Gil Gerard

Gil Gerard

81 · Born: Jan 23, 1943

Personal Details

Born Jan 23, 1943 Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Spouse
  • Bobi Leonard

    ( Jun 30, 1987 to Dec 31, 1969 )
  • Connie Sellecca

    ( Oct 28, 1979 to Jun 28, 1987 )
  • Constance Elizabeth Gerkin

    ( Apr 11, 1970 to Dec 31, 1969 )
  • Connie Jean McVay

    ( May 14, 1967 to Apr 16, 1968 )
Parents
  • Frank Gerard
  • Gladys Gerard

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.

Career

2019
Space Captain and Callista
Space Captain and Callista as Lance
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2012
Blood Fare
Blood Fare as Professor Meade
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2011
The Lost Valentine
The Lost Valentine as Neil Thomas Jr
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2009
Dire Wolf
Dire Wolf as Col. Hendry
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Ghost Town
Ghost Town as Preacher McCready
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Reptisaurus
Reptisaurus as General Morgenstern
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2008
Bone Eater
Bone Eater as Big Jim Burns
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2007
Nuclear Hurricane
Nuclear Hurricane as Bob
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2001
Air Rage
Air Rage as Victor Quinn
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2000
The Stepdaughter
The Stepdaughter as Jesse Conner
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1999
Fugitive Mind
Fugitive Mind as Karl Gardner
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1998
Mom, Can I Keep Her?
Mom, Can I Keep Her? as Reinhart
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1991
Soldier's Fortune
Soldier's Fortune as Robert E. Lee Jones
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1990
E.A.R.T.H. Force
E.A.R.T.H. Force as Dr. John Harding
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1989
Final Notice
Final Notice as Harry Stoner
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Nightingales
Nightingales as Dr. Paul Petrillo
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1986
Sidekicks
Sidekicks
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1985
International Airport
International Airport as David Montgomery
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1984
For Love or Money
For Love or Money as Mike
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1982
Hear No Evil
Hear No Evil as Dragon
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Help Wanted: Male
Help Wanted: Male as Johnny Gillis
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1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Capt. William " Buck " Rogers
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Buck Rogers
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1977
Hooch
Hooch as Eddie Joe
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Ransom for Alice!
Ransom for Alice! as Clint Kirby
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Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O as Marty Cobb
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1957
Code 3
Code 3
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