Perry Firestone King (born April 30, 1948) is an American actor. He is
best known for his role in the television series Riptide
(1984â€"1986).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 name.King was born in Alliance, Ohio; his father
was a physician. His maternal grandfather was Maxwell Perkins, a
well-known editor for the publishing house Charles Scribner's Sons.
Through Perkins, King is the great-great-grandson of U.S. Senator
William M. Evarts and the great-great-great-great-grandson of 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.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.
best known for his role in the television series Riptide
(1984â€"1986).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 name.King was born in Alliance, Ohio; his father
was a physician. His maternal grandfather was Maxwell Perkins, a
well-known editor for the publishing house Charles Scribner's Sons.
Through Perkins, King is the great-great-grandson of U.S. Senator
William M. Evarts and the great-great-great-great-grandson of 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.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.
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