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Gil Gerard

Actor / Film Producer | * 01/23/1943 (81) | Little Rock, Arkansas (United States of America (USA))
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Gil Gerard (born January 23, 1943) is an American actor, whose roles include Captain William "Buck" Rogers in the 1979–81 television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. ()

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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | TV Movies | Action

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Movies with Gil Gerard as Actor(30)

as Bergen Paulsen2016 The Nice Guys
as Professor Meade2012 Blood Fare
as Neil Thomas Jr2011 The Lost Valentine
as Preacher McCready2009 Ghost Town
as Col. Hendry2009 Dire Wolf
as General Morgenstern2009 Reptisaurus
as Big Jim Burns2007 Bone Eater
as Victor Quinn2001 Air Rage
as Jesse Conner2000 The Stepdaughter
as Karl Gardner1999 Fugitive Mind
as Reinhart1998 Mom, Can I Keep Her?
as Robert E. Lee Jones1991 Soldier's Fortune
as Harry Stoner1989 Final Notice
as David Montgomery1985 International Airport
as Bobby Atkins1985 Stormin' Home
as Officer1985 Fury to Freedom
as Mike1984 For Love or Money
as Bob Gifford1982 Not Just Another Affair
as Johnny Gillis1982 Help Wanted: Male
as Dragon1982 City Dragon
as Capt. William " Buck " Rogers1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Gil Stone1978 Killing Stone
as Eddie Joe1977 Hooch
as Frank Powers1977 Airport '77
as Clint Kirby1977 Ransom for Alice!
as Donald Forbes1974 Man on a Swing
as Michel Mireaux1971 Some of My Best Friends Are...

TV Shows/Series with Gil Gerard as Actor(11)

as Admiral Jack Sheehan2004 Star Trek: Phase II
as Dr. John Harding1990 E.A.R.T.H. Force
1975 Baretta
as Marty Cobb1968 Hawaii Five-O
1957 Code 3

Movies with Gil Gerard as Crew(1)

Production/Producer1977 Hooch

TV Shows/Series with Gil Gerard as Crew(1)

Directing/Director1986 Sidekicks

Full Name: Gil Gerard
Born: Saturday, 01/23 1943 (January) in Little Rock, Arkansas (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 81 years + 65 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University of Central Arkansas, Catholic High School for Boys, Maryknoll
Spouses (current/former): Connie Sellecca
Other names for Gil Gerard (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Gilbert C. Gerard"
Gil Gerard frequently works together with these people:
Nehemiah Persoff (8x, Actor)
Fred Olen Ray (8x, Crew)
Soon-Tek Oh (8x, Actor)
Milton Selzer (7x, Actor)
Don Knight (7x, Actor)
Kimberly A. Ray (6x, Crew)
Ed Flanders (6x, Actor)
Jack Hogan (6x, Actor)
Mark Lenard (6x, Actor)
Bill Edwards (6x, Actor)
Bruce Boxleitner (5x, Actor)
Ric Marlow (5x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:5512, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024