Gil Perkins

Born: 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


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as Slave Leader (uncredited)
Released: 1960-10-13

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer...

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Raging Bull

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Released: 1980-11-14

The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring...

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How the West Was Won

as Henchman (uncredited)
Released: 1962-11-02

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to...

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King Kong

as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Released: 1933-03-15

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as Bluebeard
Released: 1966-07-30

The Dynamic Duo faces four super-villains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of...

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Father of the Bride

as Moving Man (uncredited)
Released: 1950-05-18

Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she...

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Walking Tall

as 1st Bouncer
Released: 1973-02-22

Ex-wrestler and Tennessee Sheriff Buford Pusser walks tall and carries a big stick as he tussles...

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What's Up, Doc?

as Jones' Driver
Released: 1972-03-09

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly...

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Captains Courageous

as Crewman (uncredited)
Released: 1937-06-25

Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a...

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Mutiny on the Bounty

as Able Bodied Seaman (uncredited)
Released: 1935-11-22

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS...

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The Three Musketeers

as Felton (uncredited)
Released: 1948-10-20

Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their...

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The Magnificent Ambersons

as Citizen (uncredited)
Released: 1942-07-10

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the...

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East of Eden

as Lettuce Truck Worker (uncredited)
Released: 1955-04-10

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against...

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Mrs. Miniver

as Man in Tavern (uncredited)
Released: 1942-07-03

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her...

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I Died a Thousand Times

as Slim (uncredited)
Released: 1955-11-09

After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before...

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Hellzapoppin'

as Butler in Pool (uncredited)
Released: 1941-12-25

Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring...

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Hollow Triumph

as Stansyck Hood Who Jumps Big Boy (uncredited)
Released: 1948-08-18

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate...

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The Flame and the Arrow

as Guard (uncredited)
Released: 1950-07-07

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Valley of the Dragons

as Tarn / Doctor
Released: 1961-10-31

In 1881 Algeria, an American soldier and a French aristocrat are about to have a duel over a...

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Baby Face Nelson

as Duncan
Released: 1957-12-11

Famed Depression-era gangster “Baby Face Nelson” (Mickey Rooney) robs and kills while...

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Confessions of a Nazi Spy

as Goebbels' Aide (uncredited)
Released: 1939-05-06

FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.

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His Kind of Woman

as Seaman (uncredited)
Released: 1951-08-15

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Cloak and Dagger

as uncredited
Released: 1946-09-28

Italian partisans help a professor sent by the OSS to find an atomic scientist held by Nazis.

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Pressure Point

as uncredited
Released: 1962-10-10

An African-American prison psychiatrist finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely...

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Kid Galahad

as Freddie (uncredited)
Released: 1962-11-29

After completing his military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym,...

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Sherlock Holmes in New York

as Carriage Driver
Released: 1976-10-18

An affectionate bow to the master sleuth in this lavishly produced original that has Holmes...

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I, the Jury

as uncredited
Released: 1953-08-14

After his best friend and war buddy is mysteriously gunned down, Mike Hammer will stop at...

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The Fatal Witness

as Detective (uncredited)
Released: 1945-09-15

A playboy produces an airtight alibi when he is questioned about the murder of his wealthy aunt.

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The Big Street

as Mug at Mindy's (Uncredited)
Released: 1942-08-13

Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and...

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Roadblock

as Patrolman (uncredited)
Released: 1951-09-17

An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.

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Twilight on the Rio Grande

as Rurale
Released: 1947-03-31

Gene and Pokie are on vacation in Mexico when they learn that their buddy Dusty has been bumped off.

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The Lost Tribe

as Dojek
Released: 1949-04-19

Jungle Jim fights a lion and sharks trying to save an African village from those who would...

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Kidnapped

as Sailor (uncredited)
Released: 1948-11-28

In Scotland in 1752, seventeen-year-old David Balfour is cheated out of his birthright by his...

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Nick Carter, Master Detective

as Factory Workman
Released: 1939-12-13

Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new...

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Souvenirs of Death

as Bouncer at Gambling House (uncredited)
Released: 1948-06-19

This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short tells the story of how a Mauser pistol used...

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Gunmen from Laredo

as uncredited
Released: 1959-03-01

A framed Texas rancher escapes from prison for a showdown with a saloonkeeper.

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The Black Widow

as Burke
Released: 1947-11-01

The Daily Clarion hires detective story writer Steve Colt to investigate the deaths of a group...

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Slightly Dangerous

as - (uncredited)
Released: 1943-04-01

Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents...

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Blackmail

as Kearney - Oil Worker Blown Up (uncredited)
Released: 1939-09-08

A fugitive from a chain gang becomes an oil-well firefighter and meets the man who framed him.

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Lost Flight

as Australian
Released: 1970-08-13

The captain of a downed airliner must help his crew and passengers survive on a deserted jungle...

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Violent Road

as Sheriff Sam Vincent
Released: 1958-05-10

Following the crash and explosion of a test rocket, which killed several people, six men...

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Traffic with the Devil

as Irate Motorist, Honking Horn (uncredited)
Released: 1946-08-31

This "Theater of Life" series short looks at traffic problems in Los Angeles, California, as...

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The Steel Fist

as First Organizer (uncredited)
Released: 1952-01-06

In an Iron Curtain country an idealistic student goes on the run from the Communist authorities.

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A Feather in Her Hat

as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Released: 1935-10-25

After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his...

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The Tattered Dress

as Juror (uncredited)
Released: 1957-03-14

After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen comes home with her ripe...

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Riders of Death Valley

as Fighter
Released: 1941-07-01

The Saturday matinee crowd got two cowboy stars for the price of one in this lavishly budgeted...

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Second Fiddle

as Studio Grip
Released: 1939-06-30

Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back...

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Arizona Trail

as uncredited
Released: 1943-09-15

A young cowboy returns home to help his father fight off a gang trying to take over the family...

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Teenage Monster

as Charles Cannon
Released: 1958-01-08

In a little Western town, a boy is subjected to rays from a meteor. As a result, he grows into a...

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Brave Warrior

as English Lieutenant (as Gilbert V. Perkins)
Released: 1952-05-31

In Indiana of the early 1800s, conflict once again arises between the United States and Great...

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Mummy's Boys

as Native Cop
Released: 1936-10-02

Wheeler & Woolsey comedy about two moronic ditch diggers, recruited for an archaeology...

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Teenage Thunder

as Sgt. Benson (as Gilbert Perkins)
Released: 1957-01-01

Teenagers rebel and race cars.

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The Nitwits

as uncredited
Released: 1935-06-07

A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder...

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Listen Judge

as Officer Ryan (uncredited)
Released: 1952-05-06

The stooges are fix-it men who are brought before a judge on a charge of chicken stealing. They...

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Wildcat Bus

as Wildcat Driver (uncredited)
Released: 1940-08-23

A broke playboy signs on to help a young beauty save her ailing bus line.

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Legal Ladies: Pioneers of Law

as uncredited
Released: 2023-05-16

This documentary explores some of the most famous women who have made an impact on law and the...

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Star Trek

as Slave #3 (uncredited)
First aired: 1966-09-08

Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the...

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Perry Mason

as Watchman
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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The Beverly Hillbillies

as Pool Man
First aired: 1962-09-26

Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells...

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Batman

as Dicer
First aired: 1966-01-12

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually...

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Batman

as Cauliflower
First aired: 1966-01-12

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually...

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Batman

as Jury Foreman
First aired: 1966-01-12

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually...

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Mission: Impossible

as Russian Colonel
First aired: 1966-09-17

Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by...

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The Virginian

as Whitey
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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The Virginian

as Hooded Man
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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Lost in Space

as Convixt
First aired: 1965-09-15

The space family Robinson is sent on a five-year mission to find a new planet to colonise. The...

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Mannix

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-16

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as U.S. Marshal
First aired: 1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...

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Cheyenne

as Ranch Hand
First aired: 1955-09-20

Cheyenne is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on...

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Here's Lucy

as Stuntman #1
First aired: 1968-09-23

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The Red Skelton Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-09-30

The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades,...

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Thriller

as Eddie
First aired: 1960-09-13

Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62...

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Thriller

as Mechanic
First aired: 1960-09-13

Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62...

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Peter Gunn

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-22

Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series. Filmed in a film noir atmosphere and...

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective

as Dan Vale (uncredited)
First aired: 1957-07-01

Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949...

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77 Sunset Strip

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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Sugarfoot

as Pete
First aired: 1957-09-17

Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The...

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Laredo

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-16

Laredo is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from September 16, 1965, to...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Bus Driver (uncredited)
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Black Saddle

as Sgt. Moffat
First aired: 1959-01-10

Black Saddle is an American Western television series starring Peter Breck that aired 44...

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Black Saddle

as Assailant
First aired: 1959-01-10

Black Saddle is an American Western television series starring Peter Breck that aired 44...

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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-04-15

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight...

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