 2007
Mandingo
Jun 06, 1975
The Perfect Neighbor
Sep 13, 2005
The Lords of Flatbush
May 01, 1974
Bad
May 04, 1977
The Choirboys
Dec 23, 1977
Home for the Holidays
Dec 15, 2005
City in Fear
Mar 30, 1980
Search and Destroy
Jul 05, 1979
Lipstick
Apr 02, 1976
Her Married Lover
Oct 07, 1999
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
Apr 23, 1984
Samson and Delilah
Dec 30, 1986
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
Jun 05, 2012
The Wild Party
Mar 01, 1975
Disaster at Silo 7
Nov 27, 1988
A Cry in the Night
Sep 17, 1992
Kaleidoscope
Oct 15, 1990
A Different Story
May 10, 1978
The Perfect Wife
May 21, 2001
Stranger at the Door
Jun 21, 2004
Face of Evil
Apr 09, 1996
Hijacked: Flight 285
Feb 04, 1996
She Led Two Lives
Nov 20, 1994
The Day After Tomorrow
May 26, 2004
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Nov 28, 1988
Love's Savage Fury
May 20, 1979
The Adventures of Ragtime
Jan 01, 1998
The Cracker Factory
Mar 16, 1979
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
Apr 22, 1988
Night of 100 Stars II
Mar 10, 1985
Another pretty face
Jun 20, 2002
Big Truck and Sister Clare
Jan 01, 1972
The Hasty Heart
Dec 01, 1983
Stranded
Sep 22, 1986
Perfect People
Feb 29, 1988
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
Oct 16, 1989
Good King Wenceslas
Nov 26, 1994
The Clairvoyant
Oct 24, 1982
A Stranger in the Mirror
Oct 24, 1993
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Mar 26, 1992
The Divide
Nov 09, 2018
My Saga
Jun 13, 2018
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
Jun 07, 1998
The Deadly Visitor
Jul 03, 1973
Jericho Fever
Dec 16, 1993
Eyewitness
Sep 05, 2015
Blood and Blackboards
Feb 21, 2006
Inmates: A Love Story
Feb 13, 1981
Golden Gate
Sep 25, 1981
The Knife and Gun Club
Jul 30, 1990
Foster & Laurie
Nov 13, 1975
The Hemingway Play
Mar 11, 1976
Only One Survived
Oct 27, 1990
Their Second Chance
Feb 09, 1997
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
Sep 16, 1985
Titans
Oct 04, 2000
Brothers and Sisters
Sep 24, 2006
Hawaii Five-O
Sep 20, 1968
Spin City
Sep 17, 1996
Cold Case
Sep 28, 2003
Tales from the Crypt
Jun 10, 1989
Without a Trace
Sep 26, 2002
Medical Center
Sep 24, 1969
Melrose Place
Jul 08, 1992
Cannon
Sep 14, 1971
Riptide
Jan 03, 1984
Will & Grace
Sep 21, 1998
The Hitchhiker
Nov 23, 1983
I'll Take Manhattan
Mar 01, 1987
Captains and the Kings
Sep 30, 1976
The Outer Limits
Mar 26, 1995
The Trouble with Larry
Aug 25, 1993
The Quest
Oct 22, 1982
The Mentalist
Sep 23, 2008
Drop Dead Diva
Jul 12, 2009
The Last Convertible
Sep 24, 1979
Hawaii Five-O
Sep 20, 1968
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
Nov 21, 1974
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Sep 15, 1990
Eve
Sep 15, 2003
Burke's Law
Jan 07, 1994
Happiness Isn't Everything
The Torkelsons
Sep 21, 1991
Almost Home
Feb 06, 1993
The Sentinel
Mar 20, 1996
Aspen
Nov 05, 1977
