Dave Perkins

Dave Perkins is a secondary protagonist from the 1975 film The Giant Spider Invasion. He was portrayed by Kevin Brodie. 
A resident of a north-central Wisconsin town, Perkins was a newspaper reporter who worked for his father, who ran the local newspaper. He was friends with a number of the town's residents, including local cafe owner Dutch and Sheriff Jones, who passed for local law enforcement in the area, and who called him Little Buddy or Davie. Perkins was also in a relationship with Ev Kester's younger sister Terry. This led Jones to advise Perkins to be careful as he considered Terry's brother in law Dan Kester to be a strange man. Meanwhile Ev considered Perkins to be much more desirable than Dan Kester, and told him that if he was older she would "jump him." 
When a giant spider from another dimension decided to invade Earth, it happened to land in the town, leading to a number of strange happenings, such as Perkins' car dying while out on a date with Terry. Perkins began assisting local scientist Dr. Jenny Langer and NASA investigator Dr. Vance in researching the unusual activity in Wisconsin, hoping he would land a good story for the town's paper. 
Soon people started disappearing and a larger than normal number of spiders were seen in town. After Dan Kester's cousin Billy Kester - a man as replusive and disgusting as Dan was - had died after being attacked by a group of spiders, Perkins became even more concerned about Terry's welfare than usual. Driving out to the Kester farm he found the Kester farm - which was not exactly in tip top shape to begin with - in total ruins and a giant spider rampaging through the area. He fired a rifle at the spider then went to find Terry. Finding her in the wreckage of the house, Perkins picked Terry up and took her to the local hospital. Perkins then called Sheriff Jones to let him know what had happened, and that Terry was in a coma. Jones asked Perkins to have the doctors check over Terry, who was in a coma, and let him know if her condition changed.
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