Gil Gerard, also known as Captain William Buck Rogers of the cult television series Buck Rogers, passed away at the age of 82.

Lieutenant Buck Rogers and Buddy Wade are in the middle of a trans-polar dirigible flight when they are caught in a blizzard and crash. Buddy then releases a special gas to keep them in suspended ...

Gil Gerard, best known for playing the titular hero in the NBC sci-fi favorite Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, has died at the age of 82.

He was best known for playing the title character in “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,” which ran on NBC from 1979 to 1981. By Jonathan Wolfe Gil Gerard, an actor best known for his role as Buck ...

Every great action-adventure hero is a rip-off of someone else. Captain Kirk was Gene Roddenberry’s riff on Horatio Hornblower. James Bond was Bulldog Drummond with better taste in booze. One of the ...

Gil Gerard, best known to a generation of television viewers as the star of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, died on December 16, 2025, at the age 82. While his career extended well beyond that single ...

Today, if you search YouTube for a 1950s version of Buck Rogers, you’ll find plenty of smooth, AI-generated-looking trailers that seem like comic strips come to ...