Gil Perkins
Born
24 August 1907 (118)
Place of Birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Also known as
Gilbert Perkins, Gilbert Vincent 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 s...
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
Filmography (40)
Legal Ladies: Pioneers of Law
2023
Raging Bull
1980
Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976
Walking Tall
1973
What's Up, Doc?
1972
Lost Flight
1970
Batman
1966
The Great Race
1965
Kid Galahad
1962
How the West Was Won
1962
Pressure Point
1962
Valley of the Dragons
1961
The Alamo
1960
Spartacus
1960
Gunmen from Laredo
1959
Violent Road
1958
Teenage Monster
1958
Baby Face Nelson
1957
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957
The Tattered Dress
1957
Teenage Thunder
1957
I Died a Thousand Times
1955
The Phenix City Story
1955
The Prodigal
1955
East of Eden
1955
I, the Jury
1953
Brave Warrior
1952
Listen Judge
1952
The Steel Fist
1952
Roadblock
1951
His Kind of Woman
1951
The Flame and the Arrow
1950
Father of the Bride
1950
The Lost Tribe
1949
Kidnapped
1948
The Three Musketeers
1948
Hollow Triumph
1948
Souvenirs of Death
1948
The Black Widow
1947
Desire Me
1947