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John Bennett Perry

Acting

Born January 4, 1941 · Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Also known as Johnathan Bennett Perry · جان بنت پری

Biography

John Bennett Perry (born January 4, 1941) is an American actor, singer and former model. He is the father of actor Matthew Perry.

Filmography39 titles

Friends

1994as Mr. Burgin

The West Wing

1999as Bill Wakefield

Scrubs

2001as Harrison

The Closer

2005as Walter Langner

Little House on the Prairie

1974as Russell Matthews

Veronica Mars

2004as Principal Alan Moorehead

Cold Case

2003as Al 'Baltimore Red' Soddenheim (2009)

Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy

2025as Self - Matthew's Father (archive footage)

Kung Fu

1972as Deputy Hank Archer

3rd Rock from the Sun

1996as Hamilton Bell

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Judge Perry Sillman

JAG

1995as Roland Sims

Magnum, P.I.

1980as Stephen Parker

Diagnosis: Murder

1993as Robert Brantigan

L.A. Law

1986as Richard Lauderbach

Hunter

1984as Steven Stag

S.W.A.T.

1975

Police Story

1973

Independence Day

1996as Secret Serviceman

Mannix

1967as Steve Walker

Renegade

1992

Coach

1989as Arthur Blackmore

Nash Bridges

1996as Frank Morgan

Midway

1976as ARM1c Walter G. Chochalousek

Fools Rush In

1997as Richard Whitman

7th Heaven

1996as Terry Richardson

The Love Boat

1977as George Washburn

Cheyenne

1955

The Evening Star

1996as Sitcom Parent

I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later

1985as Wes Morrison

George of the Jungle

1997as Arthur Stanhope

Only When I Laugh

1981as Actor (Lou)

Falcon Crest

1981as Sheriff Floyd Gilmore

The Sweetest Thing

2002as Judy's Father

Ground Control

1998as Senator Rutherford

Lipstick

1976as Martin McCormick

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

1981as Ranger Captain Dan Reid

Money on the Side

1982as Tom Westmore

The Last Fling

1987as Jason Elliot