Perry King

Born: 1948-04-30

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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as President Blake
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After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his...

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Sly

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 2023-09-16

His love of film began as an escape from a rocky childhood. From underdog to Hollywood legend,...

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Switch

as Steve Brooks
Released: 1991-05-10

Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he...

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Class of 1984

as Andrew Norris
Released: 1982-08-20

Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There...

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Mandingo

as Hammond Maxwell
Released: 1975-06-06

Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and...

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The Lords of Flatbush

as Chico Tyrell
Released: 1974-05-01

Set in 1958, the coming of age story follows four lower middle-class Brooklyn teenagers known as...

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Slaughterhouse-Five

as Robert
Released: 1972-03-15

Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time,...

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Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood

as Ran'l McCoy
Released: 2012-06-05

In this bloody long-standing feud, two families seek vengeance against each other as they...

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Lipstick

as Steve Edison
Released: 1976-04-02

An aspiring avant-garde composer rapes a fashion model. When she takes him to court, she's...

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The Wild Party

as Dale Sword
Released: 1975-03-01

An aging silent movie comic star throws a lavish party to try and save his failing career.

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Bad

as L.T.
Released: 1977-05-04

Hazel runs a beauty salon out of her house, but makes extra money by providing ruthless women...

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Disaster at Silo 7

as Maj. Hicks
Released: 1988-11-27

During routine maintenance of a liquid-fuelled ICBM, the fuel tank is penetrated by a falling...

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Hijacked: Flight 285

as Frank Leyton
Released: 1996-02-04

A convicted murderer is escorted by marshals on a regular flight from Phoenix to Dallas. Shortly...

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Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

as Mark
Released: 1992-03-26

An AIDS-stricken woman becomes a leader in the struggle to educate people about the disease and...

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Face of Evil

as Russell Polk
Released: 1996-04-09

Using her girl-next-door looks to her advantage, Darcy Palmer is a calculating thief and...

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The Perfect Wife

as Dr. Robert Steward
Released: 2001-05-21

When Leah's brother dies in a car accident, she vows revenge on the doc who failed to save him.

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The Choirboys

as Baxter Slate
Released: 1977-12-23

A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging...

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Good King Wenceslas

as Tunna
Released: 1994-11-26

Based upon the true story that inpired the Christmas carol about a young king's care for his people.

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Home for the Holidays

as Cooper
Released: 2005-12-15

After their parents are killed in a terrible accident, the four McMurrin children live with...

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The Perfect Neighbor

as William Costigan
Released: 2005-09-13

A disturbed new neighbor fixates on another woman's husband.

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A Cry in the Night

as Erich
Released: 1992-09-17

A divorced mother suspects that she and her two children may be in danger because of her...

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Night of 100 Stars II

as Self
Released: 1985-03-10

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited...

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The Possession of Joel Delaney

as Joel Delaney
Released: 1972-05-24

Manhattan socialite begins to fear for her troubled younger brother when he starts behaving...

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Framed for Murder

as Jason
Released: 2007-03-18

When a woman falsely accused of murdering her husband is released from prison after 8 years, she...

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Stranger at the Door

as Greg Norris
Released: 2004-06-21

Katherine "Kathy" is happily married to businessman Greg Norris and lives in his beautiful home...

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The Adventures of Ragtime

as Jerry Blue
Released: 1998-01-01

Ragtime is a miniature pet horse and the kids love him. But villains Sam and Lester think...

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Her Married Lover

as Richard Mannhart
Released: 1999-10-07

Film editor Katie and suspense novelist Richard share an erotically charged moment during a...

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Eyewitness

as Sheriff Lee Decker
Released: 2015-09-05

A mother and daughter set out on a weekend river rafting retreat, only to encounter 3 escaped...

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She Led Two Lives

as Jeffrey Madison
Released: 1994-11-20

A married woman is reunited with her childhood sweetheart, and marries him too, forcing her to...

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Kaleidoscope

as John Chapman
Released: 1990-10-15

A family friend hires gumshoe John Chapman to find and reunite three sisters estranged by fate...

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The Cowboy and the Movie Star

as Clint Barran
Released: 1998-06-07

Depressed at the thought of losing his family ranch to settle his divorce, cowboy Clint Brannan...

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Samson and Delilah

as Samson (voice)
Released: 1986-12-30

From Hanna-Barbera's animated series depicting the tales of the bible, "Samson and Delilah"...

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A Stranger in the Mirror

as Toby Temple
Released: 1993-10-24

A naive young woman arrives in Hollywood to become a star, but after she gets drugged and raped...

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The Divide

as Sam Kincaid
Released: 2018-11-09

Set in drought-plagued Northern California in 1976, The Divide chronicles the story of Sam...

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The Clairvoyant

as Paul 'Mac' McCormack
Released: 1982-10-24

Two uneasy friends, a police officer and a TV talk show host, each pursue the mysterious...

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Golden Gate

as Jordan Kingsley
Released: 1981-09-25

A venerable San Francisco publishing family becomes embroiled in a bitter power struggle between...

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Perfect People

as Ken Laxton
Released: 1988-02-29

After many years of marriage Ken and Barbara decide to change their way of living radically. In...

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The Deadly Visitor

as Jamie
Released: 1973-07-03

A writer who takes a room in a boarding house finds himself haunted by a menacing invisible...

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My Saga

as Himself
Released: 2018-06-13

Four years ago, Adam Harris was struck down with a brain tumour, an event that he was determined...

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Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer

as Herbert 'Peter' Pulitzer
Released: 1989-01-01

When young Roxanne Ulrich (Chynna Phillips) meets wealthy charmer Herbert Pulitzer (Perry King)...

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A Different Story

as Albert Walreavens
Released: 1978-05-10

A gay man and a lesbian enter into a marriage of convenience in order to prevent his...

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Inmates: A Love Story

as Roy Matson
Released: 1981-02-13

Accountant Roy is sentenced to prison because he cooked up balances. He hopes that his...

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Only One Survived

as Philip Asherton
Released: 1990-10-27

Four buddies set out on a three-week deep-sea fishing holiday in the Amazon and run into trouble.

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Big Truck and Sister Clare

as Nephew Daniel
Released: 1972-01-01

A middle-aged truck driver travelling through the desert with his good-for-nothing nephew and a...

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City in Fear

as Lt. John Armstrong
Released: 1980-03-30

A psycho-on-the-loose story, about a burned-out newspaper columnist and his circulation-hungry...

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The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

as Philip Weber
Released: 1988-11-28

In this drama, an American art student is trapped amidst the political turmoil of war-torn...

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Search and Destroy

as Kip Moore
Released: 1979-07-05

The hunter becomes the prey as a Vietnam veteran (Perry King) tries to ferret out the real...

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Love's Savage Fury

as Col. Zachary Willis
Released: 1979-05-20

During the Civil War, a self-centered, young Southern belle tries to hold onto the family estate...

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The Cracker Factory

as Dr. Edwin Alexander
Released: 1979-03-16

Drama depicting the problems of a suburban housewife suffering from fits of depression and...

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Foster & Laurie

as Rocco Laurie
Released: 1975-11-13

The story of two New York City police officers, one white and one black, their ambush and murder...

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Jericho Fever

as Michael Whitney
Released: 1993-12-16

A group of terrorists bomb peace negotiations in Mexico. One of the terrorists contracts a fever...

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The Hemingway Play

as Hem
Released: 1976-03-11

A novel portrait of author Ernest Hemingway, in which four versions of the man from different...

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Another pretty face

as uncredited
Released: 2002-06-20

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The Mentalist

as Greg Bauer
First aired: 2008-09-23

Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and...

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Without a Trace

as Walter Mulligan
First aired: 2002-09-26

The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

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Cold Case

as Stan Williams
First aired: 2003-09-28

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned...

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Melrose Place

as Hayley Armstrong
First aired: 1992-07-08

Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose...

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Will & Grace

as John Marshall
First aired: 1998-09-21

Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement...

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Captain Planet and the Planeteers

as Ray (voice)
First aired: 1990-09-15

Eco-villains beware: Captain Planet is here to save the day! With the guidance of Gaia, five...

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Drop Dead Diva

as Warren Persky
First aired: 2009-07-12

A shallow model suddenly dies in an accident only to find her soul resurfacing in the body of a...

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Spin City

as Tom Crandall
First aired: 1996-09-17

Workaholic Mike Flaherty is the Deputy Mayor of New York City, serving as Mayor Randall...

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Hawaii Five-O

as Rick
First aired: 1968-09-20

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...

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Hawaii Five-O

as Jay Farraday
First aired: 1968-09-20

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...

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Brothers and Sisters

as Curtis Jones
First aired: 2006-09-24

The close-knit Walker family deals with struggles and triumphs.

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The Sentinel

as William Ellison
First aired: 1996-03-20

The Sentinel is a Canadian-produced television series. In the jungles of peru, the fight for...

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The Outer Limits

as Senator Richard Adams
First aired: 1995-03-26

Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end,...

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Cannon

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-09-14

Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26,...

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Medical Center

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-24

Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced...

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Tales from the Crypt

as Roger
First aired: 1989-06-10

Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and...

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The Hitchhiker

as Doug
First aired: 1983-11-01

A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes...

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Burke's Law

as Richard Moss
First aired: 1994-01-07

Burke's Law, a revival of the 1960s cop television series of the same name, aired on CBS from...

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Eve

as Jackson
First aired: 2003-09-15

Eve is an American sitcom starring Eve, Jason Winston George, Ali Landry, Natalie Desselle-Reid,...

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The Torkelsons

as Brian Morgan
First aired: 1991-09-21

Millicent Torkelson does what she can to hold her family together as it shrinks to just her and...

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Riptide

as Cody Allen
First aired: 1984-01-03

The cases of a private investigations agency run by two Vietnam War veterans and their computer...

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Almost Home

as Brian Morgan
First aired: 1993-02-06

Having a hard time making ends meet after her divorce, Millicent Torkelson moves her three...

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Titans

as Richard Williams
First aired: 2000-10-04

Titans is an American prime time soap opera that debuted on October 4, 2000 on NBC. Thirteen...

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Captains and the Kings

as Rory Armagh
First aired: 1976-09-30

Rags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant in late 1800s based on the novel by Taylor Caldwell.

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The Lives of Benjamin Franklin

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-11-21

Benjamin Franklin is a 1974 American television miniseries that chronicles the life of Benjamin...

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Aspen

as Lee Bishop
First aired: 1977-11-05

This sprawling miniseries details the trial of Lee Bishop, an Aspen man who was arrested, tried,...

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The Quest

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-10-22

The Quest is an American action/adventure television series that aired on ABC from October to...

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The Last Convertible

as Russ Currier
First aired: 1979-09-24

A star-laden adaptation of Anton Myrer's sprawling 1978 novel tracing the lives of five Harvard...

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I'll Take Manhattan

as Cutter Amberville
First aired: 1987-03-01

I'll Take Manhattan is a 1987 American television miniseries, adapted from Judith Krantz's novel...

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