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Also known as Coy Luther Perry III, Luke

American actor (1966–2019)

OverviewAI-generated

Luke Perry (1966–2019) was an American actor, voice actor, film producer, and model. Born Coy Luther Perry III in Mansfield, Ohio, he began his professional work in 1982. Perry was a left-handed male who resided in Los Angeles and Vanleer. He had two children.

Perry passed away on March 4, 2019, in Burbank due to a stroke. He was buried in Vanleer. His career spanned until his death in 2019.

Synthesized by Vinony from 42 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Firecrawl, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
9

Top works

  • Mormons in American Politics
  • Mitt Romney, Mormonism, and the 2012 Election
  • 2020 Presidential Election
  • 2020 Democratic Primary
  • The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas, Volume 14

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Mansfield, Ohio, USA

Coy Luther "Luke" Perry III (October 11, 1966 – March 4, 2019) was an American actor. He became a teen idol for playing Dylan McKay on the Fox television series Beverly Hills, 90210 from 1990 to 1995, and again from 1998 to 2000. Perry also starred as Fred Andrews on the CW series Riverdale. He had guest roles on shows such as Criminal Minds, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Simpsons, and…

Known for

  • A Love Letter To Making Movies — Self2020
  • You Cannot Kill David Arquette — Self (archive footage)2020
  • Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood — Wayne Maunder2019
  • Luke Perry: In His Own Words — Self (archive footage)2019
  • The Griddle House — Older Jack2018
  • John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs — Self2017
  • It's Gawd! — Jeffrey2017
  • Riverdale — Fred Andrews2017
  • Love in Paradise — Avery Ford2016
  • Race To Win — Gentry2016

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United States
Active from
1966
Active to
2019

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
729
Total plays
8,533

Tags

psych popexperimentalcalifornian palm beach visionshypnagogic popAlien Surf Rock

Luke Perry makes electronic psyche music, and uses many samples from movies and television shows of the 1980's and 90's. He makes up the other half of the group dANA. http://www.myspace.com/lukeperryfanclub <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Luke+Perry">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Luke Perry

Official website

The Official Luke Perry Website

lukeperry.com

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Encyclopedic overview

Coy Luther "Luke" Perry III (October 11, 1966 – March 4, 2019) was an American actor. He became a teen idol for playing Dylan McKay on the Fox television series Beverly Hills, 90210 from 1990 to 1995, and again from 1998 to 2000. Perry also starred as Fred Andrews on the CW series Riverdale. He had guest roles on shows such as Criminal Minds, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Simpsons, and Will & Grace, as well as a recurring role voicing Rick Jones in The Incredible Hulk (1996–1997) from Marvel Comics, and also appeared in various films, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), 8 Seconds (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), The Final Storm, The Beat Beneath My Feet (2015), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which was his final feature performance and earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. He died of a stroke on March 4, 2019, at the age of 52.

Early life

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