Cast

Gil Perkins

Acting

Cast

Gil Perkins

Known for

Acting

Born

1907-08-24

From

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Died

1999-03-28

Also known as Gilbert Perkins, Gilbert Vincent Perkins, Gilbert V. Perkins

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

Gil Perkins

Gil Perkins

Biography

Spartacus

Raging Bull

King Kong

How the West Was Won

The Alamo

Batman

The Great Race

East of Eden

The Three Musketeers

Teenage Monster

Mutiny on the Bounty

What's Up, Doc?

Mrs. Miniver

Walking Tall

Father of the Bride

Desire Me

The Magnificent Ambersons

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

The Wings of Eagles

His Kind of Woman

Baby Face Nelson

The Tattered Dress

The Flame and the Arrow

I Died a Thousand Times

The Prodigal

Kid Galahad

The Big Street

Captains Courageous

Hans Christian Andersen

Hellzapoppin'

Pressure Point

Mummy's Boys

Hollow Triumph

The Phenix City Story

Valley of the Dragons

I, the Jury

No Time for Love

Sherlock Holmes in New York

Riders of Death Valley

Gunmen from Laredo

Second Fiddle

Brave Warrior

Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

Traffic with the Devil

Slightly Dangerous

Nick Carter, Master Detective

The Fatal Witness

Blackmail

Violent Road

A Feather in Her Hat

Roadblock

The Nitwits

The Black Widow

Teenage Thunder

Cloak and Dagger

Lost Flight

Kidnapped

Souvenirs of Death

Listen Judge

Twilight on the Rio Grande

Wildcat Bus

The Lost Tribe

The Steel Fist

Arizona Trail