Gil Perkins
Acting • Born 1907-08-24 – Died 1999-03-28
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
Filmography
99 credits
I, the Jury
Movie • 1953
The Lost Tribe
Movie • 1949
Dojek
How the West Was Won
Movie • 1962
Henchman (uncredited)
Legal Ladies: Pioneers of Law
Movie • 2023
I Died a Thousand Times
Movie • 1955
Slim (uncredited)
Hollow Triumph
Movie • 1948
Stansyck Hood Who Jumps Big Boy (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
Movie • 1948
Felton (uncredited)
The Black Widow
Movie • 1947
Burke
Mrs. Miniver
Movie • 1942
Man in Tavern (uncredited)
Walking Tall
Movie • 1973
1st Bouncer
Violent Road
Movie • 1958
Sheriff Sam Vincent
Arizona Trail
Movie • 1943
The Tattered Dress
Movie • 1957
Juror (uncredited)
Pressure Point
Movie • 1962
Kid Galahad
Movie • 1962
Freddie (uncredited)
Gunmen from Laredo
Movie • 1959
Batman
Movie • 1966
Bluebeard
The Fatal Witness
Movie • 1945
Detective (uncredited)
Baby Face Nelson
Movie • 1957
Duncan
Valley of the Dragons
Movie • 1961
Tarn / Doctor
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Movie • 1939
Goebbels' Aide (uncredited)
Second Fiddle
Movie • 1939
Studio Grip
Teenage Monster
Movie • 1958
Charles Cannon
Traffic with the Devil
Movie • 1946
Irate Motorist, Honking Horn (uncredited)
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Movie • 1939
Factory Workman
Blackmail
Movie • 1939
Kearney - Oil Worker Blown Up (uncredited)
Mummy's Boys
Movie • 1936
Native Cop
The Nitwits
Movie • 1935
The Magnificent Ambersons
Movie • 1942
Citizen (uncredited)
East of Eden
Movie • 1955
Lettuce Truck Worker (uncredited)
Spartacus
Movie • 1960
Slave Leader (uncredited)
Raging Bull
Movie • 1980
Cornerman (uncredited)
Listen Judge
Movie • 1952
Officer Ryan (uncredited)
Captains Courageous
Movie • 1937
Crewman (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty
Movie • 1935
Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Wildcat Bus
Movie • 1940
Wildcat Driver (uncredited)
Twilight on the Rio Grande
Movie • 1947
Rurale
Brave Warrior
Movie • 1952
English Lieutenant (as Gilbert V. Perkins)
The Steel Fist
Movie • 1952
First Organizer (uncredited)
Riders of Death Valley
Movie • 1941
Fighter
Lost Flight
Movie • 1970
Australian
Roadblock
Movie • 1951
Patrolman (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
Movie • 1943
- (uncredited)
A Feather in Her Hat
Movie • 1935
Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Souvenirs of Death
Movie • 1948
Bouncer at Gambling House (uncredited)
Hellzapoppin'
Movie • 1941
Butler in Pool (uncredited)
King Kong
Movie • 1933
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Father of the Bride
Movie • 1950
Moving Man (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Movie • 1976
Carriage Driver
The Flame and the Arrow
Movie • 1950
Guard (uncredited)
Teenage Thunder
Movie • 1957
Sgt. Benson (as Gilbert Perkins)
Cloak and Dagger
Movie • 1946
Kidnapped
Movie • 1948
Sailor (uncredited)
The Big Street
Movie • 1942
Mug at Mindy's (uncredited)
What's Up, Doc?
Movie • 1972
Jones' Driver
His Kind of Woman
Movie • 1951
Seaman (uncredited)
No Time for Love
Movie • 1943
Diner at Pop Murphy's (uncredited)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie • 1941
Brawler (uncredited)
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
Movie • 1957
Ed Olsen (uncredited)
The Great Race
Movie • 1965
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
The Phenix City Story
Movie • 1955
Wilson's Henchman (uncredited)
The Alamo
Movie • 1960
Tennessean (uncredited)
The Prodigal
Movie • 1955
Citizen (uncredited)
Desire Me
Movie • 1947
Soldier (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Ranch Hand
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Stuntman #1
Batman
TV • 1966
Dicer
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Pool Man
Mannix
TV • 1967
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Watchman
Laredo
TV • 1965
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Bus Driver (uncredited)
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Whitey
Thriller
TV • 1960
Eddie
Peter Gunn
TV • 1958
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Dan Vale (uncredited)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951
Black Saddle
TV • 1959
Sgt. Moffat
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
Pete
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
U.S. Marshal
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Hooded Man
Thriller
TV • 1960
Mechanic
Lost in Space
TV • 1965
Convixt
Black Saddle
TV • 1959
Assailant
Batman
TV • 1966
Cauliflower
Batman
TV • 1966
Jury Foreman
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Russian Colonel
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Star Trek
TV • 1966
Slave #3 (uncredited)
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
Sam (uncredited)
Batman
TV • 1966
Henchman (uncredited)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Dr. Armand Warshowsky
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
Railroad Worker
Get Smart
TV • 1965
Waiter
Get Smart
TV • 1965
KAOS Agent (uncredited)
The Adventures of Kit Carson
TV • 1951
Gil
Get Smart
TV • 1965
Kane (uncredited)
Mr. Lucky
TV • 1959
Hood (uncredited)