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Perry King
0.9 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.2
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sly
2023
6.0
Sam Kincaid
The Divide
2018
0.0
Self
My Saga
2018
5.1
Sheriff Lee Decker
Eyewitness
2015
6.1
Ran'l McCoy
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
2012
7.7
Warren Persky
Drop Dead Diva
2009
8.4
Greg Bauer
The Mentalist
2008
3.4
Jason
Framed for Murder
2007
7.1
Curtis Jones
Brothers and Sisters
2006
🎬
0.0
Blood and Blackboards
2006
Credits
Sly
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
7.2
The Divide
as Sam Kincaid
2018
6.0
My Saga
as Self
2018
0.0
Eyewitness
as Sheriff Lee Decker
2015
5.1
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
as Ran'l McCoy
2012
6.1
Drop Dead Diva
as Warren Persky
2009
7.7
The Mentalist
as Greg Bauer
2008
8.4
Framed for Murder
as Jason
2007
3.4
Brothers and Sisters
as Curtis Jones
2006
7.1
🎬
Blood and Blackboards
2006
0.0
Home for the Holidays
as Cooper
2005
5.9
The Perfect Neighbor
as William Costigan
2005
5.3
Stranger at the Door
as Greg Norris
2004
4.6
The Day After Tomorrow
as President Blake
2004
6.5
Cold Case
as Stan Williams
2003
7.8
Eve
as Jackson
2003
9.1
Without a Trace
as Walter Mulligan
2002
7.2
Another pretty face
2002
3.5
The Perfect Wife
as Dr. Robert Steward
2001
4.4
Titans
as Richard Williams
2000
5.6
Her Married Lover
as Richard Mannhart
1999
2.8
Will & Grace
as John Marshall
1998
6.8
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
as Clint Barran
1998
9.3
The Adventures of Ragtime
as Jerry Blue
1998
0.0
Their Second Chance
1997
3.0
Spin City
as Tom Crandall
1996
7.1
Face of Evil
as Russell Polk
1996
5.8
The Sentinel
as William Ellison
1996
7.1
Hijacked: Flight 285
as Frank Leyton
1996
5.3
The Outer Limits
as Senator Richard Adams
1995
7.7
Good King Wenceslas
as Tunna
1994
3.0
She Led Two Lives
as Jeffrey Madison
1994
4.0
Burke's Law
as Richard Moss
1994
6.7
Jericho Fever
as Michael Whitney
1993
5.0
A Stranger in the Mirror
as Toby Temple
1993
3.0
🎬
The Trouble with Larry
as Boyd Flatt
1993
6.0
Almost Home
as Brian Morgan
1993
5.5
A Cry in the Night
as Erich
1992
3.8
Melrose Place
as Hayley Armstrong
1992
5.9
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
as Mark
1992
5.4
The Torkelsons
as Brian Morgan
1991
7.8
Switch
as Steve Brooks
1991
5.9
Only One Survived
as Philip Asherton
1990
0.0
Kaleidoscope
as John Chapman
1990
4.8
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
as Ray (voice)
1990
6.8
🎬
The Knife and Gun Club
as Dr. Matt Haley
1990
0.0
Tales from the Crypt
as Roger
1989
8.0
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
as Herbert 'Peter' Pulitzer
1989
1.0
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
as Philip Weber
1988
4.0
Disaster at Silo 7
as Maj. Hicks
1988
6.3
🎬
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
as Charles Stoker
1988
0.0
Perfect People
as Ken Laxton
1988
4.2
I'll Take Manhattan
as Cutter Amberville
1987
5.8
Samson and Delilah
as Samson (voice)
1986
5.5
🎬
Stranded
as Nick MacKenzie
1986
6.0
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
🎬
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
as John Macy
1984
6.5
Riptide
as Cody Allen
1984
6.7
🎬
The Hasty Heart
as Yank
1983
0.0
The Hitchhiker
as Doug
1983
6.1
The Clairvoyant
as Paul 'Mac' McCormack
1982
5.3
The Quest
1982
0.0
Class of 1984
as Andrew Norris
1982
6.4
Golden Gate
as Jordan Kingsley
1981
0.0
Inmates: A Love Story
as Roy Matson
1981
0.0
City in Fear
as Lt. John Armstrong
1980
6.2
The Last Convertible
as Russ Currier
1979
0.0
Search and Destroy
as Kip Moore
1979
6.8
Love's Savage Fury
as Col. Zachary Willis
1979
4.3
The Cracker Factory
as Dr. Edwin Alexander
1979
9.5
A Different Story
as Albert Walreavens
1978
5.3
The Choirboys
as Baxter Slate
1977
5.3
Aspen
as Lee Bishop
1977
6.0
Bad
as L.T.
1977
6.3
Captains and the Kings
as Rory Armagh
1976
8.3
Lipstick
as Steve Edison
1976
5.2
The Hemingway Play
as Hem
1976
0.0
Foster & Laurie
as Rocco Laurie
1975
0.0
Mandingo
as Hammond Maxwell
1975
6.7
The Wild Party
as Dale Sword
1975
4.9
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974
0.0
The Lords of Flatbush
as Chico Tyrell
1974
5.7
The Deadly Visitor
as Jamie
1973
6.0
The Possession of Joel Delaney
as Joel Delaney
1972
5.6
Slaughterhouse-Five
as Robert
1972
6.5
Big Truck and Sister Clare
as Nephew Daniel
1972
5.0
Cannon
1971
6.5
Medical Center
1969
6.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Rick
1968
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Jay Farraday
1968
7.1
🎬
Happiness Isn't Everything
as Commander Gower
N/A
0.0