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Perry King

Highest Rated: 82% Slaughterhouse Five (1972)

Lowest Rated: 18% Lipstick (1976)

Birthday: Apr 30, 1948

Birthplace: Alliance, Ohio, USA

With his handsome, square-jawed blond looks and patrician bearing, Perry King quickly landed leading roles in films and TV in the 1970s and 80s. As he aged, he gracefully made the transition to character roles, generally cast as villains or father figures. The grandson of famed book editor Maxwell Perkins, King attended prep school, earned an Ivy League education at Yale and received his acting training under John Houseman at Juilliard. After debuting on stage in the replacement cast of the Tony-winning drama "Child's Play" in 1971, he quickly landed supporting roles in two 1972 features: "Slaughterhouse-Five" cast him as the son of the main character while he was Shirley MacLaine's troubled younger brother in "The Possession of Joel Delaney." After creating a strong impression as the leather-jacketed suitor of Susan Blakely in "The Lords of Flatbush" (1974), he pursued a different career path from his co-stars Sylvester Stallone and Henry Winkler, spending most of the 70s and 80s as the romantic lead in countless TV-movies and miniseries like "Captains and the Kings" (NBC, 1976) and "The Last Convertible" (NBC, 1979). He eventually earned semi-stardom as co-star (with Joe Penney) of the adventure series "Riptide" (NBC, 1984-86).

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Highest rated movies

82% 68% Slaughterhouse Five
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68% 67% Class of 1984
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67% 66% Bad
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67% 41% The Lords of Flatbush
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45% 50% The Day After Tomorrow Watchlist
40% 38% The Choirboys
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15% The Wild Party
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38% 71% A Different Story
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29% 44% Switch
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29% 65% Mandingo
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 100% The Divide Sam Kincaid (Character),
Director
- 2018
No Score Yet 50% Eyewitness Sheriff Lee Decker (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 27% Hatfields & McCoys: Bad Blood Ran'l McCoy (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet 24% Framed for Murder Jason (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Home for the Holidays Jack Cooper (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 28% The Perfect Neighbor William Costigan (Character) - 2005
45% 50% The Day After Tomorrow President Blake (Character) $186.7M 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Stranger at the Door Greg Norris (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Discontents Unknown (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Another Pretty Face Michael Bennet (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 53% The Perfect Wife Dr. Robert Steward (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Clean Kill Richard Mannhart (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Cowboy and the Movie Star Clint Brannan (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Adventures of Ragtime Jerry Blue (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Their Second Chance Larry (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 0% Hijacked: Flight 285 Frank Leyton (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 38% Face of Evil Russell Polk (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Let It Be Me Unknown (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet She Led Two Lives Jeffrey Madison (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Good King Wenceslas Tunna (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jericho Fever Michael Whitney (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Stranger in the Mirror Toby Temple (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 91% Something to Live For: The Alison Gertz Story Mark (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Cry in the Night Erich (Character) - 1992
29% 44% Switch Steve Brooks (Character) $14.2M 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Only One Survived Phillip Asherton (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 85% Kaleidoscope John Chapman (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 0% Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer Herbert `'Peter'` Pulitzer (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perfect People Ken Laxton (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shakedown on the Sunset Strip Charles Stoker (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Disaster at Silo 7 Maj. Hicks (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stranded Nick MacKenzie (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hasty Heart Yank (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Riptide Cody Allen (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 60% Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues John Macy (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 22% The Clairvoyant Paul "Mac" McCormack (Character) - 1982
68% 67% Class of 1984 Andrew Norris (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Quest Dan Underwood (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 72% Search and Destroy Kip Moore (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Golden Gate Jordan Kingsley (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Inmates: A Love Story Roy Matson (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet City in Fear Lt. John Armstrong (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love's Savage Fury Col. Zachary Willis (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Cracker Factory Dr. Edwin Alexander (Character) - 1979
38% 71% A Different Story Albert Walreavens (Character) - 1978
40% 38% The Choirboys Baxter Slate (Character) - 1977
67% 66% Bad L.T. (Character) - 1977
18% 35% Lipstick Steve Edison (Character) - 1976
29% 65% Mandingo Hammond Maxwell (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 15% The Wild Party Dale Sword (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Foster and Laurie Rocco Laurie (Character) - 1975
67% 41% The Lords of Flatbush David `'Chico'` Tyrell (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Deadly Visitor Unknown (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet 35% The Possession of Joel Delaney Joel Delaney (Character) - 1972
82% 68% Slaughterhouse Five Robert Pilgrim (Character) - 1972

TV

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No Score Yet 90% The Mentalist Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
78% 60% Drop Dead Diva Warren Persky (Guest Star) 2011
79% 84% Brothers & Sisters Curtis Jones (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet 95% Cold Case Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet 75% Without a Trace Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet Eve Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
68% No Score Yet Spin City Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
30% No Score Yet Titans Richard Williams (Character) 2000
No Score Yet 88% Will & Grace John Marshall (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sentinel Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Melrose Place Hayley Armstrong (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet 78% The New Adventures of Captain Planet Logger (Guest Voice) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Outer Limits Senator Richard Adams (Character) 1995
43% No Score Yet Burke's Law Richard Moss (Guest Star) 1995
82% 90% Tales From the Crypt Unknown (Character) 1993
70% No Score Yet The Torkelsons Brian Morgan (Character) 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hitchhiker Unknown (Character) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Easy Street Unknown (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Riptide Cody Allen (Character) 1984-1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Aspen Unknown (Character) 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Apple's Way Jack Gale (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cannon Dr. Stephen Danver (Guest Star) 1974