Gil Perkins
Acting
- Born:
- 1907-08-24
- Died:
- 1999-03-28
- Place of birth:
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Biography
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
Known For
Filmography
Raging Bull
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Walking Tall
What's Up, Doc?
Lost Flight
Here's Lucy
Mannix
Cimarron Strip
Mission: Impossible
Star Trek
Batman
Batman
Get Smart
Laredo
Lost in Space
The Great Race
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Kid Galahad
How the West Was Won
Pressure Point
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Virginian
Valley of the Dragons
The Alamo
Spartacus
Thriller
Mr. Lucky
Bonanza
Gunmen from Laredo
Black Saddle
77 Sunset Strip
Peter Gunn
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Violent Road
Teenage Monster
Baby Face Nelson
Perry Mason
Sugarfoot
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
The Tattered Dress
The Wings of Eagles
Teenage Thunder
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
I Died a Thousand Times
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Cheyenne
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Phenix City Story
The Prodigal
East of Eden
Lassie
I, the Jury
Hans Christian Andersen
Brave Warrior
Listen Judge
The Steel Fist
The Red Skelton Show
Roadblock
His Kind of Woman
The Adventures of Kit Carson
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Flame and the Arrow
Father of the Bride
The Lost Tribe
Kidnapped
The Three Musketeers
Hollow Triumph
Souvenirs of Death
The Black Widow
Desire Me
Twilight on the Rio Grande
Cloak and Dagger
Traffic with the Devil
The Fatal Witness
Arizona Trail
No Time for Love
Slightly Dangerous
The Big Street
The Magnificent Ambersons
Mrs. Miniver
Hellzapoppin'
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Riders of Death Valley
Wildcat Bus
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Blackmail
Second Fiddle
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Captains Courageous
Mummy's Boys
Mutiny on the Bounty
A Feather in Her Hat
The Nitwits
King Kong