Gil Gerard

Born: 1943-01-23

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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as Bergen Paulsen
Released: 2016-05-15

A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and...

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Airport '77

as Frank Powers
Released: 1977-03-11

Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving...

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The Stepdaughter

as Jesse Conner
Released: 2000-10-31

Growing up, Susan Miller survived countless foster homes and years of abuse and neglect with...

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The Lost Valentine

as Neil Thomas Jr
Released: 2011-01-30

A young and cynical female journalist learns love may transcend trials and time as she discovers...

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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as Capt. William " Buck " Rogers
Released: 1979-03-02

Capt. William "Buck" Rogers is a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987...

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Ghost Town

as Preacher McCready
Released: 2009-10-24

Reb Halland, who lives in the era of Wild West, has made a deal with the devil to gain...

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Bone Eater

as Big Jim Burns
Released: 2008-02-15

Ancient Native American legend of the Bone Eater rises up and begins terrorizing the local...

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Not Just Another Affair

as Bob Gifford
Released: 1982-10-01

A lady marine biologist, determined to save herself until marriage, meets a handsome attorney...

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Air Rage

as Victor Quinn
Released: 2001-07-24

A Marine Colonel and his men are sent abroad on hostage rescue mission. When they arrive, they...

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Nuclear Hurricane

as Bob
Released: 2007-04-04

Linda is trapped when the nuclear power plant in which she works threatens a meltdown, while her...

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Mom, Can I Keep Her?

as Reinhart
Released: 1998-06-10

Timmy Blair has the usual twelve-year-old's share of problems: his father is too busy at work,...

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Killing Stone

as Gil Stone
Released: 1978-05-02

Returning from prison after serving ten years on trumped-up charges, a freelance writer tries to...

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Some of My Best Friends Are...

as Michel Mireaux
Released: 1971-10-27

Regulars gather at The Blue Jay, a gay bar in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, to celebrate...

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Hear No Evil

as Dragon
Released: 1982-11-20

A cop who became deaf as the result of a fight tries to break up a drug ring run by bikers.

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Hooch

as Eddie Joe
Released: 1977-09-02

Hooch is an inexpensive regional exploitation action-comedy (hicksploitation) about a small...

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Dire Wolf

as Col. Hendry
Released: 2009-09-25

A vicious genetically modified creature that's half human and half dire wolf escapes from a...

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Final Notice

as Harry Stoner
Released: 1989-11-29

Detective Harry Stoner has only a few clues. A year ago someone mutilated the nude photos found...

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Stormin' Home

as Bobby Atkins
Released: 1985-04-05

An aging motor-cross racer, already having lost his wife and daughter to his footlooseness and...

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Man on a Swing

as Donald Forbes
Released: 1974-02-24

A small-town police chief investigating a murder is offered help by a self-described psychic....

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Fugitive Mind

as Karl Gardner
Released: 1999-09-14

A man finds out that he was brainwashed to kill an important government official.

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International Airport

as David Montgomery
Released: 1985-05-25

Manager of a large metropolitan airport tries to deal with the stress of his job, and the...

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For Love or Money

as Mike
Released: 1984-11-20

A man and a woman participate in a new game show where partners have to choose between love and...

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Commando Earth Force

as Dr. John Harding
Released: 1990-09-16

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Help Wanted: Male

as Johnny Gillis
Released: 1982-01-16

An unmarried career woman decides she wants a baby and finds a suitable partner, a sportswriter...

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Reptisaurus

as General Morgenstern
Released: 2009-06-10

When a group of friends get stranded on a seemingly deserted island, they soon realize that...

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Fury to Freedom

as Officer
Released: 1985-09-21

Martial arts champion Raul Ries was weaned on anger and fueled by rage – a destructive path that...

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Space Captain and Callista

as Lance
Released: 2019-12-09

A young man with Asperger's Syndrome, under the shadow of his overprotective mother, wants to...

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Monsters, Madmen & Machines: 80 Years of Science Fiction

as Host
Released: 1980-10-11

Retrospective on science fiction and fantasy films from early efforts like George Melies' "A...

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Soldier's Fortune

as Robert E. Lee Jones
Released: 1991-09-04

A rich young girl is kidnapped by masked terrorists. Her mother's ex-husband, a former...

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George Lucas' Star Tours

as uncredited
Released: 1986-12-28

Originally aired in late 1986 during NBC's "Disney Sunday Movie."

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Ransom for Alice!

as Clint Kirby
Released: 1977-06-02

In 1890s Seattle, a deputy marshal and his female partner set out to bust up a ring that kidnaps...

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Little House on the Prairie

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-11

Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael...

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Hawaii Five-O

as Marty Cobb
First aired: 1968-09-20

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...

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Pacific Blue

as Raymond Annandale
First aired: 1996-03-02

Pacific Blue is an American crime drama series about a team of police officers with the Santa...

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Baretta

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-01-17

Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show...

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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as Buck Rogers
First aired: 1979-09-20

20th-century astronaut Buck Rogers awakens in the 25th century after a freak accident puts him...

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Brotherly Love

as Big Mike
First aired: 1995-09-16

Brotherly Love is an American sitcom that ran from September 16, 1995 to April 1, 1996, on NBC,...

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Sidekicks

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-02-16

Sidekicks is a 1986-1987 Disney Channel martial arts TV series

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Battle of the Network Stars

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-11-13

Battle of the Network Stars was a series of competitions where television stars from ABC, CBS,...

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Nightingales

as Dr. Paul Petrillo
First aired: 1989-01-21

Nightingales is an American medical drama television series follows the stories of Christine...

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Code 3

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-04-02

Code 3 is an American crime drama that aired in syndication in 1957. The stories were all based...

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E.A.R.T.H. Force

as Dr. John Harding
First aired: 1990-09-16

E.A.R.T.H. Force is an American action adventure television series starring Gil Gerard. The...

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