John Bennett Perry (born January 4, 1941) is an American actor,
singer, and former model. He is the father of actor Matthew
Perry.Perry was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, the son of Maria
Schaefer-Bennett (1910â€"1970) and Alton L. Perry (1906â€"2003). He
attended college at St. Lawrence University, where he was a member of
Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He married twice. His first wife was
Suzanne Langford, a former press secretary to Canadian Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau, with whom he fathered Matthew Perry. Perry and
Langford divorced before Matthew's first birthday. He has a daughter,
Mia (Maria ) Perry, born 1982, with his second and current wife,
Debbie.Perry was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, the son of Maria
Schaefer-Bennett (1910â€"1970) and Alton L. Perry (1906â€"2003). He
attended college at St. Lawrence University, where he was a member of
Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He married twice. His first wife was
Suzanne Langford, a former press secretary to Canadian Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau, with whom he fathered Matthew Perry. Perry and
Langford divorced before Matthew's first birthday. He has a daughter,
Mia (Maria ) Perry, born 1982, with his second and current wife,
Debbie.His stage credit includes the 1967 musical Now Is the Time for
All Good Men.Perry is well-known for playing the clean-shaven "sailor"
in the Old Spice commercials of the 1970s and 1980s. He has appeared
in numerous films such as Lipstick (1976), Midway (1976), The Legend
of the Lone Ranger (1981), Only When I Laugh (1981), Independence Day
(1996) and George of the Jungle (1997), and television programs,
including The West Wing, L.A. Law, Days of Our Lives, Little House on
the Prairie, Centennial, 240-Robert, Nakia, Falcon Crest, Murder, She
Wrote, Diagnosis Murder, and Magnum, P.I.. He also portrayed General
Douglas MacArthur in the 1989 film Farewell to the King. John Bennett Perry Top Movies & Young Movies