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Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/24/1907
Place of Birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Also Known As
Gilbert PerkinsGilbert Vincent PerkinsGilbert V. Perkins
Gil Perkins
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 ...
Known For
Spartacus
as Slave Leader (uncredited)
Walking Tall
as 1st Bouncer
Mrs. Miniver
as Man in Tavern (uncredited)
Captains Courageous
as Crewman (uncredited)
The Great Race
as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
How the West Was Won
as Henchman (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
as - (uncredited)
Hellzapoppin'
as Butler in Pool (uncredited)
Kidnapped
as Sailor (uncredited)
Hollow Triumph
as Stansyck Hood Who Jumps Big Boy (uncredited)
The Alamo
as Tennessean (uncredited)
The Big Street
as Mug at Mindy's (Uncredited)
Lost Flight
as Australian
East of Eden
as Lettuce Truck Worker (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
as Felton (uncredited)
Second Fiddle
as Studio Grip
King Kong
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
The Nitwits
Unknown Role
Teenage Monster
as Charles Cannon
Kid Galahad
as Freddie (uncredited)