Gil Perkins

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

91

Gender

Male

Birthday

1907-08-24

Day of death

1999-03-28 (91 years old)

Place of Birth

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Gil 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

Known For

  • Star Trek

    Star Trek

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Red Skelton Show

    The Red Skelton Show

  • Mannix

    Mannix

  • Batman

    Batman

  • Batman

    Batman

  • Batman

    Batman

  • Batman

    Batman

  • The Beverly Hillbillies

    The Beverly Hillbillies

  • Peter Gunn

    Peter Gunn

  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Get Smart

    Get Smart

  • Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

  • Here's Lucy

    Here's Lucy

  • Lost in Space

    Lost in Space

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • Sugarfoot

    Sugarfoot

  • Raging Bull

    Raging Bull

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Richard Diamond, Private Detective

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

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

  • How the West Was Won

    How the West Was Won

  • Laredo

    Laredo

  • The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

    The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

  • Spartacus

    Spartacus

  • Black Saddle

    Black Saddle

  • Black Saddle

    Black Saddle

  • East of Eden

    East of Eden

  • Arizona Trail

    Arizona Trail

  • The Phenix City Story

    The Phenix City Story

  • A Feather in Her Hat

    A Feather in Her Hat

  • Walking Tall

    Walking Tall

  • The Great Race

    The Great Race

  • Cloak and Dagger

    Cloak and Dagger

  • The Steel Fist

    The Steel Fist

  • King Kong

    King Kong

  • Mrs. Miniver

    Mrs. Miniver

  • The Lost Tribe

    The Lost Tribe

  • The Fatal Witness

    The Fatal Witness

  • Blackmail

    Blackmail

  • Batman

    Batman

  • Slightly Dangerous

    Slightly Dangerous

  • Second Fiddle

    Second Fiddle

  • Captains Courageous

    Captains Courageous

  • The Big Street

    The Big Street

  • The Three Musketeers

    The Three Musketeers

  • Hellzapoppin'

    Hellzapoppin'

  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

  • His Kind of Woman

    His Kind of Woman

  • Mutiny on the Bounty

    Mutiny on the Bounty

  • I, the Jury

    I, the Jury

  • Wildcat Bus

    Wildcat Bus

  • Kidnapped

    Kidnapped

  • The Flame and the Arrow

    The Flame and the Arrow

  • Riders of Death Valley

    Riders of Death Valley

  • Lost Flight

    Lost Flight

  • The Tattered Dress

    The Tattered Dress

  • The Black Widow

    The Black Widow

  • Sherlock Holmes in New York

    Sherlock Holmes in New York

  • Teenage Monster

    Teenage Monster

  • Kid Galahad

    Kid Galahad

  • I Died a Thousand Times

    I Died a Thousand Times

  • Brave Warrior

    Brave Warrior

  • What's Up, Doc?

    What's Up, Doc?

  • The Nitwits

    The Nitwits

  • No Time for Love

    No Time for Love

  • Nick Carter, Master Detective

    Nick Carter, Master Detective

  • Valley of the Dragons

    Valley of the Dragons

  • Father of the Bride

    Father of the Bride

  • Confessions of a Nazi Spy

    Confessions of a Nazi Spy

  • Hollow Triumph

    Hollow Triumph

  • Baby Face Nelson

    Baby Face Nelson

  • Roadblock

    Roadblock

  • Twilight on the Rio Grande

    Twilight on the Rio Grande

  • The Magnificent Ambersons

    The Magnificent Ambersons

  • Listen Judge

    Listen Judge

  • Souvenirs of Death

    Souvenirs of Death

  • Pressure Point

    Pressure Point

  • Mummy's Boys

    Mummy's Boys

  • Teenage Thunder

    Teenage Thunder

  • Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

    Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

  • Gunmen from Laredo

    Gunmen from Laredo

  • Traffic with the Devil

    Traffic with the Devil

  • Violent Road

    Violent Road

  • Legal Ladies: Pioneers of Law

    Legal Ladies: Pioneers of Law