Perry King

Personal Info

Birthday

April 30, 1948

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

Alliance, Ohio, USA

Perry King

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.

Known For

The Mentalist

Cold Case

Without a Trace

Brothers and Sisters

Hawaii Five-O

Melrose Place

Drop Dead Diva

Spin City

Filmography

2018
The Divide
as Sam Kincaid
My Saga
as Self
2015
Eyewitness
as Sheriff Lee Decker
2012
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
as Ran'l McCoy
2007
Framed for Murder
as Jason
2005
Home for the Holidays
as Cooper
The Perfect Neighbor
as William Costigan
2004
Stranger at the Door
as Greg Norris
The Day After Tomorrow
as President Blake
2001
The Perfect Wife
as Dr. Robert Steward
1999
Her Married Lover
as Richard Mannhart
1998
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
as Clint Barran
The Adventures of Ragtime
as Jerry Blue
1996
Face of Evil
as Russell Polk
Hijacked: Flight 285
as Frank Leyton
1994
Good King Wenceslas
as Tunna
She Led Two Lives
as Jeffrey Madison
1993
Jericho Fever
as Michael Whitney
A Stranger in the Mirror
as Toby Temple
1992
A Cry in the Night
as Erich
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
as Mark
1991
Switch
as Steve Brooks
1990
Only One Survived
as Philip Asherton
Kaleidoscope
as John Chapman
The Knife and Gun Club
as Dr. Matt Haley
1989
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
as Herbert 'Peter' Pulitzer
1988
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
as Philip Weber
Disaster at Silo 7
as Maj. Hicks
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
as Charles Stoker
Perfect People
as Ken Laxton
1986
Samson and Delilah
as Samson (voice)
Stranded
as Nick MacKenzie
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1984
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
as John Macy
1983
The Hasty Heart
as Yank
1982
The Clairvoyant
as Paul 'Mac' McCormack
Class of 1984
as Andrew Norris
1981
Golden Gate
as Jordan Kingsley
Inmates: A Love Story
as Roy Matson
1980
City in Fear
as Lt. John Armstrong
1979
Search and Destroy
as Kip Moore
Love's Savage Fury
as Col. Zachary Willis
The Cracker Factory
as Dr. Edwin Alexander
1978
A Different Story
as Albert Walreavens
1977
The Choirboys
as Baxter Slate
Bad
as L.T.
1976
Lipstick
as Steve Edison
The Hemingway Play
as Hem
1975
Foster & Laurie
as Rocco Laurie
Mandingo
as Hammond Maxwell
The Wild Party
as Dale Sword
1974
The Lords of Flatbush
as Chico Tyrell
1973
The Deadly Visitor
as Jamie
1972
The Possession of Joel Delaney
as Joel Delaney
Slaughterhouse-Five
as Robert
Big Truck and Sister Clare
as Nephew Daniel