Acting credits
89
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Gil Perkins
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 97Series: 26Crew credits: 50
TMDB ID: 1214919
IMDb ID: nm0673945
Known for: Acting
Born: August 24, 1907
Died: March 28, 1999
Age: 91
Place of birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1929 - 2023
Years active: 95
Average TMDB rating: 6.73
Wikidata: Q5560590
Also known as
Gilbert Perkins • Gilbert Vincent Perkins • Gilbert V. Perkins
Other jobs
Stunts (46)Stunt Coordinator (3)Stunt Double (1)
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
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Gil Perkins.
Legal Ladies: Pioneers of Law
2023 Movie
7.9
Raging Bull
as Cornerman (uncredited)
1980 Movie
6.7
FM
Stunts
1978 Movie
5.9
Sherlock Holmes in New York
as Carriage Driver
1976 Movie
6.6
Framed
Stunt Coordinator
1975 Movie
7.0
The Towering Inferno
Stunts
1974 Movie
6.6
Walking Tall
as 1st Bouncer
1973 Movie
7.1
The Poseidon Adventure
Stunts
1972 Movie
7.4
What's Up, Doc?
as Jones' Driver
1972 Movie
3.7
Lost Flight
as Australian
1970 Movie
5.7
The Wrecking Crew
Stunts
1968 Movie
7.2
The Sand Pebbles
Stunts
1966 Movie
6.3
Hawaii
Stunt Coordinator
1966 Movie
6.4
Batman
as Bluebeard
1966 Movie
7.1
The Great Race
as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
1965 Movie
6.1
Twilight of Honor
Stunts
1963 Movie
7.0
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Stunts
1963 Movie
6.1
Kid Galahad
as Freddie (uncredited)
1962 Movie
7.0
How the West Was Won
as Henchman (uncredited)
1962 Movie
6.5
Pressure Point
1962 Movie
5.5
Valley of the Dragons
as Tarn / Doctor
1961 Movie
7.1
The Alamo
as Tennessean (uncredited)
1960 Movie
7.5
Spartacus
as Slave Leader (uncredited)
1960 Movie
4.7
Gunmen from Laredo
1959 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Gil Perkins.
6.7
Here's Lucy
as Stuntman #1 • 1 eps
1968 Series
6.7
Mannix
2 eps
1967 Series
7.6
Mission: Impossible
as Russian Colonel • 1 eps
1966 Series
8.0
Star Trek
as Slave #3 (uncredited) • 1 eps
1966 Series
7.3
Batman
as Dicer • 2 eps
1966 Series
7.9
Get Smart
as Waiter • 1 eps
1965 Series
6.3
Laredo
1 eps
1965 Series
7.1
Lost in Space
as Convixt • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Dr. Armand Warshowsky • 1 eps
1964 Series
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Pool Man • 1 eps
1962 Series
6.4
The Virginian
as Whitey • 1 eps
1962 Series
6.6
Thriller
as Eddie • 1 eps
1960 Series
6.0
Black Saddle
as Sgt. Moffat • 2 eps
1959 Series
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
1 eps
1958 Series
6.5
Peter Gunn
1 eps
1958 Series
6.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Sam (uncredited) • 1 eps
1958 Series
7.7
Perry Mason
as Watchman • 1 eps
1957 Series
4.8
Sugarfoot
as Pete • 1 eps
1957 Series
6.2
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Dan Vale (uncredited) • 1 eps
1957 Series
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as U.S. Marshal • 1 eps
1956 Series
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Bus Driver (uncredited) • 1 eps
1955 Series
6.0
Cheyenne
as Ranch Hand • 2 eps
1955 Series
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Railroad Worker • 1 eps
1955 Series
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1 eps
1951 Series