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 Mentalist
2008 · TV
Without a Trace
2002 · TV
Melrose Place
1992 · TV
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · TV
Cold Case
2003 · TV
Brothers and Sisters
2006 · TV
Will & Grace
1998 · TV
The Outer Limits
1995 · TV
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · TV
Spin City
1996 · TV
Drop Dead Diva
2009 · TV
Cannon
1971 · TV
Big Love
2006 · TV
The Hitchhiker
1983 · TV
The Sentinel
1996 · TV
Medical Center
1969 · TV
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1990 · TV
Eve
2003 · TV
Burke's Law
1994 · TV
The Day After Tomorrow
2004 · Movie
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993 · TV
The Torkelsons
1991 · TV
Riptide
1984 · TV
Mandingo
1975 · Movie
Titans
2000 · TV
Captains and the Kings
1976 · TV
Switch
1991 · Movie
Almost Home
1993 · TV
Class of 1984
1982 · Movie
Bad
1977 · Movie
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
1974 · TV
Aspen
1977 · TV
The Lords of Flatbush
1974 · Movie
Slaughterhouse-Five
1972 · Movie
The Trouble with Larry
1993 · TV
Short Cut to Haifa
1972 · Movie
The Last Convertible
1979 · TV
Lipstick
1976 · Movie
Her Married Lover
1999 · Movie
I'll Take Manhattan
1987 · TV
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Movie
The Quest
1982 · TV
Kaleidoscope
1990 · Movie
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985 · Movie
The Choirboys
1977 · Movie
A Stranger in the Mirror
1993 · Movie
The Clairvoyant
1982 · Movie
A Different Story
1978 · Movie
Hijacked: Flight 285
1996 · Movie
The Divide
2018 · Movie
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
2012 · Movie
Samson and Delilah
1986 · Movie
Home for the Holidays
2005 · Movie
The Perfect Wife
2001 · Movie
The Wild Party
1975 · Movie
Disaster at Silo 7
1988 · Movie
Love's Savage Fury
1979 · Movie
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972 · Movie
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
1989 · Movie
Only One Survived
1990 · Movie
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
1987 · Movie
The Adventures of Ragtime
1998 · Movie
A Cry in the Night
1992 · Movie
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
1988 · Movie
The Deadly Visitor
1973 · Movie
The Perfect Neighbor
2005 · Movie
Good King Wenceslas
1994 · Movie
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1992 · Movie
Eyewitness
2015 · Movie
The Hemingway Play
1976 · Movie
She Led Two Lives
1994 · Movie
Another pretty face
2002 · Movie
City in Fear
1980 · Movie
Search and Destroy
1979 · Movie
Face of Evil
1996 · Movie
The Cracker Factory
1979 · Movie
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
1998 · Movie
Inmates: A Love Story
1981 · Movie
Jericho Fever
1993 · Movie
Golden Gate
1981 · Movie
Perfect People
1988 · Movie
Foster & Laurie
1975 · Movie
Framed for Murder
2007 · Movie
Stranger at the Door
2004 · Movie
Their Second Chance
1997 · Movie
My Saga
2018 · Movie
