Gil Gerard

Gil Gerard

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.

  • Title: Gil Gerard
  • Popularity: 8.984
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1943-01-23
  • Place of Birth: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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  • Also Known As: Gilbert C. Gerard
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Gil Gerard Movies

  • 1979
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    Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

    Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

    6 1979 HD

    Capt. William "Buck" Rogers is a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war...

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  • 1998
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    Mom, Can I Keep Her?

    Mom, Can I Keep Her?

    4 1998 HD

    Timmy Blair has the usual twelve-year-old's share of problems: his father is too busy at work, his new stepmother loads him with chores, and school...

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  • 1977
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    Airport '77

    Airport '77

    5.6 1977 HD

    Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen...

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  • 1999
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    Fugitive Mind

    Fugitive Mind

    5.8 1999 HD

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

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  • 2011
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    The Lost Valentine

    The Lost Valentine

    7.06 2011 HD

    A young and cynical female journalist learns love may transcend trials and time as she discovers a story that will change her life forever. When war...

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  • 1971
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    Some of My Best Friends Are...

    Some of My Best Friends Are...

    4.2 1971 HD

    Regulars gather at The Blue Jay, a gay bar in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, to celebrate Christmas Eve 1971 with people they consider family.

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  • 2012
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    Blood Fare

    Blood Fare

    1 2012 HD

    A Civil War ghost story with a modern twist.

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  • 1986
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    George Lucas' Star Tours

    George Lucas' Star Tours

    1 1986 HD

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

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  • 2009
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    Ghost Town

    Ghost Town

    6.4 2009 HD

    Reb Halland, who lives in the era of Wild West, has made a deal with the devil to gain immortality alog with his gang. Preacher McCready is trying to...

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  • 1985
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    Fury to Freedom

    Fury to Freedom

    1 1985 HD

    Martial arts champion Raul Ries was weaned on anger and fueled by rage – a destructive path that led him to the brink of the murder-suicide of...

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  • 1977
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    Hooch

    Hooch

    2 1977 HD

    Hooch is an inexpensive regional exploitation action-comedy (hicksploitation) about a small county in the Appalachians and its many moonshine-brewing...

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  • 1974
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    Man on a Swing

    Man on a Swing

    5.8 1974 HD

    A small-town police chief investigating a murder is offered help by a self-described psychic. However, when the chief discovers that the "psychic" is...

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  • 1989
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    Final Notice

    Final Notice

    1 1989 HD

    Detective Harry Stoner has only a few clues. A year ago someone mutilated the nude photos found in the city library's art books. And shortly after, a...

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  • 1982
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    Not Just Another Affair

    Not Just Another Affair

    4.3 1982 HD

    A lady marine biologist, determined to save herself until marriage, meets a handsome attorney who is not used to being rejected sexually, and it...

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  • 1990
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    Commando Earth Force

    Commando Earth Force

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1980
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    Monsters, Madmen & Machines: 80 Years of Science Fiction

    Monsters, Madmen & Machines: 80 Years of Science Fiction

    1 1980 HD

    Retrospective on science fiction and fantasy films from early efforts like George Melies' "A Trip to the Moon" (1902) to George Lucas' "Star Wars"...

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  • 1985
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    International Airport

    International Airport

    5 1985 HD

    Manager of a large metropolitan airport tries to deal with the stress of his job, and the various characters that work for him.

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  • 1978
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    Killing Stone

    Killing Stone

    1 1978 HD

    Returning from prison after serving ten years on trumped-up charges, a freelance writer tries to uncover the truth behind a homicide involving the...

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  • 1991
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    Soldier's Fortune

    Soldier's Fortune

    3 1991 HD

    A rich young girl is kidnapped by masked terrorists. Her mother's ex-husband, a former mercenary, gathers some of his former comrades and goes off to...

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  • 1984
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    For Love or Money

    For Love or Money

    3.5 1984 HD

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

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  • 1985
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    Stormin' Home

    Stormin' Home

    1 1985 HD

    An aging motor-cross racer, already having lost his wife and daughter to his footlooseness and now about to have his semi-tractor cab repossessed,...

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  • 2016
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    The Nice Guys

    The Nice Guys

    7.121 2016 HD

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

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  • 2009
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    Dire Wolf

    Dire Wolf

    5.6 2009 HD

    A vicious genetically modified creature that's half human and half dire wolf escapes from a research facility so it can go on a murderous rampage in...

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  • 2000
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    The Stepdaughter

    The Stepdaughter

    4.4 2000 HD

    Growing up, Susan Miller survived countless foster homes and years of abuse and neglect with one, burning goal: to someday find the birth mother who...

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  • 2007
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    Nuclear Hurricane

    Nuclear Hurricane

    4.1 2007 HD

    Linda is trapped when the nuclear power plant in which she works threatens a meltdown, while her girlfriend takes on a major storm which could...

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  • 2009
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    Reptisaurus

    Reptisaurus

    4.2 2009 HD

    When a group of friends get stranded on a seemingly deserted island, they soon realize that they're not alone.

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  • 1982
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    Hear No Evil

    Hear No Evil

    4 1982 HD

    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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  • 1982
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    Help Wanted: Male

    Help Wanted: Male

    5 1982 HD

    An unmarried career woman decides she wants a baby and finds a suitable partner, a sportswriter working for the magazine she publishes. After she...

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  • 2008
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    Bone Eater

    Bone Eater

    3.4 2008 HD

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

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  • 2019
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    Space Captain and Callista

    Space Captain and Callista

    1 2019 HD

    A young man with Asperger's Syndrome, under the shadow of his overprotective mother, wants to live independently. A tough-as-nails teen girl has a...

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  • 2001
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    Air Rage

    Air Rage

    5.2 2001 HD

    A Marine Colonel and his men are sent abroad on hostage rescue mission. When they arrive, they find the hostages dead and decide to get payback by...

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  • 1977
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    Ransom for Alice!

    Ransom for Alice!

    1 1977 HD

    In 1890s Seattle, a deputy marshal and his female partner set out to bust up a ring that kidnaps teenage girls and sells them into prostitution.

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  • 1977
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    Hooch

    Hooch

    2 1977 HD

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  • 1974
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    Little House on the Prairie

    Little House on the Prairie

    8 1974 HD

    Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a...

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  • 1968
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    Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

    7.1 1968 HD

    Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired...

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  • 1979
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    Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

    Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

    6.9 1979 HD

    20th-century astronaut Buck Rogers awakens in the 25th century after a freak accident puts him in suspended animation for 500 years. Upon returning...

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  • 1975
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    Baretta

    Baretta

    6.4 1975 HD

    Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74...

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  • 1986
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    Sidekicks

    Sidekicks

    6 1986 HD

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

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  • 1995
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    Brotherly Love

    Brotherly Love

    6.8 1995 HD

    Brotherly Love is an American sitcom that ran from September 16, 1995 to April 1, 1996, on NBC, and then moved to The WB, where it aired from...

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  • 1976
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    Battle of the Network Stars

    Battle of the Network Stars

    7.2 1976 HD

    Battle of the Network Stars was a series of competitions where television stars from ABC, CBS, and NBC would compete in various sporting events. A...

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  • 1990
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    E.A.R.T.H. Force

    E.A.R.T.H. Force

    6 1990 HD

    E.A.R.T.H. Force is an American action adventure television series starring Gil Gerard. The series aired 3 episodes on CBS from September 16, 1990,...

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  • 1989
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    Nightingales

    Nightingales

    5 1989 HD

    Nightingales is an American medical drama television series follows the stories of Christine Broderick, a supervisor of student nurses and her five...

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  • 1957
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    Code 3

    Code 3

    4.5 1957 HD

    Code 3 is an American crime drama that aired in syndication in 1957. The stories were all based on actual files of the Los Angeles sheriff's office.

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  • 1996
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    Pacific Blue

    Pacific Blue

    5.439 1996 HD

    Pacific Blue is an American crime drama series about a team of police officers with the Santa Monica Police Department who patrolled its beaches on...

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  • 1970
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    Pacific Blue

    Pacific Blue

    6 1970 HD

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

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