Gil Gerard, who played television’s hunky sci-fi hero William “Buck” Rogers soon after the Star Wars franchise took hold in the late 1970s, has died. He was 82. Gerard died Tuesday in hospice as a ...

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 ...