Perry King
Acting
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.
The Divide
Sam Kincaid
My Saga
Self
Eyewitness
Sheriff Lee Decker
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
Ran'l McCoy
Framed for Murder
Jason
Blood and Blackboards
Home for the Holidays
Cooper
The Perfect Neighbor
William Costigan
Stranger at the Door
Greg Norris
The Day After Tomorrow
President Blake
Another pretty face
The Perfect Wife
Dr. Robert Steward
Her Married Lover
Richard Mannhart
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
Clint Barran
The Adventures of Ragtime
Jerry Blue
Their Second Chance
Face of Evil
Russell Polk
Hijacked: Flight 285
Frank Leyton
Good King Wenceslas
Tunna
She Led Two Lives
Jeffrey Madison
Jericho Fever
Michael Whitney
A Stranger in the Mirror
Toby Temple
A Cry in the Night
Erich
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Mark
Switch
Steve Brooks
Only One Survived
Philip Asherton
Kaleidoscope
John Chapman
The Knife and Gun Club
Dr. Matt Haley
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
Herbert 'Peter' Pulitzer
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
Philip Weber
Disaster at Silo 7
Maj. Hicks
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
Charles Stoker
Perfect People
Ken Laxton
Samson and Delilah
Samson (voice)
Stranded
Nick MacKenzie
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
John Macy
The Hasty Heart
Yank
The Clairvoyant
Paul 'Mac' McCormack
Class of 1984
Andrew Norris
Golden Gate
Jordan Kingsley
Inmates: A Love Story
Roy Matson
City in Fear
Lt. John Armstrong
Search and Destroy
Kip Moore
Love's Savage Fury
Col. Zachary Willis
The Cracker Factory
Dr. Edwin Alexander
A Different Story
Albert Walreavens
The Choirboys
Baxter Slate
Bad
L.T.
Lipstick
Steve Edison
The Hemingway Play
Hem
Foster & Laurie
Rocco Laurie
Mandingo
Hammond Maxwell
The Wild Party
Dale Sword
The Lords of Flatbush
Chico Tyrell
The Deadly Visitor
Jamie
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Joel Delaney
Slaughterhouse-Five
Robert
Short Cut to Haifa
Nephew Daniel