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WHO IS BUCK ROGERS???

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Dillon J Lin

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Dec 12, 1994, 1:56:22 PM12/12/94
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Hey all,

I'm not a regular reader here. But my roomate and I have a
disagreement and we'd like to know if any body here knows the answer to
our question. The issue is this:

Who played Buck Rogers in the 80's t.v. show of that name?

I maintain that it is Lee Majors (Fall Guy, Six Million Dollar Man).
Anyone care to confirm/disprove? Thanks.

BTW, we are procratinating from studying for finals.


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AWagner

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Dec 12, 1994, 3:52:52 PM12/12/94
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Who played Buck Rogers in the 80's t.v. show of that name?

His name is Gil Gerard. I may not have the spelling right but that is his
name.

Alex Wagner

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Dec 13, 1994, 2:14:28 AM12/13/94
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Dillon J Lin (dl...@andrew.cmu.edu) wrote:
: Hey all,

: I'm not a regular reader here. But my roomate and I have a
: disagreement and we'd like to know if any body here knows the answer to
: our question. The issue is this:

: Who played Buck Rogers in the 80's t.v. show of that name?

: I maintain that it is Lee Majors (Fall Guy, Six Million Dollar Man).
: Anyone care to confirm/disprove? Thanks.

: BTW, we are procratinating from studying for finals.

If you placed a bet on it, pay up. Buck was played by Gil Gerard.

Jeffrey Kaplan

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Dec 13, 1994, 2:48:56 AM12/13/94
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Dillon J Lin (dl...@andrew.cmu.edu) wrote:
: Who played Buck Rogers in the 80's t.v. show of that name?

: I maintain that it is Lee Majors (Fall Guy, Six Million Dollar Man).
: Anyone care to confirm/disprove? Thanks.

It was Gill Gerard. And Erin Grey played Wilma.

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Larry Bromley

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Dec 14, 1994, 5:36:39 PM12/14/94
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Gil Gerard is the illegitimate son of Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett.(NOT!!)
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Larry Bromley Son of a Betazoid and a Klingon
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Robert A. Rosenberg

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Dec 16, 1994, 2:03:05 AM12/16/94
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In Article <3cjjl8$g...@sundog.tiac.net>, gor...@max.tiac.net (Jeffrey

Kaplan) wrote:
>Dillon J Lin (dl...@andrew.cmu.edu) wrote:
>: Who played Buck Rogers in the 80's t.v. show of that name?
>
>: I maintain that it is Lee Majors (Fall Guy, Six Million Dollar Man).
>: Anyone care to confirm/disprove? Thanks.
>
>It was Gill Gerard. And Erin Grey played Wilma.

With a one-shot appearance by Larry "Buster" Crabbe (the Serial's Buck
Rogers) as Admiral Gordon (an in-gag reference to his more famous 3-Serial
Role of Flash Gordon).

Jill Cavalero

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Dec 16, 1994, 12:14:43 PM12/16/94
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In article <wiv9nKu00...@andrew.cmu.edu>, Dillon J Lin
<dl...@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I'm not a regular reader here. But my roomate and I have a
> disagreement and we'd like to know if any body here knows the answer to
> our question. The issue is this:
>
> Who played Buck Rogers in the 80's t.v. show of that name?
>
> I maintain that it is Lee Majors (Fall Guy, Six Million Dollar Man).
> Anyone care to confirm/disprove? Thanks.
>
> BTW, we are procratinating from studying for finals.
>

> The actor wasn't Lee Majors it was Gil Gerard. The program is still
shown on Sci Fi channel.

Gharlane of Eddore

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Dec 18, 1994, 11:05:55 PM12/18/94
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In <wiv9nKu00...@andrew.cmu.edu> Dillon J Lin
<dl...@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:

> I'm not a regular reader here. But my roomate and I have a
>disagreement and we'd like to know if any body here knows the answer to
>our question. The issue is this:
> Who played Buck Rogers in the 80's t.v. show of that name?
> I maintain that it is Lee Majors (Fall Guy, Six Million Dollar Man).
> Anyone care to confirm/disprove? Thanks.
> BTW, we are procratinating from studying for finals.

Not even close. "Gil Gerard."
....And it's older than "the eighties." Try "Late seventies."
And don't *ever* watch an episode from the second season, after
the Universal "management" tried to punch up the ratings by
further brain-damaging an already putrid series format which
had been extensively altered from the real "Buck Rogers" yarns,
which would probably have earned them some good money if they'd
done them straight.


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Huntr

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Dec 19, 1994, 4:32:19 AM12/19/94
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B{>{dl...@andrew.cmu.edu}

M{>Hey all,

M{> I'm not a regular reader here. But my roomate and I have a
M{>disagreement and we'd like to know if any body here knows the answer to
M{>our question. The issue is this:

M{> Who played Buck Rogers in the 80's t.v. show of that name?

M{> I maintain that it is Lee Majors (Fall Guy, Six Million Dollar Man).
M{> Anyone care to confirm/disprove? Thanks.

M{> BTW, we are procratinating from studying for finals.


M{>______________________________________________________________________

M{>Dillon Jung Lin
M{>dl...@andrew.cmu.edu
M{>Carnegie Mellon University Architecture

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It was Gil Gerrad (sp?)

Gharlane of Eddore

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Dec 27, 1994, 1:01:14 AM12/27/94
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In <3cns1n$4...@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us> a002...@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us

(Larry Bromley) writes:
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> Gil Gerard is the illegitimate son of Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett.(NOT!!)
>--

He is *NOT*. He's the illegitimate son of Hugh O'Brian, George Hamilton,
Angel Tompkins, and Shelley Winters, the first product of a highly-classified
experiment in tetraploidic gene splicing.


Mississippi Pickers

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Mar 8, 2023, 9:44:33 AM3/8/23
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Not many of us old timers around that got to watch this on TV but in fact Lee Majors played captain Buck Rogers in the 1978 movie made for TV Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. I'm 62 years old and I remember it well and how disappointed me and my father were when they replaced Lee Majors the next year with Gil Gerard due to a contract dispute for the series Buck Rogers in the 25th century.

So yes Lee played in the original movie which no one will ever get to see again due to litigation but Gil Gerard gets the credit for being the only buck rogers from the series.

your welcome :-)
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