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
Filmography (31)
Raging Bull
The Towering Inferno
Walking Tall
What's Up, Doc?
The Poseidon Adventure
Batman
The Great Race
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
How the West Was Won
Kid Galahad
Spartacus
The Alamo
The Wings of Eagles
Around the World in 80 Days
The Conqueror
East of Eden
Guys and Dolls
Father of the Bride
The Three Musketeers
Cloak and Dagger
The Killers
House of Frankenstein
Mrs. Miniver
The Magnificent Ambersons
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Hellzapoppin'
They Died with Their Boots On
Dodge City
Captains Courageous
Mutiny on the Bounty
