Gil Perkins

Known for ActingBorn 1907-08-24Died 1999-03-28Melbourne, 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 BiographyRead more

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Jesse James Rides Again

The Delightful Rogue

Raging Bull

Star Trek

Get Smart

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Perry Mason

Mission: Impossible

Souvenirs of Death

G-Men Never Forget

Spartacus

What's Up, Doc?

East of Eden

Batman

The Red Skelton Show

King Kong

The Sand Pebbles

The Poseidon Adventure

Listen Judge

Lost in Space

The Killers

Captains Courageous

The Magnificent Ambersons

Mutiny on the Bounty

The Great Race

The Towering Inferno

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Alamo

77 Sunset Strip

Hellzapoppin'

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

How the West Was Won

Wanted: Dead or Alive

FM

The Beverly Hillbillies

Mrs. Miniver

Father of the Bride

Fort Apache

No Time for Love

Mannix

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Here's Lucy

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Framed

A Feather in Her Hat

Walking Tall

Dodge City

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp