Gil Gerard

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

9.155

Gender

Male

Birthday

23-Jan-1943

Age

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Also Known As
  • Gilbert C. Gerard

Gil 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.


Credits

Hooch Hooch (1977) Character: Eddie Joe
Hooch is an inexpensive regional exploitation action-comedy (hicksploitation) about a small county in the Appalachians and its many moonshine-brewing inhabitants, who are all struggling to make a living. The older "brewers" are pissed off at the success of handsome young upstart Eddie Joe, who is charmingly stealing their regular customers. Meanwhile, the owner of the country store (also a moonshiner) conspires with a trio of carpetbagging Mafioso who want to take over the moonshine business in that county as an extension of their Northern business ventures.
George Lucas' Star Tours George Lucas' Star Tours (1986) Character: N/A
Originally aired in late 1986 during NBC's "Disney Sunday Movie."
Fury to Freedom Fury to Freedom (1985) Character: Officer
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 his family and himself. But on the darkest night of his life, Someone intervened. The man who refused to show weakness faces Someone so powerful that he is finally broken and taken from... Fury to Freedom.
Space Captain and Callista Space Captain and Callista (2019) Character: Lance
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 troubled, chaotic home life. Their unlikely friendship is tainted by outsiders' suspicions and accusations.
Dire Wolf Dire Wolf (2009) Character: Col. Hendry
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 a quiet rural community. It's up to the easygoing Sheriff Parker, eager game warden Jim, and a couple of government agents to stop the beast before things get too out of hand.
Soldier's Fortune Soldier's Fortune (1991) Character: Robert E. Lee Jones
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 rescue her.
International Airport International Airport (1985) Character: David Montgomery
Manager of a large metropolitan airport tries to deal with the stress of his job, and the various characters that work for him.
Killing Stone Killing Stone (1978) Character: Gil Stone
Returning from prison after serving ten years on trumped-up charges, a freelance writer tries to uncover the truth behind a homicide involving the son of a U.S. senator in this pilot for a prospective series.
Reptisaurus Reptisaurus (2009) Character: General Morgenstern
When a group of friends get stranded on a seemingly deserted island, they soon realize that they're not alone.
Bone Eater Bone Eater (2008) Character: Big Jim Burns
Ancient Native American legend of the Bone Eater rises up and begins terrorizing the local townspeople
Mom, Can I Keep Her? Mom, Can I Keep Her? (1998) Character: Reinhart
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 life is as difficult as ever. When a furry friend follows him home from school, Timmy is delighted. There's only one problem. His new-found buddy is a 500 pound gorilla
For Love or Money For Love or Money (1984) Character: Mike
A man and a woman participate in a new game show where partners have to choose between love and money.
Hear No Evil Hear No Evil (1982) Character: Dragon
A cop who became deaf as the result of a fight tries to break up a drug ring run by bikers.
The Stepdaughter The Stepdaughter (2000) Character: Jesse Conner
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 abandoned her - and get revenge.
Stormin' Home Stormin' Home (1985) Character: Bobby Atkins
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, vows to make one last go of it on his bike in the race of his career.
Help Wanted: Male Help Wanted: Male (1982) Character: Johnny Gillis
An unmarried career woman decides she wants a baby and finds a suitable partner, a sportswriter working for the magazine she publishes. After she maneuvers him into proposing marriage to her, she learns that he happens to be sterile.
Ransom for Alice! Ransom for Alice! (1977) Character: Clint Kirby
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.
Monsters, Madmen & Machines: 80 Years of Science Fiction Monsters, Madmen & Machines: 80 Years of Science Fiction (1980) Character: Host
Retrospective on science fiction and fantasy films from early efforts like George Melies' "A Trip to the Moon" (1902) to George Lucas' "Star Wars" (1977).
Fugitive Mind Fugitive Mind (1999) Character: Karl Gardner
A man finds out that he was brainwashed to kill an important government official.
Blood Fare Blood Fare (2012) Character: Professor Meade
A Civil War ghost story with a modern twist.
Nuclear Hurricane Nuclear Hurricane (2007) Character: Bob
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 destroy their island home.
Final Notice Final Notice (1989) Character: Harry Stoner
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 young murder victim was found carved up in the same grisly way. Now, more mangled art books have suddenly turned up. And it's Harry's job to make sure another corpse doesn't.
Air Rage Air Rage (2001) Character: Victor Quinn
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 massacring the village. Upon their return home to the US, they must face the consequences.
Ghost Town Ghost Town (2009) Character: Preacher McCready
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 protect the small town by placing five totems around the town in the shape of pinnacle. One day, an collector passes by the town and sees one of the totems pinned to the earth and he decides to take it. When the man takes the totem out of ground Halland and his gang arrives and start killing everyone. The film moves to the present day when a group of college students driving back home from another city after a debate contest suddenly find themselves at this town. Soon they start to be murdered one by one, and it will be up to them to find the secret of this town and destroy Halland and his gang.
Some of My Best Friends Are... Some of My Best Friends Are... (1971) Character: Michel Mireaux
Regulars gather at The Blue Jay, a gay bar in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, to celebrate Christmas Eve 1971 with people they consider family.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) Character: Capt. William " Buck " Rogers
Capt. William "Buck" Rogers is a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war following a global holocaust, and Buck's piloting skills make him an ideal starfighter recruit for the Earth Defense Directorate, where his closest colleagues are Dr. Huer (Tim O'Connor), squadron leader Col. Wilma Deering (former model Erin Gray), the wisecracking robot Twiki (voiced by cartoon legend Mel Blanc), and a portable computer-brain named Dr. Theopolis.
Not Just Another Affair Not Just Another Affair (1982) Character: Bob Gifford
A lady marine biologist, determined to save herself until marriage, meets a handsome attorney who is not used to being rejected sexually, and it becomes a battle of wills as to who will emerge the winner.
Man on a Swing Man on a Swing (1974) Character: Donald Forbes
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 in possession of information known only to the police, he suspects that the man may be more involved in the case than he lets on.
Airport '77 Airport '77 (1977) Character: Frank Powers
Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen depletion, and more while attempting a daring plan, all while 200 feet underwater.
The Nice Guys The Nice Guys (2016) Character: Bergen Paulsen
A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
The Lost Valentine The Lost Valentine (2011) Character: Neil Thomas Jr
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 separates lovers on their wedding anniversary Feb. 14, 1944 at LA Union Train Station, Navy pilot Neil Thomas makes a promise he isn't sure he can keep - to return to the train station safe by their next anniversary. For sixty years Caroline Thomas keeps her promise by waiting at the train station until her missing in action husband can finally keep his with the "lost valentine." The message and meaning shows romance and love can be real; worth fighting, and maybe even dying for.



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