
Gil Perkins
Born: 1907-08-24
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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

Spartacus

The Phenix City Story

No Time for Love

Raging Bull

The Fatal Witness

King Kong

Slightly Dangerous

Batman

How the West Was Won

Brave Warrior

Captains Courageous

Walking Tall

Roadblock

The Steel Fist

East of Eden

Mutiny on the Bounty

The Great Race

The Nitwits

The Alamo

Hellzapoppin'

The Prodigal

Hollow Triumph

What's Up, Doc?

Kidnapped

The Black Widow

The Three Musketeers

Teenage Monster

His Kind of Woman

The Magnificent Ambersons

Mrs. Miniver

Traffic with the Devil

Father of the Bride

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Big Street

Cloak and Dagger

Twilight on the Rio Grande

Kid Galahad

I, the Jury

The Tattered Dress

Baby Face Nelson

Souvenirs of Death

The Flame and the Arrow

The Lost Tribe

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Sherlock Holmes in New York

Mummy's Boys

I Died a Thousand Times

Pressure Point

Gunmen from Laredo

Lost Flight

Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

Second Fiddle

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Blackmail

Arizona Trail

Valley of the Dragons

A Feather in Her Hat

Wildcat Bus

Violent Road

Riders of Death Valley

Listen Judge

Teenage Thunder
