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Perry King
Known for: ActingPerry 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.
Filmography 31
Riptide
as Cody Allen 
The Day After Tomorrow
as President Blake 
The Lords of Flatbush
as Chico Tyrell 
Mandingo
as Hammond Maxwell 
Class of 1984
as Andrew Norris 
Slaughterhouse-Five
as Robert 
Switch
as Steve Brooks 
Bad
as L.T. 
The Possession of Joel Delaney
as Joel Delaney 
The Perfect Wife
as Dr. Robert Steward 
The Choirboys
as Baxter Slate 
Lipstick
as Steve Edison 
The Clairvoyant
as Paul 'Mac' McCormack 
Her Married Lover
as Richard Mannhart 
A Cry in the Night
as Erich 
Hijacked: Flight 285
as Frank Leyton 
The Adventures of Ragtime
as Jerry Blue 
Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
as Ran'l McCoy 
Perfect People
as Ken Laxton 
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
as Herbert 'Peter' Pulitzer 
A Different Story
as Albert Walreavens 
She Led Two Lives
as Jeffrey Madison 
The Divide
as Sam Kincaid 
The Perfect Neighbor
as William Costigan 
Home for the Holidays
as Cooper 
Eyewitness
as Sheriff Lee Decker 
The Cracker Factory
as Dr. Edwin Alexander 
The Cowboy and the Movie Star
as Clint Barran 
Face of Evil
as Russell Polk 
Stranger at the Door
as Greg Norris 
The Wild Party
as Dale Sword