
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.
Acting (53 movies)

Switch
1991

Class of 1984
1982

Slaughterhouse-Five
1972

The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972

Framed for Murder
2007

Mandingo
1975

The Perfect Neighbor
2005

The Lords of Flatbush
1974

Bad
1977

The Choirboys
1977

Home for the Holidays
2005

City in Fear
1980

Search and Destroy
1979

Lipstick
1976

Her Married Lover
1999

Samson and Delilah
1986

Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
2012

The Wild Party
1975

Disaster at Silo 7
1988

A Cry in the Night
1992

Kaleidoscope
1990

A Different Story
1978

The Perfect Wife
2001

Stranger at the Door
2004

Face of Evil
1996

Hijacked: Flight 285
1996

She Led Two Lives
1994

The Day After Tomorrow
2004

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988

Love's Savage Fury
1979

The Adventures of Ragtime
1998

The Cracker Factory
1979

Night of 100 Stars II
1985

Another pretty face
2002

Big Truck and Sister Clare
1972

Perfect People
1988

Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
1989

Good King Wenceslas
1994

The Clairvoyant
1982

A Stranger in the Mirror
1993

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1992

The Divide
2018

My Saga
2018

The Cowboy and the Movie Star
1998

The Deadly Visitor
1973

Jericho Fever
1993

Eyewitness
2015

Inmates: A Love Story
1981

Golden Gate
1981

Foster & Laurie
1975

The Hemingway Play
1976

Only One Survived
1990

Their Second Chance
1997
Directing (1 movie)
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