Gil Gerard
Gil Gerard is known for The Nice Guys (2016), Airport '77 (1977), The Lost Valentine (2011).
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.
Questions about Gil Gerard
How many Gil Gerard films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 30 films with Gil Gerard, from 1971 to 2016.
What is the best rated Gil Gerard film?
The best rated Gil Gerard film in the catalogue is The Nice Guys (2016), rated 7.1.
What was the first Gil Gerard film?
The first Gil Gerard film in the catalogue is Airport '77, from 1977.
People data: TMDb.
Known for
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7.1 The Nice Guys
2016
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5.6 Airport '77
1977
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6.9 The Lost Valentine
2011
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3.3 Bone Eater
2008
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6.1 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
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5.9 Man on a Swing
1974
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5.7 Hear No Evil
1982
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6.5 Ghost Town
2009
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4.1 Nuclear Hurricane
2007
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4.2 The Stepdaughter
2000
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5.5 Air Rage
2001
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6.0 Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
Full filmography
35 films — 30 in the catalogue
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Space Captain and Callista
2019 · Lance
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7.1
The Nice Guys
2016 · Bergen Paulsen
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1.0
Blood Fare
2012 · Professor Meade
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6.9
The Lost Valentine
2011 · Neil Thomas Jr
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6.5
Ghost Town
2009 · Preacher McCready
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5.2 Dire Wolf
2009 · Col. Hendry
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3.7 Reptisaurus
2009 · General Morgenstern
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3.3
Bone Eater
2008 · Big Jim Burns
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4.1
Nuclear Hurricane
2007 · Bob
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5.5
Air Rage
2001 · Victor Quinn
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4.2
The Stepdaughter
2000 · Jesse Conner
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6.2 Fugitive Mind
1999 · Karl Gardner
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5.0 Mom, Can I Keep Her?
1998 · Reinhart
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4.7 Soldier's Fortune
1991 · Robert E. Lee Jones
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Commando Earth Force
1990 · Dr. John Harding
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7.5 Final Notice
1989 · Harry Stoner
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6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 · Self
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8.2 George Lucas' Star Tours
1986
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The Last Electric Knight
1986 · Jake Rizzo
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8.0 Da Fúria para a Liberdade
1985 · Officer
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6.0 International Airport
1985 · David Montgomery
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7.0 Stormin' Home
1985 · Bobby Atkins
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5.0 For Love or Money
1984 · Mike
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5.7
Hear No Evil
1982 · Dragon
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5.4 Not Just Another Affair
1982 · Bob Gifford
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6.0 Help Wanted: Male
1982 · Johnny Gillis
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7.0 Monsters, Madmen & Machines: 80 Years of Science Fiction
1980 · Host
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
1979 · Buck Rogers
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6.1
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979 · Capt. William " Buck " Rogers
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7.0 Killing Stone
1978 · Gil Stone
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4.7 Hooch
1977 · Eddie Joe
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9.0 Ransom for Alice!
1977 · Clint Kirby
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5.6
Airport '77
1977 · Frank Powers
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5.9
Man on a Swing
1974 · Donald Forbes
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4.6 Some of My Best Friends Are...
1971 · Michel Mireaux
Series and TV shows
5 titles
5.3
7.0
6.5
8.0
7.2
People data: TMDb.
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