
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
Movies & web series
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Jesse James Rides Again
1947 · Movie
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The Delightful Rogue
1929 · Movie
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Raging Bull
1980 · Movie
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Star Trek
1966 · Series
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Get Smart
1965 · Series
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
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Perry Mason
1957 · Series
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Mission: Impossible
1966 · Series
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Souvenirs of Death
1948 · Movie
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G-Men Never Forget
1948 · Movie
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Spartacus
1960 · Movie
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What's Up, Doc?
1972 · Movie
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East of Eden
1955 · Movie
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Batman
1966 · Series
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The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Series
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King Kong
1933 · Movie
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The Sand Pebbles
1966 · Movie
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The Poseidon Adventure
1972 · Movie
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Listen Judge
1952 · Movie
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Lost in Space
1965 · Series
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The Killers
1946 · Movie
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Captains Courageous
1937 · Movie
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The Magnificent Ambersons
1942 · Movie
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Mutiny on the Bounty
1935 · Movie
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The Great Race
1965 · Movie
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The Towering Inferno
1974 · Movie
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Series
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The Alamo
1960 · Movie
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77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Series
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Hellzapoppin'
1941 · Movie
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Movie
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How the West Was Won
1962 · Movie
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Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Series
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FM
1978 · Movie
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The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Series
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Mrs. Miniver
1942 · Movie
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Father of the Bride
1950 · Movie
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Fort Apache
1948 · Movie
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No Time for Love
1943 · Movie
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Mannix
1967 · Series
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949 · Movie
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Here's Lucy
1968 · Series
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 · Series
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Framed
1975 · Movie
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A Feather in Her Hat
1935 · Movie
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Walking Tall
1973 · Movie
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Dodge City
1939 · Movie
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · Series