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Perry King
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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 adaptat…
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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.
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Perry King's Filmography
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The Divide
as Sam Kincaid
My Saga
as Self
Eyewitness
as Sheriff Lee Decker
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
as Ran'l McCoy
Framed for Murder
as Jason
No Poster
Blood and Blackboards
Home for the Holidays
as Cooper
The Perfect Neighbor
as William Costigan
Stranger at the Door
as Greg Norris
The Day After Tomorrow
as President Blake
Another pretty face
The Perfect Wife
as Dr. Robert Steward
Her Married Lover
as Richard Mannhart
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
as Clint Barran
The Adventures of Ragtime
as Jerry Blue
Their Second Chance
Face of Evil
as Russell Polk
Hijacked: Flight 285
as Frank Leyton
Good King Wenceslas
as Tunna
She Led Two Lives
as Jeffrey Madison
Jericho Fever
as Michael Whitney
A Stranger in the Mirror
as Toby Temple
A Cry in the Night
as Erich
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
as Mark
Switch
as Steve Brooks
Only One Survived
as Philip Asherton
Kaleidoscope
as John Chapman
No Poster
The Knife and Gun Club
as Dr. Matt Haley
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
as Herbert 'Peter' Pulitzer
The Man Who Lived at the Ritz
as Philip Weber
Disaster at Silo 7
as Maj. Hicks
No Poster
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip
as Charles Stoker
Perfect People
as Ken Laxton
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
as Himself
Samson and Delilah
as Samson (voice)
No Poster
Stranded
as Nick MacKenzie
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
No Poster
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
as John Macy
No Poster
The Hasty Heart
as Yank
The Clairvoyant
as Paul 'Mac' McCormack
Class of 1984
as Andrew Norris
Golden Gate
as Jordan Kingsley
Inmates: A Love Story
as Roy Matson
City in Fear
as Lt. John Armstrong
Search and Destroy
as Kip Moore
Love's Savage Fury
as Col. Zachary Willis
The Cracker Factory
as Dr. Edwin Alexander
A Different Story
as Albert Walreavens
The Choirboys
as Baxter Slate
Bad
as L.T.
Lipstick
as Steve Edison
The Hemingway Play
as Hem
Foster & Laurie
as Rocco Laurie
Mandingo
as Hammond Maxwell
The Wild Party
as Dale Sword
The Lords of Flatbush
as Chico Tyrell
The Deadly Visitor
as Jamie
The Possession of Joel Delaney
as Joel Delaney
Slaughterhouse-Five
as Robert
Short Cut to Haifa
as Nephew Daniel