Gil Gerard was an American actor. He was 82 years old as of 2025. He is well known for playing Captain William “Buck” Rogers in the TV show Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, which aired from 1979 to 1981.
Net Worth, Ethnicity & Religion
According to the reports, his net worth was approximately $1 million from all of his income sources as of 2025(source). He was of American White Ethnicity. His religious faith was in the Catholic religion.
Wife, Parents & Children
According to the reports, he was married. By the late 1980s, he had gone through four marriages. His first marriage in the 1960s, to a secretary from Arkansas, ended after only eight months.
After moving to New York to become an actor, he married a bank executive, but that relationship was also difficult and lasted about seven years on and off.
Later, after settling in Los Angeles, he married model and actress Connie Sellecca in 1979, and they had a son named Gilbert Vincent Gerard, known as “Gib,” born in 1981.
The marriage officially ended in 1987. After a difficult custody case, Sellecca was granted primary care of their son.
Later that same year, he married interior designer Bobi Leonard, but their marriage ended after about one year and was officially finalised in 1989.
His fifth and final wife was Janet Gerard, who remained with him until he passed away in 2025. They lived together in northern Georgia. He was born to his American parents.
His mother’s name was Mrs Gladys Gerard, and his father’s name was Mr Frank Gerard. He had two brothers.
Early Life & Cause Of Death
His real name was Gilbert Cyril Gerard. He was born on 23 January 1943 in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. On December 16, 2025, his wife Janet shared on Facebook that Gerard had passed away after battling a very rare and fast-spreading cancer. He was 82 years old.
In 1960, he studied at a Maryknoll seminary in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, where he played the lead role in an all-male stage show of The Music Man.
He later finished school at Little Rock Catholic High School for Boys, then enrolled at the University of Central Arkansas, but left before completing his degree.
Career Details
He moved to New York City to chase his acting dream. During the day, he took drama classes, and at night, he worked as a taxi driver. One day, he picked up a passenger who showed interest in the struggles of actors without work.
That led him to the set of Love Story, where he was first hired as a background performer. Later, he was briefly given a small speaking role, but his scene did not appear in the final movie.
Over the next few years, he mostly worked in TV ads, appearing in nearly 400 commercials, including a period as a face for Ford.
Later, he got his most famous role as Captain William “Buck” Rogers in the TV show Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, which aired from 1979 to 1981.
A movie-length pilot was released in theaters before the show first came on television.
He made a guest appearance as Admiral Jack Sheehan in the episode titled “Kitumba” of the fan-made web series Star Trek: Phase II, which was released on January 1, 2014.
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