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Perry King

Perry King

Birthday: 1948-04-30 | Place of Birth: Alliance, Ohio, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2018
My Saga

as    Himself

2015
Eyewitness

as    Sheriff Lee Decker

2012
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood

as    Ran'l McCoy

2007
Framed for Murder

as    Jason

2005
Home for the Holidays

as    Cooper

2005
The Perfect Neighbor

as    William Costigan

2001
The Perfect Wife

as    Dr. Robert Steward

1999
Her Married Lover

as    Richard Mannhart

1998
The Adventures of Ragtime

as    Jerry Blue

1996
Hijacked: Flight 285

as    Frank Leyton

1996
Face of Evil

as    Russell Polk

1994
She Led Two Lives

as    Jeffrey Madison

1993
The Trouble with Larry

as    Boyd Flatt

1992
A Cry in the Night

as    Erich

1991
The Torkelsons

as    Brian Morgan

1991
Switch

as    Steve Brooks

1990
Kaleidoscope

as    John Chapman

1989
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer

as    Herbert 'Peter' Pulitzer

1988
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip

as    Charles Stoker

1988
Disaster at Silo 7

as    Maj. Hicks

1988
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

as    Philip Weber

1987
I'll Take Manhattan

as    Cutter Amberville

1984
Riptide

as    Cody Allen

1982
Class of 1984

as    Andrew Norris

1982
The Clairvoyant

as    Paul 'Mac' McCormack

1981
Search and Destroy

as    Kip Moore