Perry King

Perry Firestone King (born April 30, 1948) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles on television and in films. King received a Golden Globe nomination for his role in the television film The Hasty Heart (1983), which is a remake of the 1949 film of the same title. Early life King was born in Alliance, Ohio; his father was a physician. His maternal grandfather was Maxwell Perkins, an editor for the publishing house Charles Scribner's Sons. Through Perkins, King is descended from U.S. Senator William M. Evarts and from Roger Sherman, one of the signers of the Declaration of independence. King received a degree in drama from Yale University and also studied at Juilliard. Career King made his film debut, aged around 23, in the 1972 film Slaughterhouse-Five. In 1975, he portrayed Hammond Maxwell in Mandingo.