Gilbert C. "Gil" Gerard (born January 23, 1943) is an American actor, most notable for his role as Captain William "Buck" Rogers in the 1979–1981 television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Read full biography of Gil Gerard →
I'd always wanted the show to be more reality based science fiction, something along the lines of The Day the Earth Stood Still, which I consider... →
I've just got into the convention circuit in the last couple of years and it's great to see all these people who are still interested in the... →
It is amazing that something I did 23 years ago still has an audience that people respond to and I am touched and surprised that people are still... →
Other effects in the show included models of the ships which were extremely expensive to make. We used to do our shots in front of a blue screen and... →
Prior to that I produced a couple of TV movies for CBS, but the truth of the matter is that I burned out for a couple of years. I didn't do... →
Some writers and producers are currently writing a sitcom for me, so we'll see what happens there. I'm somewhat reluctant to talk about some... →
The basic answer is that I wasn't happy or fulfilled by the job I had and I wanted my life to mean something to me, so I searched my life... →
The show originally started out as a ten hour mini-series. We shot two hours and then were excused for a while, for no apparent reason. Things went... →
Then I got the offer to play Buck Rogers, but I turned it down thinking it was a cartoon character. Well I was wrong, it wasn't at all. So I read... →
Up to that point I never really knew what my character would be expected to do, and prior to accepting the job I had actually turned down the role... →
Yes, I did some rewrites of the show as some of the stuff was not very good and I worked my butt off to make it something that the audience liked and... →
Gilbert C. "Gil" Gerard (born January 23, 1943) is an American actor, most notable for his role as Captain William "Buck" Rogers in the 1979–1981 television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.