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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 24, 1907
Died
March 28, 1999
Place of Birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Also Known As
- Gilbert Perkins
- Gilbert Vincent Perkins
- Gilbert V. Perkins
Gil Perkins
0.6 Popularity
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
0.0
Legal Ladies: Pioneers of Law
2023
7.9
Cornerman (uncredited)
Raging Bull
1980
5.8
Carriage Driver
Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976
6.6
1st Bouncer
Walking Tall
1973
7.4
Jones' Driver
What's Up, Doc?
1972
3.7
Australian
Lost Flight
1970
6.7
Stuntman #1
Here's Lucy
1968
6.7
Mannix
1967
7.6
Russian Colonel
Mission: Impossible
1966
8.0
Slave #3 (uncredited)
Star Trek
1966
Credits
Legal Ladies: Pioneers of Law
2023
0.0
Raging Bull
as Cornerman (uncredited)
1980
7.9
Sherlock Holmes in New York
as Carriage Driver
1976
5.8
Walking Tall
as 1st Bouncer
1973
6.6
What's Up, Doc?
as Jones' Driver
1972
7.4
Lost Flight
as Australian
1970
3.7
Here's Lucy
as Stuntman #1
1968
6.7
Mannix
1967
6.7
Mission: Impossible
as Russian Colonel
1966
7.6
Star Trek
as Slave #3 (uncredited)
1966
8.0
Batman
as Bluebeard
1966
6.4
Batman
as Dicer
1966
7.3
Batman
as Cauliflower
1966
7.3
Batman
as Jury Foreman
1966
7.3
Laredo
1965
6.3
Lost in Space
as Convixt
1965
7.1
Kid Galahad
as Freddie (uncredited)
1962
6.1
How the West Was Won
as Henchman (uncredited)
1962
7.0
Pressure Point
1962
6.6
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Pool Man
1962
6.8
The Virginian
as Whitey
1962
6.5
The Virginian
as Hooded Man
1962
6.5
Valley of the Dragons
as Tarn / Doctor
1961
5.5
Spartacus
as Slave Leader (uncredited)
1960
7.5
Thriller
as Eddie
1960
6.4
Thriller
as Mechanic
1960
6.4
Gunmen from Laredo
1959
4.7
Black Saddle
as Sgt. Moffat
1959
6.0
Black Saddle
as Assailant
1959
6.0
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
Peter Gunn
1958
6.5
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Sam (uncredited)
1958
6.9
Violent Road
as Sheriff Sam Vincent
1958
6.0
Teenage Monster
as Charles Cannon
1958
2.7
Baby Face Nelson
as Duncan
1957
5.6
Perry Mason
as Watchman
1957
7.7
Sugarfoot
as Pete
1957
4.8
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Dan Vale (uncredited)
1957
6.2
The Tattered Dress
as Juror (uncredited)
1957
5.6
Teenage Thunder
as Sgt. Benson (as Gilbert Perkins)
1957
5.4
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as U.S. Marshal
1956
5.5
I Died a Thousand Times
as Slim (uncredited)
1955
6.1
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Bus Driver (uncredited)
1955
7.7
Cheyenne
as Ranch Hand
1955
5.8
East of Eden
as Lettuce Truck Worker (uncredited)
1955
7.5
I, the Jury
1953
5.7
Brave Warrior
as English Lieutenant (as Gilbert V. Perkins)
1952
4.0
Listen Judge
as Officer Ryan (uncredited)
1952
6.8
The Steel Fist
as First Organizer (uncredited)
1952
5.0
The Red Skelton Show
1951
7.4
Roadblock
as Patrolman (uncredited)
1951
5.8
His Kind of Woman
as Seaman (uncredited)
1951
6.6
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
The Flame and the Arrow
as Guard (uncredited)
1950
6.2
Father of the Bride
as Moving Man (uncredited)
1950
7.0
The Lost Tribe
as Dojek
1949
5.0
Kidnapped
as Sailor (uncredited)
1948
5.5
The Three Musketeers
as Felton (uncredited)
1948
6.7
Hollow Triumph
as Stansyck Hood Who Jumps Big Boy (uncredited)
1948
6.5
Souvenirs of Death
as Bouncer at Gambling House (uncredited)
1948
6.5
The Black Widow
as Burke
1947
4.9
Twilight on the Rio Grande
as Rurale
1947
2.5
Cloak and Dagger
1946
6.5
Traffic with the Devil
as Irate Motorist, Honking Horn (uncredited)
1946
6.3
The Fatal Witness
as Detective (uncredited)
1945
6.2
Arizona Trail
1943
4.6
No Time for Love
as Diner at Pop Murphy's (uncredited)
1943
6.6
Slightly Dangerous
as - (uncredited)
1943
5.8
The Big Street
as Mug at Mindy's (Uncredited)
1942
5.8
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Citizen (uncredited)
1942
7.3
Mrs. Miniver
as Man in Tavern (uncredited)
1942
7.1
Hellzapoppin'
as Butler in Pool (uncredited)
1941
7.1
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Brawler (uncredited)
1941
6.4
Riders of Death Valley
as Fighter
1941
6.5
Wildcat Bus
as Wildcat Driver (uncredited)
1940
4.6
Nick Carter, Master Detective
as Factory Workman
1939
5.7
Blackmail
as Kearney - Oil Worker Blown Up (uncredited)
1939
6.4
Second Fiddle
as Studio Grip
1939
4.9
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Goebbels' Aide (uncredited)
1939
6.1
Captains Courageous
as Crewman (uncredited)
1937
7.4
Mummy's Boys
as Native Cop
1936
4.7
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
1935
7.3
A Feather in Her Hat
as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
1935
6.8
The Nitwits
1935
6.1
King Kong
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
1933
7.6