Luke Perry
American actor (1966–2019)
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Key Takeaways
- Coy Luther " Luke " Perry III (October 11, 1966 – March 4, 2019) was an American actor.
- Perry also starred as Fred Andrews on the CW series Riverdale.
- Early life Coy Luther Perry III was born in Mansfield, Ohio, on October 11, 1966, the second of three children to Ann Perry, a homemaker, and Coy Luther Perry Jr.
- He had an older brother, Thomas Perry, and a younger sister, Amy Coder (née Perry).
- His father died of a heart attack in 1980.
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
Coy Luther Perry III was born in Mansfield, Ohio, on October 11, 1966, the second of three children to Ann Perry, a homemaker, and Coy Luther Perry Jr., a steelworker. He had an older brother, Thomas Perry, and a younger sister, Amy Coder (née Perry). His parents divorced in 1972. His father died of a heart attack in 1980. Perry was raised in Fredericktown, Ohio, and played the Freddie Bird, the school mascot for Fredericktown High School.
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