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John Bennett Perry
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John Bennett Perry

Born 1941 · Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA · Active 1954–2025

John Bennett Perry, born in 1941, is an American actor known for his roles in cult cinema. He appears in Lipstick (1976) as a key figure in the film's exploration of personal conflict and societal issues. His performance in Money on the Side (1982) further highlights his ability to navigate complex narratives within the exploitation genre. With a career that spans various forms of entertainment, Perry's contributions to these films resonate within the realm of cult and grindhouse cinema.

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Money on the Side

Money on the Side

1982 ★ 6.0
as Tom Westmore

Feast your eyes on a hairspray and shoulderpads morality tale from the early 80’s – like an after school special for bored horny housewives. Linda Purl spends all day eating chocolates and all night being berated by her physically abusive hubby Gary Graham who’s going to be laid off from the factory soon – so she decides to make a few extra bucks for the family by becoming a whore. Karen Valentine has a retarded son and her hard-working hubby Richard Masur refuses to acknowledge the kid is one sandwich short of a picnic so she has to look elsewhere for the extra money she needs to send him to a special school – you guessed it she’s going pro too! And Jamie Lee Curtis is married to an alcoholic gambler who keeps pissing away their life savings and crashing their uninsured cars – so she of course decides to sell her ass as well. If all that wasn’t reason enough to watch then let me add that the hard-nosed copper out to bust this ring of hooker housewives is none other than Doc Emmett Brown himself; Christopher Lloyd, and he really has a gripe with these skanky hos for some reason – he even browbeats one of em into committing suicide! Also look out for BSG’s President Laura Roslin; Mary McDonnell as a sleazy slag trolling hotel bars for johns who ends up getting raped and beaten by a furtive pervert that is stalking the local hooker community.

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Filmography

75 credits
2020s 1 credit
2025
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy as Self - Matthew's Father (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.7
2000s 10 credits
2008
Loaded as Evan Price
Movie ★ 4.5
2007
Agenda as John Linney
Movie
2006
Pepper Dennis as Mr. Meryl
TV ★ 5.9
2005
TV ★ 9.1
2005
The Closer as Walter Langner
TV ★ 7.9
2004
Veronica Mars as Principal Alan Moorehead
TV ★ 7.8
2003
Threat Matrix as Senator Otto
TV ★ 6.1
2003
Cold Case as Al 'Baltimore Red' Soddenheim (2009)
TV ★ 7.8
2002
The Sweetest Thing as Judy's Father
Movie ★ 5.6
2001
Scrubs as Harrison
TV ★ 8.2
1990s 24 credits
1999
Providence as Charles Frank
TV ★ 6.7
1999
Family Law as Senator Harlan Bell
TV ★ 8.1
1999
The West Wing as Bill Wakefield
TV ★ 8.3
1998
Ground Control as Senator Rutherford
Movie ★ 5.6
1998
Safety Patrol! as Mr. Zapruder
Movie ★ 4.8
1998
Crossing Paths as Bob Miano
Movie ★ 3.8
1998
Air America as Frank Arnett
TV ★ 5.8
1998
The Army Show as Nelson Caeser
TV ★ 6.0
1997
George of the Jungle as Arthur Stanhope
Movie ★ 5.7
1997
Fools Rush In as Richard Whitman
Movie ★ 6.5
1997
TV ★ 6.8
1997
Veronica's Closet as Byron Blair
TV ★ 5.4
1996
Independence Day as Secret Serviceman
Movie ★ 6.9
1996
The Evening Star as Sitcom Parent
Movie ★ 6.0
1996
7th Heaven as Terry Richardson
TV ★ 6.4
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun as Hamilton Bell
TV ★ 7.5
1996
Nash Bridges as Frank Morgan
TV ★ 6.6
1995
Eye of the Stalker as Duncan Emerson
Movie ★ 7.8
1995
JAG as Roland Sims
TV ★ 7.3
1994
Friends as Mr. Burgin
TV ★ 8.4
1993
Diagnosis: Murder as Robert Brantigan
TV ★ 7.1
1993
Home Free as Judge Cavanaugh
TV ★ 6.5
1992
Secrets as Dan Adams
Movie ★ 5.0
1992
TV ★ 6.7
1980s 29 credits
1989
Farewell to the King as Gen. MacArthur
Movie ★ 6.0
1989
She Knows Too Much as Matthew Bream
Movie ★ 7.5
1989
Coach as Arthur Blackmore
TV ★ 6.7
1988
Nightingales as Dr. Roger Trainor
Movie
1987
The Last Fling as Jason Elliot
Movie ★ 4.5
1987
Independence as Sheriff
Movie
1987
Poker Alice as Frank Hartwell
Movie ★ 6.9
1986
The Ice Man Hummeth as Hockey Player
Movie ★ 10.0
1986
L.A. Law as Richard Lauderbach
TV ★ 7.1
1986
TV ★ 6.3
1985
Movie ★ 5.8
1985
The Other Lover as Peter Fielding
Movie ★ 5.2
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Judge Perry Sillman
TV ★ 7.5
1984
Paper Dolls as Michael Caswell
TV ★ 6.0
1984
Hunter as Steven Stag
TV ★ 7.1
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Dan Remsen
TV ★ 7.5
1984
The Duck Factory as Brett Higgens
TV ★ 6.1
1983
Movie ★ 7.0
1983
TV ★ 8.0
1983
TV ★ 7.0
1982
Money on the Side as Tom Westmore
Movie ★ 4.8
1982
Movie ★ 4.5
1982
TV ★ 6.8
1982
TV ★ 6.0
1981
Only When I Laugh as Actor (Lou)
Movie ★ 5.7
1981
The Legend of the Lone Ranger as Ranger Captain Dan Reid
Movie ★ 5.0
1981
Movie ★ 8.0
1981
Falcon Crest as Sheriff Floyd Gilmore
TV ★ 5.7
1980
Magnum, P.I. as Stephen Parker
TV ★ 7.3
1970s 8 credits
1979
240-Robert as Trap Applegate
TV ★ 6.8
1977
The Love Boat as George Washburn
TV ★ 6.3
1976
Midway as ARM1c Walter G. Chochalousek
Movie ★ 6.6
1976
Lipstick as Martin McCormick
Movie ★ 5.3
1975
TV ★ 7.1
1974
Little House on the Prairie as Russell Matthews
TV ★ 7.9
1973
TV ★ 7.0
1972
Kung Fu as Deputy Hank Archer
TV ★ 7.7
1960s 1 credit
1967
Mannix as Steve Walker
TV ★ 6.8
1950s 2 credits
1955
TV ★ 6.1
1954
TV ★ 7.9