Host of
Wild Kingdom, a long-running
syndicated US TV show, sponsored by Mutual of
Omaha insurance. Perkins, long past his hands-on years, mainly coordinated and narrated these
adventures of
filming wild
aminals. The
dirty work was done by people like Jim Fowler. Much parodied:
"My assistant Jim is now approaching the bear and will proceed to wrestle him to a standstill, while our crew gets a closeup view of the bear's unique incisors..."