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Gil Gerard
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Gil Gerard
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1943-01-23,Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Gilbert C. Gerard (January 23, 1943 – December 16, 2025) was an American actor, known for his role as Captain William "Buck" Rogers in the 1979–81 television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Gerard was employed as an industrial chemist, and within a few years he became regional manager of the chemical company headed by governor Winthrop Rockefeller. Gerard's employers said they would appoint him as vice president if he undertook a master's degree, so he resigned rather than explain that he did not have a bachelor's degree. He then went to New York City where he studied drama by day and drove a taxicab at night. Gerard picked up a fare who showed an interest in the problems of unknown, unemployed actors. He told Gerard to report in a few days to the set of Love Story, which was being filmed on location in New York. When Gerard arrived on the Love Story set, he was hired as an extra. Later that day, he was singled out for a "bit" role, but his role was not included in the finished film. During the next few years, he did most of his acting in 400 television commercials, including a stint as spokesman for the Ford Motor Company. After small roles in Some of My Best Friends Are..., and Man on a Swing, Gerard gained a prominent role in the daytime soap opera, The Doctors. Gerard formed his own production company in partnership with a writer-producer, co-authored a screenplay called Hooch and filmed it as a starring vehicle for himself. With Hooch completed, he appeared in Ransom for Alice! and Universal's Airport '77. A guest appearance on Little House on the Prairie impressed producer-star Michael Landon, who cast him in the leading role in the 1978 TV movie Killing Stone. Gerard then landed his best-known role, as Captain William "Buck" Rogers in the TV series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century which ran from 1979-81, with the feature-length pilot episode being released theatrically some months prior to the first broadcast of the series. After this, he was featured in a number of other TV shows and movies, including starring roles in the 1982 TV movie Hear No Evil as Dragon, the short-lived series Sidekicks and E.A.R.T.H. Force. In 1992, Gerard presented the reality TV series Code 3, and for the remainder of the 1990s, Gerard made guest appearances on various TV shows, including Fish Police, Brotherly Love, The Big Easy, Days of Our Lives and Pacific Blue. In January 2007, Gerard was the subject of the one-hour documentary Action Hero Makeover on the Discovery Health Channel, which documented his year-long progress after undergoing life-saving mini-gastric bypass surgery in October 2005. According to the program, he had been struggling with his weight for 40 years, losing weight only to gain it back. By the time of the program's production, his weight had risen to over 350 pounds (159 kg). Within ten months he lost a total of 145 lb (66 kg). Gerard and his Buck Rogers co-star Erin Gray reunited in 2007 for the TV film Nuclear Hurricane, and also returned to the Buck Rogers universe by playing the characters' parents in the pilot episode of James Cawley's Buck Rogers Begins Internet video series in 2009. Gerard guest-starred as Admiral Jack Sheehan in "Kitumba", the January 1, 2014, episode of the fan web series Star Trek: Phase II. In 2015, Gerard voiced Megatronus in Transformers: Robots in Disguise.

Filmography

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

6.135

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979-03-02

Mom, Can I Keep Her?

5

Mom, Can I Keep Her?
1998-06-10

5.605

Airport '77
1977-03-11

6.2

Fugitive Mind
1999-09-14

The Lost Valentine

6.944

The Lost Valentine
2011-01-30

Some of My Best Friends Are...

4.615

Some of My Best Friends Are...
1971-10-27

1

Blood Fare
2012-08-31

George Lucas' Star Tours

8.2

George Lucas' Star Tours
1986-12-28

6.4

Ghost Town
2009-10-24

Fury to Freedom

8

Fury to Freedom
1985-09-21

4.667

Hooch
1977-09-02

5.944

Man on a Swing
1974-02-24

7.5

Final Notice
1989-11-29

Not Just Another Affair

5.25

Not Just Another Affair
1982-10-01

Commando Earth Force

0

Commando Earth Force
1990-09-16

Monsters, Madmen & Machines: 80 Years of Science Fiction

7

Monsters, Madmen & Machines: 80 Years of Science Fiction
1980-10-11

International Airport

6

International Airport
1985-05-25

7

Killing Stone
1978-05-02

Soldier's Fortune

4.667

Soldier's Fortune
1991-09-04

For Love or Money

5

For Love or Money
1984-11-20

7

Stormin' Home
1985-04-05

7.132

The Nice Guys
2016-05-15

5.2

Dire Wolf
2009-09-25

The Stepdaughter

4.238

The Stepdaughter
2000-10-31

Nuclear Hurricane

4

Nuclear Hurricane
2007-04-04

3.7

Reptisaurus
2009-06-10

5.667

Hear No Evil
1982-11-20

Help Wanted: Male

6

Help Wanted: Male
1982-01-16

3.419

Bone Eater
2008-02-15

Space Captain and Callista

0

Space Captain and Callista
2019-12-09

5.5

Air Rage
2001-07-24

Ransom for Alice!

9

Ransom for Alice!
1977-06-02

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

6

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987-05-18

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls

0

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
1979-09-27

The Last Electric Knight

0

The Last Electric Knight
1986-02-16

Little House on the Prairie

7.937

Little House on the Prairie
1974-09-11

7.172

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

6.993

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979-09-20

6.5

Baretta
1975-01-17

6.429

Sidekicks
1986-09-26

6.9

Brotherly Love
1995-09-16

Battle of the Network Stars

6.167

Battle of the Network Stars
1976-11-13

E.A.R.T.H. Force

6.5

E.A.R.T.H. Force
1990-09-16

7.5

Nightingales
1989-01-21

6.5

Code 3
1957-04-02

5.4

Pacific Blue
1996-03-02

6

Miss USA
1963-07-17