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==Plot==
==Plot==
*Coming Soon
*Coming Soon


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Episode Cast=
Episode Cast=
*[[Gil Gerard]] as Capt. [[William Rogers|William "Buck" Rogers]]
*[[Gil Gerard]] as Capt. [[William Rogers|William "Buck" Rogers]]
*[[Erin Gray]] as Col. [[Wilma Deering]]
*[[Erin Gray]] as Col. [[Wilma Deering]]
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Episode Crew=
Episode Crew=
*Directed by Sigmund Neufeld, Jr.
*Directed by Sigmund Neufeld, Jr.
*Written by Martin Pasko
*Written by Martin Pasko
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Production Management=
Production Management=
*Harker Wade - Unit Production Manager
*Harker Wade - Unit Production Manager


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Second Unit Director or Assistant Director=
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director=
*Frank Crawford - First Assistant Director
*Frank Crawford - First Assistant Director
*Gerald T. Olson - Second Assistant Director
*Gerald T. Olson - Second Assistant Director
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Art Department=
Art Department=
*Jerry Allen - Model Builder
*Jerry Allen - Model Builder
*Ted Wilson - Carpenter (uncredited)
*Ted Wilson - Carpenter (uncredited)
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Sound Department=
Sound Department=
*Earl Crain, Jr. - Sound
*Earl Crain, Jr. - Sound
*Dick Wahrman - Sound Effects Editor
*Dick Wahrman - Sound Effects Editor
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Special Effects=
Special Effects=
*Chuck Arrigo - Special Effects Coordinator (uncredited)
*Chuck Arrigo - Special Effects Coordinator (uncredited)


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Visual Effects=
Visual Effects=
*Peter Anderson - Visual Effects Supervisor: Universal Hartland
*Peter Anderson - Visual Effects Supervisor: Universal Hartland
*David M. Garber - Miniature Effects
*David M. Garber - Miniature Effects
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Camera and Electrical Department=
Camera and Electrical Department=
*Gary Armstrong - Assistant Camera
*Gary Armstrong - Assistant Camera
*Kenneth Hale - First Assistant Camera
*Kenneth Hale - First Assistant Camera
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Costume and Wardrobe Department=
Costume and Wardrobe Department=
*Barry Downing - Costume Supervisor: Gil Gerard
*Barry Downing - Costume Supervisor: Gil Gerard


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Music Department=
Music Department=
*Glen A. Larson - Composer: Theme Music
*Glen A. Larson - Composer: Theme Music
*Herbert D. Woods - Music Editor
*Herbert D. Woods - Music Editor
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Additional Crew=
Additional Crew=
*Alan Brennert - Story Editor
*Alan Brennert - Story Editor
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0533102/ ''Happy Birthday, Buck''] at IMDb
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0533102/ ''Happy Birthday, Buck''] at IMDb
*[https://www.nbc.com/buck-rogers-in-the-25th-century/video/happy-birthday-buck/3979546 ''Happy Birthday, Buck''] at NBC.com
*[https://www.nbc.com/buck-rogers-in-the-25th-century/video/happy-birthday-buck/3979546 ''Happy Birthday, Buck''] at NBC.com

Latest revision as of 22:12, 26 November 2023

Happy Birthday, Buck
Season 1, Episode 15
Air date January 10, 1980
Written by Martin Pasco
Directed by Sigmund Neufeld, Jr.
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"Happy Birthday, Buck" is the fifteenth episode of the 1st season of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

Plot

  • Coming Soon

Synopsis

Missing the people and places of his own time, Buck is helped out of his depression by Wilma and Huer, who plan to cheer him up with a surprise birthday party. As a diversion to Buck, he is sent with Raylyn Derren to escort her on a trip to New Detroit with some of Huer's paperwork. Little do they realize that an assassin named Cornell Traeger is waiting for the girl so he can steal Dr. Huer's schedule, and plot to kill him as revenge over a previous encounter.

Notes

Quotes

Cast

*Gil Gerard as Capt. William "Buck" Rogers

*Directed by Sigmund Neufeld, Jr.

  • Written by Martin Pasko
  • Produced by Jock Gaynor, Medora Heilbron, Bruce Lansbury, Glen A. Larson, David J. O'Connell and David G. Phinney
  • Music by J.J. Johnson
  • Cinematography by Ben Colman
  • Film Editor - Michael Berman
  • Casting - Phil Benjamin
  • Art Directors - Bill Camden and Fred Luff, III
  • Set Decorator - Joanne MacDougall
  • Costume Designer - Al Lehman

  • *Harker Wade - Unit Production Manager

    *Frank Crawford - First Assistant Director

  • Gerald T. Olson - Second Assistant Director

  • *Jerry Allen - Model Builder

  • Ted Wilson - Carpenter (uncredited)

  • *Earl Crain, Jr. - Sound

  • Dick Wahrman - Sound Effects Editor

  • *Chuck Arrigo - Special Effects Coordinator (uncredited)

    *Peter Anderson - Visual Effects Supervisor: Universal Hartland

  • David M. Garber - Miniature Effects
  • Wayne Smith - Miniature Effects

  • *Gary Armstrong - Assistant Camera

  • Kenneth Hale - First Assistant Camera

  • *Barry Downing - Costume Supervisor: Gil Gerard

    *Glen A. Larson - Composer: Theme Music

  • Herbert D. Woods - Music Editor
  • Johnny Harris - Composer: Theme Music (uncredited)
  • Stu Phillips - Composer: Theme Music (uncredited)

  • *Alan Brennert - Story Editor

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    References

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