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Gil Perkins

Acting

🎂 1907-08-24

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

Cast credits(86)

Watchman

1957

Slave #3 (uncredited)

1966

Dicer

1966

Cauliflower

1966

Jury Foreman

1966

Ranch Hand

1955

Whitey

1962

Hooded Man

1962

1967

Russian Colonel

1966

U.S. Marshal

1956

Sam (uncredited)

1958

Pool Man

1962

1958

Stuntman #1

1968

Convixt

1965

1951

1958

Eddie

1960

Mechanic

1960

Pete

1957

1959

Dan Vale (uncredited)

1957

Bus Driver (uncredited)

1955

Sgt. Moffat

1959

Assailant

1959

1965

Cornerman (uncredited)

1980

Slave Leader (uncredited)

1960

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

1933

Bluebeard

1966

1951

Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)

1935

Henchman (uncredited)

1962

1943

1st Bouncer

1973

Wildcat Driver (uncredited)

1940

Lettuce Truck Worker (uncredited)

1955

Man in Tavern (uncredited)

1942

Crewman (uncredited)

1937

Charles Cannon

1958

Australian

1970

Dojek

1949

1946

Brawler (uncredited)

1941

Juror (uncredited)

1957

Jones' Driver

1972

- (uncredited)

1943

Rurale

1947

Felton (uncredited)

1948

Carriage Driver

1976

Citizen (uncredited)

1942

Duncan

1957

English Lieutenant (as Gilbert V. Perkins)

1952

1953

Moving Man (uncredited)

1950

Ticket Taker (uncredited)

1935

Seaman (uncredited)

1951

Patrolman (uncredited)

1951

Butler in Pool (uncredited)

1941

Slim (uncredited)

1955

Irate Motorist, Honking Horn (uncredited)

1946

Fighter

1941

First Organizer (uncredited)

1952

Freddie (uncredited)

1962

Ed Olsen (uncredited)

1957

Guard (uncredited)

1950

Tarn / Doctor

1961

Sheriff Sam Vincent

1958

Detective (uncredited)

1945

Studio Grip

1939

1962

2023

Bouncer at Gambling House (uncredited)

1948

Burke

1947

Mug at Mindy's (Uncredited)

1942

Sgt. Benson (as Gilbert Perkins)

1957

Factory Workman

1939

Stansyck Hood Who Jumps Big Boy (uncredited)

1948

Kearney - Oil Worker Blown Up (uncredited)

1939

Officer Ryan (uncredited)

1952

Goebbels' Aide (uncredited)

1939

Sailor (uncredited)

1948

Diner at Pop Murphy's (uncredited)

1943

1935

Native Cop

1936

Crew (47)