Gil Perkins
Acting
1907-08-24 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Gilbert Vincent Perkins (24 August 1907 – 28 March 1999) was an Australian film and television actor. A champion athlete and trackman in his native northern Australia, Gil Perkins always wanted to get into films; as a teenager he virtually ran away from home, taking a job as a deck hand on a Norwegian freighter. He eventually landed in Hollywood in the late '20s, during the era of part-silent, part-talkie movies, and (because his accent was mistaken for English) he played young Englishmen in some of his first films. He soon drifted into stuntwork, regularly doubling cowboy star William Boyd and putting a red toupee over his own blond hair to double 'Red Skelton', among others. Some of his most notable stunt jobs were in the sci-fi/horror field. He doubled star Bruce Cabotthroughout King Kong (1933), stood in for Spencer Tracy as Mr. Hyde in Dr. Jekyll et Mr. Hyde (1941) and replaced Bela Lugosi as the Monster in the climactic battle sequence of Frankenstein rencontre le loup-garou (1943). In addition to his feature films, Perkins turned up regularly in serials and on TV. On many occasions he worked with special effects and rigging departments, setting up large action scenes. By the 1960s he was doing more acting than stunts; he "officially" retired in 1972, although he took a number of subsequent jobs. - IMDb Mini Biography
Filmography
Raging Bull
1980 · Movie
FM
1978 · Movie
Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976 · Movie
Framed
1975 · Movie
The Towering Inferno
1974 · Movie
Walking Tall
1973 · Movie
The Poseidon Adventure
1972 · Movie
What's Up, Doc?
1972 · Movie
Lost Flight
1970 · Movie
The Wrecking Crew
1968 · Movie
Here's Lucy
1968 · Series
Mannix
1967 · Series
Cimarron Strip
1967 · Series
The Sand Pebbles
1966 · Movie
Hawaii
1966 · Movie
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Series
Star Trek
1966 · Series
Batman
1966 · Movie
Batman
1966 · Series
Get Smart
1965 · Series
Laredo
1965 · Series
Lost in Space
1965 · Series
The Great Race
1965 · Movie
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Series
Twilight of Honor
1963 · Movie
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Movie
Kid Galahad
1962 · Movie
How the West Was Won
1962 · Movie
Pressure Point
1962 · Movie
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Series
The Virginian
1962 · Series
Valley of the Dragons
1961 · Movie
The Alamo
1960 · Movie
Spartacus
1960 · Movie
Thriller
1960 · Series
Mr. Lucky
1959 · Series
Bonanza
1959 · Series
Gunmen from Laredo
1959 · Movie
Black Saddle
1959 · Series
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Series
Peter Gunn
1958 · Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Series
Violent Road
1958 · Movie
Teenage Monster
1958 · Movie
Baby Face Nelson
1957 · Movie
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Sugarfoot
1957 · Series
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 · Series
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957 · Movie
The Tattered Dress
1957 · Movie
The Wings of Eagles
1957 · Movie
Teenage Thunder
1957 · Movie
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · Movie
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Series
The Killing
1956 · Movie
The Conqueror
1956 · Movie
Guys and Dolls
1955 · Movie
I Died a Thousand Times
1955 · Movie
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
Cheyenne
1955 · Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · Series
The Phenix City Story
1955 · Movie
The Prodigal
1955 · Movie
East of Eden
1955 · Movie
Lassie
1954 · Series
I, the Jury
1953 · Movie
Hans Christian Andersen
1952 · Movie
Brave Warrior
1952 · Movie
Listen Judge
1952 · Movie
The Steel Fist
1952 · Movie
Texas Carnival
1951 · Movie
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Series
Roadblock
1951 · Movie
His Kind of Woman
1951 · Movie
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951 · Series
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951 · Series
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950 · Movie
The Flame and the Arrow
1950 · Movie
Father of the Bride
1950 · Movie
Wagon Master
1950 · Movie
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949 · Movie
Lust for Gold
1949 · Movie
Neptune's Daughter
1949 · Movie
The Lost Tribe
1949 · Movie
Kidnapped
1948 · Movie
The Three Musketeers
1948 · Movie
Hollow Triumph
1948 · Movie
Souvenirs of Death
1948 · Movie
Fort Apache
1948 · Movie
G-Men Never Forget
1948 · Movie
The Black Widow
1947 · Movie
Desire Me
1947 · Movie
Jesse James Rides Again
1947 · Movie
Twilight on the Rio Grande
1947 · Movie
My Darling Clementine
1946 · Movie
Cloak and Dagger
1946 · Movie
Traffic with the Devil
1946 · Movie
The Killers
1946 · Movie
The Fatal Witness
1945 · Movie
House of Frankenstein
1944 · Movie
Arizona Trail
1943 · Movie
No Time for Love
1943 · Movie
Slightly Dangerous
1943 · Movie
G-men vs. the Black Dragon
1943 · Movie
The Big Street
1942 · Movie
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942 · Movie
Mrs. Miniver
1942 · Movie
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 · Movie
Hellzapoppin'
1941 · Movie
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Movie
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941 · Movie
Whistling in the Dark
1941 · Movie
Riders of Death Valley
1941 · Movie
Wildcat Bus
1940 · Movie
Northwest Passage
1940 · Movie
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939 · Movie
Blackmail
1939 · Movie
Second Fiddle
1939 · Movie
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939 · Movie
Dodge City
1939 · Movie
Captains Courageous
1937 · Movie
Mummy's Boys
1936 · Movie
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935 · Movie
A Feather in Her Hat
1935 · Movie
The Nitwits
1935 · Movie
The Informer
1935 · Movie
King Kong
1933 · Movie
Doughboys
1930 · Movie
The Delightful Rogue
1929 · Movie
Spite Marriage
1929 · Movie