Gil Perkins
Known for: Acting
Born: August 24, 1907
Died: March 28, 1999
Place of birth: 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
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Filmography
100 movies · 30 TV shows, newest first
7.9
Raging Bull
1980
6.8
FM
1978
6.0
Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976
6.6
Framed
1975
7.0
The Towering Inferno
1974
6.6
Walking Tall
1973
7.2
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
7.4
What's Up, Doc?
1972
4.3
Lost Flight
1970
5.7
The Wrecking Crew
1968
6.7
Here's Lucy
1968
6.8
Mannix
1967
5.7
Cimarron Strip
1967
7.2
The Sand Pebbles
1966
6.3
Hawaii
1966
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
8.0
Star Trek
1966
6.4
Batman
1966
7.3
Batman
1966
8.0
Get Smart
1965
6.4
Laredo
1965
7.3
Lost in Space
1965
7.1
The Great Race
1965
7.2
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
6.5
Twilight of Honor
1963
7.0
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
6.1
Kid Galahad
1962
7.0
How the West Was Won
1962
6.5
Pressure Point
1962
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.5
The Virginian
1962
5.6
Valley of the Dragons
1961
7.1
The Alamo
1960
7.5
Spartacus
1960
6.7
Thriller
1960
6.7
Mr. Lucky
1959
7.5
Bonanza
1959
5.4
Gunmen from Laredo
1959
6.2
Black Saddle
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.6
Peter Gunn
1958
7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
6.4
Violent Road
1958
3.9
Teenage Monster
1958
5.6
Baby Face Nelson
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
5.1
Sugarfoot
1957
6.8
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
6.0
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
1957
5.5
The Tattered Dress
1957
6.3
The Wings of Eagles
1957
6.0
Teenage Thunder
1957
6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
7.6
The Killing
1956
3.6
The Conqueror
1956
6.6
Guys and Dolls
1955
6.2
I Died a Thousand Times
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
6.2
Cheyenne
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.5
The Phenix City Story
1955
4.6
The Prodigal
1955
7.5
East of Eden
1955
6.3
Lassie
1954
5.9
I, the Jury
1953
6.2
Hans Christian Andersen
1952
4.9
Brave Warrior
1952
7.3
Listen Judge
1952
6.0
The Steel Fist
1952
5.4
Texas Carnival
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951
5.9
Roadblock
1951
6.8
His Kind of Woman
1951
6.0
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
5.3
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
6.1
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950
6.3
The Flame and the Arrow
1950
7.0
Father of the Bride
1950
6.7
Wagon Master
1950
6.9
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
6.0
Lust for Gold
1949
6.1
Neptune's Daughter
1949
5.8
The Lost Tribe
1949
6.7
Kidnapped
1948
6.8
The Three Musketeers
1948
6.6
Hollow Triumph
1948
7.3
Souvenirs of Death
1948
7.0
Fort Apache
1948
7.7
G-Men Never Forget
1948
5.3
The Black Widow
1947
6.5
Desire Me
1947
10.0
Jesse James Rides Again
1947
3.1
Twilight on the Rio Grande
1947
7.5
My Darling Clementine
1946
6.5
Cloak and Dagger
1946
6.3
Traffic with the Devil
1946
7.4
The Killers
1946
6.0
The Fatal Witness
1945
6.1
House of Frankenstein
1944
5.4
Arizona Trail
1943
7.0
No Time for Love
1943
6.0
Slightly Dangerous
1943
6.7
G-men vs. the Black Dragon
1943
5.8
The Big Street
1942
7.3
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942
7.1
Mrs. Miniver
1942
6.4
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
7.2
Hellzapoppin'
1941
6.7
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
6.5
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941
5.9
Whistling in the Dark
1941
6.8
Riders of Death Valley
1941
5.5
Wildcat Bus
1940
6.6
Northwest Passage
1940
6.0
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939
6.9
Blackmail
1939
5.1
Second Fiddle
1939
6.1
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
6.9
Dodge City
1939
7.4
Captains Courageous
1937
5.0
Mummy's Boys
1936
7.4
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
7.0
A Feather in Her Hat
1935
6.7
The Nitwits
1935
6.8
The Informer
1935
7.6
King Kong
1933
6.0
Doughboys
1930
9.0
The Delightful Rogue
1929
6.6
Spite Marriage
1929