90210 Wiki
Register
Advertisement
90210 Wiki

You gotta learn it all on your own. I really do believe that, you know, life is experiential. You gotta get out there and you gotta try it, and you gotta fail sometimes and, to get to any success you gotta fail a few times. So yeah, you gotta earn it
—Luke Perry[1]

Luke Perry was an American actor. Perry portrayed Dylan McKay on Beverly Hills, 90210.

Career[]

Perry landed the role of Ned Bates on daytime drama Loving before being cast in 1990 as guest star Dylan McKay FOX teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210. Audience response to Perry was so overwhelming that, by the time 90210 swung into its second season, he was not only one of the series' leading characters, but a full-fledged teen idol. Perry left 90210 in 1995 to pursue theatrical films and returned for the last two seasons of the series. From 2017-2019, Perry starred on CW teen drama Riverdale, as the father of Archie, Fred Andrews. Perry's final role will be in the 2019 Tarantino film, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, premiering August 2019.[2]

Private life[]

Perry sadly passed away on Monday, March 4, 2019, after suffering a stroke the Wednesday before.[3]

Quotes[]

...She’s a very big part of the success of this show. She taught me a lot. I’m glad she was my scene partner
—Perry about Doherty, at 2016 RewindCon
I think he was the most three-dimensional of all the characters. That’s not saying I did anything in particular, it was done on the page
—Perry on Dylan McKay[4]

Trivia[]

  • He was dyslexic[5]
  • Graduated high school in 1984 and was voted "Biggest Flirt" by his high school classmates.[6][7]
LukePerryinMemoriamattheendofBH90210TheReunion

Memorial at the end of The Reunion

BEHIND THE SCENES

Filmography[]

SELECTED
YEAR TITLE ROLE NOTES
2019 Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Wayne Maunder
2017—2019 Riverdale Fred Andrews Main role
46 episodes
2012—2013 Body of Proof Dr. Charlie Stafford 5 episodes
2007 John From Cincinnati Linc Stark Main role
10 episodes
2001—2002 Oz Reverend Jeremiah Cloutier Recurring
10 episodes
1997 The Fifth Element Billy
1990—1995; 1998—2000 Beverly Hills, 90210 Dylan McKay

Photos[]

Videos[]

Media[]

Luke Perry grows up (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • MARCH 1994)
WILD ABOUT PERRY (VANITY FAIR • JULY 1992)

Notes and references[]

Advertisement