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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

Cast

I, the Jury

The Lost Tribe

(Dojek)

How the West Was Won

(Henchman (uncredited))

Legal Ladies: Pioneers of Law

I Died a Thousand Times

(Slim (uncredited))

Hollow Triumph

(Stansyck Hood Who Jumps Big Boy (uncredited))

The Three Musketeers

(Felton (uncredited))

The Black Widow

(Burke)

Mrs. Miniver

(Man in Tavern (uncredited))

Walking Tall

(1st Bouncer)

Violent Road

(Sheriff Sam Vincent)

Arizona Trail

The Tattered Dress

(Juror (uncredited))

Pressure Point

Kid Galahad

(Freddie (uncredited))

Gunmen from Laredo

Batman

(Bluebeard)

The Fatal Witness

(Detective (uncredited))

Baby Face Nelson

(Duncan)

Valley of the Dragons

(Tarn / Doctor)

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

(Goebbels' Aide (uncredited))

Second Fiddle

(Studio Grip)

Teenage Monster

(Charles Cannon)

Traffic with the Devil

(Irate Motorist, Honking Horn (uncredited))

Nick Carter, Master Detective

(Factory Workman)

Blackmail

(Kearney - Oil Worker Blown Up (uncredited))

Mummy's Boys

(Native Cop)

The Nitwits

The Magnificent Ambersons

(Citizen (uncredited))

East of Eden

(Lettuce Truck Worker (uncredited))

Spartacus

(Slave Leader (uncredited))

Raging Bull

(Cornerman (uncredited))

Listen Judge

(Officer Ryan (uncredited))

Captains Courageous

(Crewman (uncredited))

Mutiny on the Bounty

(Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited))

Wildcat Bus

(Wildcat Driver (uncredited))

Twilight on the Rio Grande

(Rurale)

Brave Warrior

(English Lieutenant (as Gilbert V. Perkins))

The Steel Fist

(First Organizer (uncredited))

Riders of Death Valley

(Fighter)

Lost Flight

(Australian)

Roadblock

(Patrolman (uncredited))

Slightly Dangerous

(- (uncredited))

A Feather in Her Hat

(Ticket Taker (uncredited))

Souvenirs of Death

(Bouncer at Gambling House (uncredited))

Hellzapoppin'

(Butler in Pool (uncredited))

King Kong

(Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited))

Father of the Bride

(Moving Man (uncredited))

Sherlock Holmes in New York

(Carriage Driver)

The Flame and the Arrow

(Guard (uncredited))

Teenage Thunder

(Sgt. Benson (as Gilbert Perkins))

Cloak and Dagger

Kidnapped

(Sailor (uncredited))

The Big Street

(Mug at Mindy's (Uncredited))

What's Up, Doc?

(Jones' Driver)

Star Trek

(Master of Games)

77 Sunset Strip

Cheyenne

(Ranch Hand)

Here's Lucy

(Stuntman #1)

Batman

(Dicer)

The Beverly Hillbillies

(Pool Man)

Mannix

Perry Mason

(Watchman)

Laredo

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

(Bus Driver (uncredited))

The Virginian

(Whitey)

Thriller

(Eddie)

Peter Gunn

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

(Dan Vale (uncredited))

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Black Saddle

(Sgt. Moffat)

Sugarfoot

(Pete)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

(U.S. Marshal)

The Virginian

(Hooded Man)

Thriller

(Mechanic)

Lost in Space

(Convixt)

Black Saddle

(Assailant)

Batman

(Cauliflower)

Batman

(Jury Foreman)

Mission: Impossible

(Russian Colonel)

The Red Skelton Show