Gil Gerard

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Gilbert C. Gerard (born January 23, 1943) is an American actor best known for his role as Captain William "Buck" Rogers in the 1979–81 television series Buck Rogers in the 25th century.

Early life

Gerard was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on January 23, 1943, to a college instructor mother and a salesman father. In 1960, he attended Maryknoll Seminary in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and appeared in an all-male production of The Music Man. He graduated from Little Rock Catholic High School for Boys and later attended the University of Central Arkansas but dropped out before graduation/ graduation.

Personal life

Gerard had been married and divorced four times by the 1980s by the 1980s. His first marriage, which took place in the 1960s, was to a secretary in Arkansas' home state. His second marriage to a bank executive was also troubling, although it lasted (on and off) for seven years before heading to New York to pursue his acting ambitions. He married model/actress Connie Sellecca in 1979 after moving to Los Angeles in the late 1970s. Gilbert Vincent Gerard, also known as "Gib," was born in 1981. Following the demise of Gerard's show Buck Rogers in the 25th century and his growing use of cocaine, alcohol, and overeating, his seven-year marriage began to disintegrate. Following a bitter custody battle that gave Sellecca sole custody of their son, the marriage was officially ended in 1987. Gerard married interior designer Bobi Leonard in the same year, but the marriage was short lived and then officially ended in 1989.

Gerard has opened up about his battle with heroin use. Despite being addicted to cocaine and alcohol following his expulsion from Sellecca in the mid 1980s, his compulsive eating habits soared and he'd find himself eating unhealthy portions of junk food. By 1988, he weighed 300 lb (136 kg) and started a self-help program for his depression, though he said that his weight problem had cost him work opportunities in the area of a million dollars. He weighed 220 lb (100 kg) by 1990.

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Career

Gerard travelled to New York City, where he studied drama by day and then took a taxicab at night. Gerard departed at a farewell that displayed an acute concern for unknown, unemployed actors. Before he left the cab, he told Gerard to report in a few days to the Love Story set, which was being shot on location in New York. Gerard was hired as an extra on the Love Story set when he arrived. Later that day, he was singled out for a "bit" part, but he was not included in the finished film.

He performed the majority of his acting in television advertisements during his first few years, including a stint as a Ford Motor Company spokeswoman. Gerard appeared in several films including Some of My Best Friends Are... (1971) and the horror film Man on a Swing (1974), and was instrumental in the daytime soap opera The Doctors for two years. Gerard, a writer-producer, co-authored a screenplay entitled Hooch (1977) and filmed it as a starring vehicle for himself. With Hooch's completion, he went to California to co-star with Yvette Mimieux in Ransom for Alice. (1977) and 1984 (77), and to portray Lee Grant's youthful love in Universal's Airport '77 (1977). Marty Cobb, a former officer and recovering alcoholic, appeared in a 1977 episode of Hawaii Five-O ("The Ninth Step") as Marty Cobb, a former officer and recovering alcoholic. Producer-star Michael Landon, who starred in the leading role in the 1978 television film Killing Stone, was inspired by a guest appearance in Little House on the Prairie.

In the 25th century, Gerard appeared as Captain William "Buck" Rogers in the television series Buck Rogers from 1979 to 1981, with the feature-length pilot episode being released theatrically some months before the series's first broadcasting. He appeared in a number of other television shows and movies, including starring roles in the 1982 TV film Hear No Evil as Dragon, the short-lived series Sidekicks (1986) and E.A.R.T.H. Force (1990): (1990).

In 1992, Gerard appeared on the reality TV show Code 3, which followed firefighters from various parts of the United States as they respond to emergency calls. The program remained on Fox TV Network until the following year. Gerard appeared on several television shows during the 1990s, including Fish Police, Brotherly Love, The Big Easy, Days of Our Lives, and Pacific Blue.

Gerard was the subject of the one-hour documentary Action Hero Makeover, which was written, produced, and directed by his then-longtime companion, Adrienne Crow for the Discovery Health Channel in January 2007. Since recovering from life-saving mini-gastric bypass surgery in October 2005, the film chronicled his year-long growth. He had been struggling with his weight for 40 years, losing weight only to gain it back. His weight had risen to over 350 pounds (159 kg) by the time of the program's inception, and he had many life-threatening health conditions, including a severe case of type 2 diabetes. He had lost 20 lb (9 kg) within three months and had lost 80 lb (36 kg) in ten months, and in ten months he lost 145 lb (66 kg).

In 2007, Gerard and his Buck Rogers co-star Erin Gray reunited for the TV film Nuclear Hurricane and then returned to the Buck Rogers universe by portraying the characters' parents in the pilot episode of James Cawley's Buck Rogers Begins Internet video series in 2009.

In "Kitumba," the January 1, 2014 episode of the fan web series Star Trek: Phase II, Gerard guest starred as Admiral Jack Sheehan.

In Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Gerard voiced Megatronus in 2015.

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