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Gilbert Perkins, Gilbert Vincent Perkins, Gilbert V. Perkins
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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1907-08-24
- event Death Date 1999-03-28
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 0.7
- info Birth Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Gil Perkins
5.7
I, the Jury
1953-08-14
5
The Lost Tribe
1949-04-19
7
How the West Was Won
1962-11-02
0
Legal Ladies: Pioneers of Law
2023-05-16
6.1
I Died a Thousand Times
1955-11-09
6.6
Hollow Triumph
1948-08-18
6.7
The Three Musketeers
1948-10-20
4.9
The Black Widow
1947-11-01
7.1
Mrs. Miniver
1942-07-03
6.6
Walking Tall
1973-02-22
6
Violent Road
1958-05-10
5.1
Arizona Trail
1943-09-15
5.2
The Tattered Dress
1957-03-14
6.5
Pressure Point
1962-10-10
6.1
Kid Galahad
1962-11-29
4.7
Gunmen from Laredo
1959-03-01
6.4
Batman
1966-07-30
5.9
The Fatal Witness
1945-09-15
5.6
Baby Face Nelson
1957-12-11
4.9
Second Fiddle
1939-06-30
5.5
Valley of the Dragons
1961-10-31
2.9
Teenage Monster
1958-01-08
6
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939-05-06
5.7
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939-12-13
6.3
Traffic with the Devil
1946-08-31
4.7
Mummy's Boys
1936-10-02
6.4
Blackmail
1939-09-08
6.1
The Nitwits
1935-06-07
7.3
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942-07-10
7.5
East of Eden
1955-04-10
7.6
Spartacus
1960-10-13
8
Raging Bull
1980-11-14
7
Listen Judge
1952-05-06
7.4
Captains Courageous
1937-06-25
7.4
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935-11-22
4.7
Wildcat Bus
1940-08-23
2.1
Twilight on the Rio Grande
1947-03-31
3.6
Brave Warrior
1952-05-31
5
The Steel Fist
1952-01-06
6.5
Riders of Death Valley
1941-07-01
3.7
Lost Flight
1970-08-13
5.8
Roadblock
1951-09-17
6
Slightly Dangerous
1943-04-01
6.8
A Feather in Her Hat
1935-10-25
6.5
Souvenirs of Death
1948-06-19
7.2
Hellzapoppin'
1941-12-25
7.6
King Kong
1933-03-15
7
Father of the Bride
1950-05-18
6
Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976-10-18
6.2
The Flame and the Arrow
1950-07-07
5.4
Teenage Thunder
1957-01-01
6.5
Cloak and Dagger
1946-09-28
5.5
Kidnapped
1948-11-28
5.6
The Big Street
1942-08-13
7.4
What's Up, Doc?
1972-03-09
6.6
His Kind of Woman
1951-08-15
6.9
No Time for Love
1943-04-09
6.5
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941-08-12
5.9
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957-05-04
7.1
The Great Race
1965-07-01
6.6
The Phenix City Story
1955-07-19
7.1
The Alamo
1960-10-23
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10
6.1
Cheyenne
1955-09-20
6.7
Here's Lucy
1968-09-23
7.3
Batman
1966-01-12
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962-09-26
6.7
Mannix
1967-09-16
7.8
Perry Mason
1957-09-21
6.3
Laredo
1965-09-16
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02
6.4
The Virginian
1962-09-19
6.6
Thriller
1960-09-13
6.4
Peter Gunn
1958-09-22
6.2
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957-07-01
4.5
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951-04-15
6
Black Saddle
1959-01-10
4.8
Sugarfoot
1957-09-17
6
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05
6.4
The Virginian
1962-09-19
6.6
Thriller
1960-09-13
7.1
Lost in Space
1965-09-15
6
Black Saddle
1959-01-10
7.3
Batman
1966-01-12
7.3
Batman
1966-01-12
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966-09-17
7.5
The Red Skelton Show
1951-09-30
8.1
Star Trek
1966-09-08
6.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958-09-06
7.3
Batman
1966-01-12
8
Get Smart
1965-09-18
7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964-09-22
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7.1
Hollow Triumph
1948-08-18
7.1
I Died a Thousand Times
1955-11-09
7.1
Lust for Gold
1949-06-10
7.1
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963-11-07
7.1
Around the World in 80 Days
1956-10-17
7.1
Guys and Dolls
1955-12-23
7.1
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950-09-15
7.1
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935-11-22
7.1
G-Men Never Forget
1948-01-31
7.1
G-men vs. the Black Dragon
1943-01-16
7.1
Bathing Beauty
1944-06-27
7.1
Twilight of Honor
1963-11-13
7.1
Jesse James Rides Again
1947-08-02
7.1
Walking Tall
1973-02-22
7.1
Riders of Death Valley
1941-07-01
7.1
The Delightful Rogue
1929-09-21
7.1
The Killers
1946-08-30
7.1
Dodge City
1939-04-08
7.1
His Kind of Woman
1951-08-15
7.1
Neptune's Daughter
1949-06-10
7.1
Northwest Passage
1940-02-23
7.1
Doughboys
1930-08-30
7.1
They Died with Their Boots On
1941-11-20
7.1
Roadblock
1951-09-17
7.1
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949-10-22
7.1
House of Frankenstein
1944-12-01
7.1
Wagon Master
1950-04-22
7.1
The Towering Inferno
1974-12-14
7.1
The Poseidon Adventure
1972-12-01
7.1
FM
1978-04-20
7.1
Fort Apache
1948-05-21
7.1
The Wrecking Crew
1968-12-30
7.1
The Sand Pebbles
1966-12-20
7.1
The Phenix City Story
1955-07-19
7.1
How the West Was Won
1962-11-02
7.1
The Flame and the Arrow
1950-07-07
7.1
East of Eden
1955-04-10
7.1
Hawaii
1966-10-10
7.1
Spite Marriage
1929-03-24
7.1
The Informer
1935-05-09
7.1
Reap the Wild Wind
1942-03-26
7.1
Framed
1975-08-01
7.1
Whistling in the Dark
1941-08-08
7.1
The Big Street
1942-08-13
7.1
No Time for Love
1943-04-09
7.1
Bathing Beauty
1944-06-27
7.1
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957-05-04
7.1
The Conqueror
1956-03-28
7.1
Texas Carnival
1951-10-05
7.1
The Alamo
1960-10-23