Gil Perkins
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
ActingBirthday
August 24, 1907Deathday
March 28, 1999Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
99Place of birth
Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaAlso known as
Gilbert Perkins, Gilbert Vincent Perkins, Gilbert V. PerkinsCast credits
Batman
BluebeardMummy's Boys
Native CopNick Carter, Master Detective
Factory WorkmanSecond Fiddle
Studio GripTeenage Monster
Charles CannonValley of the Dragons
Tarn / DoctorThe Nitwits
Blackmail
Kearney - Oil Worker Blown Up (uncredited)Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Goebbels' Aide (uncredited)Traffic with the Devil
Irate Motorist, Honking Horn (uncredited)Spartacus
Slave Leader (uncredited)Captains Courageous
Crewman (uncredited)Mutiny on the Bounty
Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)Wildcat Bus
Wildcat Driver (uncredited)Twilight on the Rio Grande
RuraleBrave Warrior
English Lieutenant (as Gilbert V. Perkins)The Steel Fist
First Organizer (uncredited)Riders of Death Valley
FighterLost Flight
AustralianRoadblock
Patrolman (uncredited)Slightly Dangerous
- (uncredited)Crew credits
G-Men Never Forget
StuntsG-men vs. the Black Dragon
StuntsJesse James Rides Again
StuntsDodge City
StuntsRiders of Death Valley
StuntsThe Delightful Rogue
StuntsThe Killers
StuntsHis Kind of Woman
StuntsNeptune's Daughter
StuntsNorthwest Passage
StuntsHawaii
Stunt CoordinatorThe Informer
StuntsSpite Marriage
StuntsReap the Wild Wind
StuntsFramed
Stunt CoordinatorWhistling in the Dark
StuntsThe Big Street
StuntsI Died a Thousand Times
StuntsHollow Triumph
StuntsBathing Beauty
StuntsTwilight of Honor
Stunts