Perry King

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1948-04-30 (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. 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 Ripti...

Acting

1991

Switch

as Steve Brooks

1982

Class of 1984

as Andrew Norris

1972

2007

1975

Mandingo

as Hammond Maxwell

2005

The Perfect Neighbor

as William Costigan

1974

The Lords of Flatbush

as Chico Tyrell

1977

Bad

as L.T.

1977

The Choirboys

as Baxter Slate

1980

City in Fear

as Lt. John Armstrong

1979

Search and Destroy

as Kip Moore

1976

Lipstick

as Steve Edison

1999

Her Married Lover

as Richard Mannhart

1986

Samson and Delilah

as Samson (voice)

1975

The Wild Party

as Dale Sword

1988

Disaster at Silo 7

as Maj. Hicks

1992

1990

Kaleidoscope

as John Chapman

1978

A Different Story

as Albert Walreavens

2001

The Perfect Wife

as Dr. Robert Steward

2004

Stranger at the Door

as Greg Norris

1996

Face of Evil

as Russell Polk

1996

Hijacked: Flight 285

as Frank Leyton

1994

She Led Two Lives

as Jeffrey Madison

2004

The Day After Tomorrow

as President Blake

1979

Love's Savage Fury

as Col. Zachary Willis

1998

1979

The Cracker Factory

as Dr. Edwin Alexander

2023

Sly

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1988

1972

1983

1986

Stranded

as Nick MacKenzie

1988

Perfect People

as Ken Laxton

1989

Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer

as Herbert 'Peter' Pulitzer

1982

The Clairvoyant

as Paul 'Mac' McCormack

1993

2018

The Divide

as Sam Kincaid

2018

My Saga

as Self

1973

1993

Jericho Fever

as Michael Whitney

2015

Eyewitness

as Sheriff Lee Decker

1981

1981

Golden Gate

as Jordan Kingsley

1990

The Knife and Gun Club

as Dr. Matt Haley

1975

Foster & Laurie

as Rocco Laurie

1990

Only One Survived

as Philip Asherton

Production

2001

The Perfect Wife

as Associate Producer

2018

The Divide

as Director

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