Gerard was born January 23, 1943, in Little Rock, Arkansas, to a college instructor mother and a salesman father. In 1960, h… 展开

Gerard traveled to New York City, where he studied drama by day and drove a taxicab at night. Gerard picked up a fare who showed a lively interest in the problems of unknown, unemployed actors. Before he left the cab, he told Gerard t… 展开

By the end of the 1980s, Gerard had been married and divorced four times. His first marriage, in the 1960s to a secretary in his home state of Arkansas, lasted just eight months. After moving to New York to pursue his actin… 展开