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Gilbert Vincent "Gil" Perkins (24 August 1907 – 28 March 1999; age 91) was a stuntman and stunt actor who played a slave in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Bread and Circuses". He received no credit for this role. He filmed his scenes on Tuesday 12 September 1967 and Wednesday 13 September 1967 on location at Bronson Canyon.

Perkins was born in Melbourne, Australia and moved in the '20s to California where he started his stunt career and doubled stars such as Red Skelton, Spencer Tracy, and Bela Lugosi. In 1960 he founded with fellow stunt performers the "Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures" and held the position of the treasurer for the Screen Actor's Guild from 1964-1979. He left the stunt business and turned into an actor in the late '70s, shortly before he left the business and retired.

He passed away of natural causes in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.

Among his long credit resume are films such as The Divine Lady (1929), King Kong (1933), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Captain America (1944), The Three Musketeers (1948), I, the Jury (1953), Spartacus (1960, with Jean Simmons, John Hoyt, William Blackburn, Dick Crockett, Carey Loftin, and Paul Baxley), and The Prisoner of Zenda (1979, with Gregory Sierra, Ian Abercrombie, and Jeremy Kemp).

He performed stunts in and stunt coordinated for television series such as Cheyenne (1956), The Californians (1958), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961), Wagon Train (1958-1962), Perry Mason (1963), Daktari (1966), Bonanza (1967), Batman (1966-1967, with Frank Gorshin, Joan Collins, and Nancy Kovack), Mission: Impossible (1971, with Leonard Nimoy, Vince Deadrick, and Lee Meriwether), and Shaft (1974).

External links

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Gil Perkins at WesternClippings.com

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-'''Gilbert "Gil" Perkins''' {{born|24|August|1907|died|28|March|1999}} was a stuntman and stunt actor who played a [[Unnamed Romans (892-IV)#Slave 3|slave]] in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode {{e|Bread and Circuses}}. He received no credit for this role.
+'''Gilbert Vincent "Gil" Perkins''' {{born|24|August|1907|died|28|March|1999}} was a stuntman and stunt actor who played a [[Unnamed 892-IV natives#Slave 3|slave]] in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode {{e|Bread and Circuses}}. He received no credit for this role. He filmed his scenes on Tuesday {{d|12|September|1967}} and Wednesday {{d|13|September|1967}} on location at [[Bronson Canyon]].
-Perkins was [[Star Trek birthdays|born]] in Australia and moved in the '20s to California where he started his stunt career and doubled stars such as Red Skelton, Spencer Tracy, and Bela Lugosi. In 1960 he founded with fellow stunt performers the "Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures" and held the position of the treasurer for the Screen Actor's Guild from 1964-1979. He left the stunt business and turned into an actor in the late '70s, shortly before he left the business and retired.
+Perkins was [[Star Trek birthdays|born]] in Melbourne, Australia and moved in the '20s to California where he started his stunt career and doubled stars such as {{w|Red Skelton}}, {{w|Spencer Tracy}}, and {{w|Bela Lugosi}}. In 1960 he founded with fellow stunt performers the "Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures" and held the position of the treasurer for the Screen Actor's Guild from 1964-1979. He left the stunt business and turned into an actor in the late '70s, shortly before he left the business and retired.
 He [[Star Trek deaths|passed away]] of natural causes in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.
-Among his long credit resume are films such as ''The Divine Lady'' (1929), ''King Kong'' (1933), ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (1941), ''Captain America'' (1944), ''The Three Musketeers'' (1948), ''I, the Jury'' (1953), ''Spartacus'' (1960, with [[Jean Simmons]], [[John Hoyt]], [[Bill Blackburn]], [[Dick Crockett]], [[Carey Loftin]], and [[Paul Baxley]]), and ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1979, with [[Gregory Sierra]], [[Ian Abercrombie]], and [[Jeremy Kemp]]).
+Among his long credit resume are films such as ''The Divine Lady'' (1929), ''King Kong'' (1933), ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (1941), ''Captain America'' (1944), ''The Three Musketeers'' (1948), ''I, the Jury'' (1953), ''Spartacus'' (1960, with [[Jean Simmons]], [[John Hoyt]], [[William Blackburn]], [[Dick Crockett]], [[Carey Loftin]], and [[Paul Baxley]]), and ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1979, with [[Gregory Sierra]], [[Ian Abercrombie]], and [[Jeremy Kemp]]).
 He performed stunts in and stunt coordinated for television series such as ''Cheyenne'' (1956), ''The Californians'' (1958), ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' (1961), ''Wagon Train'' (1958-1962), ''Perry Mason'' (1963), ''Daktari'' (1966), ''Bonanza'' (1967), ''Batman'' (1966-1967, with [[Frank Gorshin]], [[Joan Collins]], and [[Nancy Kovack]]), ''Mission: Impossible'' (1971, with [[Leonard Nimoy]], [[Vince Deadrick]], and [[Lee Meriwether]]), and ''Shaft'' (1974).
-== External link ==
+== External links ==
-*{{IMDb-link|page=nm0673945}}
+* {{IMDb-link|page=nm0673945}}
+* [http://www.westernclippings.com/stuntmen/gilperkins_stuntmen.shtml Gil Perkins] at [http://www.westernclippings.com WesternClippings.com]
+[[es:Gil Perkins]]
 [[Category:Performers|Perkins, Gil]]
 [[Category:Stunt performers|Perkins, Gil]]