Perry King
Date of birth: 1948-04-30
Place of birth: Alliance, Ohio, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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.
Movie Credits
Switch
1991-05-10
Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he mak
Class of 1984
1982-08-20
Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are
Slaughterhouse-Five
1972-03-15
Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972-05-24
An upper-class Manhattan divorcee comes to believe that her brother is possessed by the spirit of a
Framed for Murder
2007-03-18
When a woman falsely accused of murdering her husband is released from prison after 8 years, she hir
Mandingo
1975-06-06
Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce
The Perfect Neighbor
2005-09-13
A disturbed new neighbor fixates on another woman's husband.
The Lords of Flatbush
1974-05-01
Set in 1958, the coming of age story follows four lower middle-class Brooklyn teenagers known as The
Bad
1977-05-04
Hazel runs a beauty salon out of her house, but makes extra money by providing ruthless women the op
The Choirboys
1977-12-23
A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in va
Home for the Holidays
2005-12-15
After their parents are killed in a terrible accident, the four McMurrin children live with their lo
City in Fear
1980-03-30
A psycho-on-the-loose story, about a burned-out newspaper columnist and his circulation-hungry publi
Search and Destroy
1979-07-05
The hunter becomes the prey as a Vietnam veteran (Perry King) tries to ferret out the real culprit a
Lipstick
1976-04-02
An aspiring avant-garde composer rapes a fashion model. When she takes him to court, she's slut-sham
Her Married Lover
1999-10-07
Film editor Katie and suspense novelist Richard share an erotically charged moment during a hostage
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
1984-04-23
Deafblind Helen Keller learned to communicate with the world through her teacher Annie Sullivan. The
Samson and Delilah
1986-12-30
From Hanna-Barbera's animated series depicting the tales of the bible, "Samson and Delilah" tells th
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
2012-06-05
In this bloody long-standing feud, two families seek vengeance against each other as they unmerciful
The Wild Party
1975-03-01
An aging silent movie comic star throws a lavish party to try and save his failing career.
Disaster at Silo 7
1988-11-27
During routine maintenance of a liquid-fuelled ICBM, the fuel tank is penetrated by a falling spanne
A Cry in the Night
1992-09-17
A divorced mother suspects that she and her two children may be in danger because of her insanely je
Kaleidoscope
1990-10-15
A family friend hires gumshoe John Chapman to find and reunite three sisters estranged by fate for 3
A Different Story
1978-05-10
A gay man and a lesbian enter into a marriage of convenience in order to prevent his deportation, an
The Perfect Wife
2001-05-21
When Leah's brother dies in a car accident, she vows revenge on the doc who failed to save him.
Stranger at the Door
2004-06-21
Katherine "Kathy" is happily married to businessman Greg Norris and lives in his beautiful home with
Face of Evil
1996-04-09
Using her girl-next-door looks to her advantage, Darcy Palmer is a calculating thief and murderer. A
Hijacked: Flight 285
1996-02-04
A convicted murderer is escorted by marshals on a regular flight from Phoenix to Dallas. Shortly aft
She Led Two Lives
1994-11-20
A married woman is reunited with her childhood sweetheart, and marries him too, forcing her to live
The Day After Tomorrow
2004-05-26
After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmen
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988-11-28
In this drama, an American art student is trapped amidst the political turmoil of war-torn Europe wh
Love's Savage Fury
1979-05-20
During the Civil War, a self-centered, young Southern belle tries to hold onto the family estate whe
The Adventures of Ragtime
1998-01-01
Ragtime is a miniature pet horse and the kids love him. But villains Sam and Lester think Ragtime ca
The Cracker Factory
1979-03-16
Drama depicting the problems of a suburban housewife suffering from fits of depression and alcoholis
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
1988-04-22
Ambitious police sergeant, Charles Stoker, takes on prostitution in 1948 Los Angeles to make a name
Night of 100 Stars II
1985-03-10
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a
Another pretty face
2002-06-20
Big Truck and Sister Clare
1972-01-01
A middle-aged truck driver travelling through the desert with his good-for-nothing nephew and a pret
The Hasty Heart
1983-12-01
In Burma on the penultimate day of World War II, Cameron Highlander Lachlan 'Lachie' MacLachlan is s
Stranded
1986-09-22
Loni Anderson and Perry King are stranded on a desert island.
Perfect People
1988-02-29
After many years of marriage Ken and Barbara decide to change their way of living radically. In orde
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
1989-10-16
When young Roxanne Ulrich (Chynna Phillips) meets wealthy charmer Herbert Pulitzer (Perry King) and
Good King Wenceslas
1994-11-26
Based upon the true story that inpired the Christmas carol about a young king's care for his people.
The Clairvoyant
1982-10-24
Two uneasy friends, a police officer and a TV talk show host, each pursue the mysterious "handcuff k
A Stranger in the Mirror
1993-10-24
A naive young woman arrives in Hollywood to become a star, but after she gets drugged and raped duri
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1992-03-26
An AIDS-stricken woman becomes a leader in the struggle to educate people about the disease and its
The Divide
2018-11-09
Set in drought-plagued Northern California in 1976, The Divide chronicles the story of Sam Kincaid (
My Saga
2018-06-13
Four years ago, Adam Harris was struck down with a brain tumour, an event that he was determined to
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
1998-06-07
Depressed at the thought of losing his family ranch to settle his divorce, cowboy Clint Brannan deci
The Deadly Visitor
1973-07-03
A writer who takes a room in a boarding house finds himself haunted by a menacing invisible presence
Jericho Fever
1993-12-16
A group of terrorists bomb peace negotiations in Mexico. One of the terrorists contracts a fever dis
Eyewitness
2015-09-05
A mother and daughter set out on a weekend river rafting retreat, only to encounter 3 escaped convic
Blood and Blackboards
2006-02-21
Director Mark L. Lestor, producer Merrie Lynn Ross and actor Perry King are interviewed about the ma
Inmates: A Love Story
1981-02-13
Accountant Roy is sentenced to prison because he cooked up balances. He hopes that his companions, w
Golden Gate
1981-09-25
A venerable San Francisco publishing family becomes embroiled in a bitter power struggle between the
The Knife and Gun Club
1990-07-30
Failed drama series pilot about events at a trauma center run by two doctors struggling to keep the
Foster & Laurie
1975-11-13
The story of two New York City police officers, one white and one black, their ambush and murder by
The Hemingway Play
1976-03-11
A novel portrait of author Ernest Hemingway, in which four versions of the man from different points
Only One Survived
1990-10-27
Four buddies set out on a three-week deep-sea fishing holiday in the Amazon and run into trouble.
Their Second Chance
1997-02-09
After nearly thirty years a mother and adopted daughter are reunited. Soon after, the biological fat
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985-09-16
The NBC All Star Hour (1985) was a one-hour primetime television special that brought together stars