Gil Gerard
Gil Gerard
Gilbert C. "Gil" Gerardis 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth23 January 1943
CityLittle Rock, AR
CountryUnited States of America
circuit convention couple enjoyed gratifying great hear interested last people work
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 show. It's so gratifying to hear that so many people enjoyed the work that Erin and I have done.
became michael pilot sell series stone
I'd just done a pilot called Killing Stone for Michael Landon. The series unfortunately didn't sell and so it became a movie of the week.
good liked stuff worked
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 that I could be proud of.
accepting expected finally job knew point prior role turned
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 three times before finally giving in.
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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 very quiet for a time and then a few months later we were called back and told that it was going to be a full season.
again business enjoy finally realised returned
I've now returned to the business again because I finally realised that I really enjoy the creative process.
character
I made the character as much of myself as I could.
dealing everyman planet related
It's more fun having him as everyman in the 25th Century. It is better to concentrate on what this planet will be like 500 years from now, and not be dealing with little aliens in space and all that related stuff.
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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 to be the classic science fiction film.
although couple episodes feature good run seems
Although there were only about 24 episodes made it seems to run forever. They take a couple of episodes and put them together, making a feature film once in a while. I had good fun making the series.
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I brought my personality and sense of wonder and I think they wrote as much of my personality as they could. I do not go around kicking butt and saving the universe all the time but they tried to capture me as best as they could in the character.
character thinking play
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 the script and decided I liked the character, it had a good concept.
people guy bucks
People would say I really loved Buck Rogers until the Hawk guy came on.
golf hbo skiing
I have a project at HBO and one at the Family Channel coming that are being looked at. Aside from that I am not doing much more than playing golf and some skiing.