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.
Switch
(Steve Brooks)
Class of 1984
(Andrew Norris)
Slaughterhouse-Five
(Robert)
The Possession of Joel Delaney
(Joel Delaney)
Framed for Murder
(Jason)
Mandingo
(Hammond Maxwell)
The Perfect Neighbor
(William Costigan)
The Lords of Flatbush
(Chico Tyrell)
Bad
(L.T.)
The Choirboys
(Baxter Slate)
Home for the Holidays
(Cooper)
City in Fear
(Lt. John Armstrong)
Search and Destroy
(Kip Moore)
Lipstick
(Steve Edison)
Her Married Lover
(Richard Mannhart)
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
(John Macy)
Samson and Delilah
(Samson (voice))
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
(Ran'l McCoy)
The Wild Party
(Dale Sword)
Disaster at Silo 7
(Maj. Hicks)
A Cry in the Night
(Erich)
Kaleidoscope
(John Chapman)
A Different Story
(Albert Walreavens)
The Perfect Wife
(Dr. Robert Steward)
Stranger at the Door
(Greg Norris)
Face of Evil
(Russell Polk)
Hijacked: Flight 285
(Frank Leyton)
She Led Two Lives
(Jeffrey Madison)
The Day After Tomorrow
(President Blake)
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
(Philip Weber)
Love's Savage Fury
(Col. Zachary Willis)
The Adventures of Ragtime
(Jerry Blue)
The Cracker Factory
(Dr. Edwin Alexander)
Sly
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
(Charles Stoker)
Night of 100 Stars II
(Self)
Another pretty face
Big Truck and Sister Clare
(Nephew Daniel)
The Hasty Heart
(Yank)
Stranded
(Nick MacKenzie)
Perfect People
(Ken Laxton)
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
(Herbert 'Peter' Pulitzer)
Good King Wenceslas
(Tunna)
The Clairvoyant
(Paul 'Mac' McCormack)
A Stranger in the Mirror
(Toby Temple)
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
(Mark)
The Divide
(Sam Kincaid)
My Saga
(Himself)
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
(Clint Barran)
The Deadly Visitor
(Jamie)
Jericho Fever
(Michael Whitney)
Eyewitness
(Sheriff Lee Decker)
Blood and Blackboards
Inmates: A Love Story
(Roy Matson)
Golden Gate
(Jordan Kingsley)
The Knife and Gun Club
(Dr. Matt Haley)
Foster & Laurie
(Rocco Laurie)
The Hemingway Play
(Hem)
Only One Survived
(Philip Asherton)
Titans
(Richard Williams)
Brothers and Sisters
(Curtis Jones)
Hawaii Five-O
(Rick)
Spin City
(Tom Crandall)
Cold Case
(Stan Williams)
Tales from the Crypt
(Roger)
Without a Trace
(Walter Mulligan)
Medical Center
Melrose Place
(Hayley Armstrong)
Cannon
Riptide
(Cody Allen)
Will & Grace
(John Marshall)
The Hitchhiker
(Doug)
I'll Take Manhattan
(Cutter Amberville)
Captains and the Kings
(Rory Armagh)
The Outer Limits
(Senator Richard Adams)
The Trouble with Larry
(Boyd Flatt)
The Quest
The Mentalist
(Greg Bauer)
Drop Dead Diva
(Warren Persky)
The Last Convertible
(Russ Currier)
Hawaii Five-O
(Jay Farraday)
The Lives of Benjamin Franklin
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
(Ray (voice))
Eve
(Jackson)
Burke's Law
(Richard Moss)
Happiness Isn't Everything
(Commander Gower)
The Torkelsons
(Brian Morgan)
Almost Home
(Brian Morgan)
The Sentinel
(William Ellison)
Aspen
(Lee Bishop)