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Gil Gerard‌

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Birthday

calendar1943-01-23

Popularity

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Gil Gerard

Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Gil Gerard

Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1943-01-23

Popularity

star9.2

Biography

Gilbert C. Gerard is an American actor, most notable 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 of starting he became regional manager of a large chemical company headed by governor Winthrop Rockefeller. Gerard's employers said they would appoint him as the firm's 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 a lively 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.

Movie Credits

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century‌
star6.0
calendar 1979

Mom, Can I Keep Her?

Mom, Can I Keep Her?‌
star4.0
calendar 1998

Airport '77

Airport '77‌
star5.6
calendar 1977

Fugitive Mind

Fugitive Mind‌
star5.8
calendar 1999

The Lost Valentine

The Lost Valentine‌
star7.1
calendar 2011

Some of My Best Friends Are...

Some of My Best Friends Are...‌
star4.2
calendar 1971

Blood Fare

Blood Fare‌
star1.0
calendar 2012

George Lucas' Star Tours

George Lucas' Star Tours‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

Ghost Town

Ghost Town‌
star6.4
calendar 2009

Fury to Freedom

Fury to Freedom‌
star0.0
calendar 1985

Hooch

Hooch‌
star2.0
calendar 1977

Man on a Swing

Man on a Swing‌
star5.8
calendar 1974

Final Notice

Final Notice‌
star0.0
calendar 1989

Not Just Another Affair

Not Just Another Affair‌
star4.3
calendar 1982

Commando Earth Force

Commando Earth Force‌
star0.0
calendar 1990

Monsters, Madmen & Machines: 80 Years of Science Fiction

Monsters, Madmen & Machines: 80 Years of Science Fiction‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

International Airport

International Airport‌
star5.0
calendar 1985

Killing Stone

Killing Stone‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Soldier's Fortune

Soldier's Fortune‌
star3.0
calendar 1991

For Love or Money

For Love or Money‌
star3.5
calendar 1984

Stormin' Home

Stormin' Home‌
star0.0
calendar 1985

The Nice Guys

The Nice Guys‌
star7.1
calendar 2016

Dire Wolf

Dire Wolf‌
star5.6
calendar 2009

The Stepdaughter

The Stepdaughter‌
star4.4
calendar 2000

Nuclear Hurricane

Nuclear Hurricane‌
star4.1
calendar 2007

Reptisaurus

Reptisaurus‌
star4.2
calendar 2009

Hear No Evil

Hear No Evil‌
star4.0
calendar 1982

Help Wanted: Male

Help Wanted: Male‌
star5.0
calendar 1982

Bone Eater

Bone Eater‌
star3.4
calendar 2008

Space Captain and Callista

Space Captain and Callista‌
star0.0
calendar 2019

Air Rage

Air Rage‌
star5.2
calendar 2001

Ransom for Alice!

Ransom for Alice!‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

Tv Credits

Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie‌
star8.0
calendar 1974

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century‌
star6.9
calendar 1979

Baretta

Baretta‌
star6.4
calendar 1975

Sidekicks

Sidekicks‌
star6.0
calendar 1986

Brotherly Love

Brotherly Love‌
star6.8
calendar 1995

Battle of the Network Stars

Battle of the Network Stars‌
star7.2
calendar 1976

E.A.R.T.H. Force

E.A.R.T.H. Force‌
star6.0
calendar 1990

Nightingales

Nightingales‌
star5.0
calendar 1989

Code 3

Code 3‌
star4.5
calendar 1957

Pacific Blue

Pacific Blue‌
star5.4
calendar 1996