Buck Rogers: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Buck Rogers was a Sci-Fi TV series about a twentieth century football player who is swept to the twenty-fifth century and joins the battle against the tyrant trying to rule the world named Killer Kane. This was the very first TV version of the famous hero of comic books, radio and movie serials. As in all the other versions Buck alone was responsible for the safety of the Universe aided by pseudo-scientific gadgets he always managed to outwit his interstellar evil foes along with the help of Dr. Huer and Wilma Deering.

Series details

• Title: Buck Rogers
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 1950-04-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 1951-01-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 10661

Cast and credited roles

• Kem Dibbs — Buck Rogers
• Robert Pastene — Buck Rogers
• Harry Sothern — Dr. Huer
• Harry Kingston — Black Barney Wade
• Joyce Randolph — Wilma Deering

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1950-04-15; final listed air date 1951-01-30; episode order: 36.

Source and licence

Adapted from Buck Rogers on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.