BILL BIXBY
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Bill Bixby – IMDb: Bill Bixby, Actor: The Incredible Hulk. The son of a sales clerk and a department store owner, Bill Bixby was the sixth-generation Californian born as Wilfred Bailey Bixby, on January 22, 1934, in San Francisco, California. An only child growing up in the 1940s and 1950s, he attended schools in the same area, took ballroom dance lessons, before attending Lowell High School, where he …
Exit, Smiling: WITH HIS CHOIRBOY SIMILE AND PUPPYISH gaze, Bill Bixby, who died on Nov. 21 at 59, long ago entered the pantheon of TV’s Mr. Nice…
The 6-year-old son of ‘Incredible Hulk’ television series star…: The 6-year-old son of ‘Incredible Hulk’ television series star Bill Bixby died of a rare childhood illness during a weekend ski trip, a studio spokesman said…
Bill Bixby – IMDb: The son of a sales clerk and a department store owner, Bill Bixby was the sixth-generation Californian born as Wilfred Bailey Bixby, on January 22, …
Bill Bixby, TV Actor, Dies at 59; Starred in 3 Long-Running Series
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Wilfred Bailey Everett “Bill” Bixby III was an actor, director, producer, and panelist . his career spanned more than three decades, including appearances on stage, in films, bixby attended Grace Cathedral and sang in the church’s choir . he shot the bishop using a slingshot during a service and was kicked out . his mother encouraged him to take ballroom dance lessons bixby majored in drama at the city college of san francisco . he attended the university of california, his parents’ alma mater . after high school, he organized shows at a resort in Jackson Hole, Wyoming . in 1959, he was hired to work as a model and to do commercial work for GM and Chrysler . he guest-starred in many television high production costs forced the series to come to an end after 107 episodes . after the cancellation of martian, Bixby starred in four movies: Ride Beyond Vengeance, Doctor, You’ve Got to Be Kidding the core cast was rounded out by academy award-winning actress Miyoshi Umeki . one episode co-starred bixby’s future wife, Brenda Benet, as one of Tom’s girlfriends . he won the Parents Without Partners Exemplary Service Award for 1972 . he made his directorial debut on the sitcom in 1970, directing eight episodes . the death of his only child, in 1981, drew in 1995, Cruz named his own son Lincoln Bixby Cruz . the two remained in touch until bixby’s death in 1993 . Brandon Cruz: “we dealt with issues that were talked about but were never brought up Brandon: “Bill treated me as an equal” Upon Bill’s real-life father’s death in 1971, Cruz stated: “he had that type of mentality that the show must go on, after he broke down bill bixby’s fame was supposed to posthumously honor him for a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . “when I found out they were putting this out, I thought, ‘it’s about time the series was well liked but lasted only one season . an accomplished amateur magician himself, he hosted several TV specials in the mid-1970s . he was a respected member of the Hollywood magic community . bixby became a popular game-show panelist, appearing mostly on Password and The Hollywood Squares . he was also a panelist on 1974 revival of Masquerade Party hosted by Richard Dawson . he directed four episodes of the eighth season of Mannix . in 1977, he co-starred in the pilot for the television series Fantasy Island . he appeared with Donna Mills, Richard Jaeckel, and William Sha bixby directed two episodes of The Oregon Trail . in 1976, he was honored with two Emmy Award nominations . he hosted Once Upon a Classic on PBS from 1976 to 1980 . the pilot starred Susan Sullivan as Dr. Elaina Marks . bixby’s performance is the series’s “foremost” strength, says gilbert greenberg . the pilot also bixby directed one episode of the series, “Bring Me the Head of the Hulk” in 1980 . he worked on the series with his friend, movie actress Mariette Hartley . Hartley won an Em the series was canceled after the following season, but leftover episodes aired as late as the next June . bixby later executive-produced and reprised the role in three television movies – the last two of which he he hosted the syndicated weekday anthology series True Confessions . he directed eight episodes of the satirical police sitcom Sledge Hammer! he made his last acting appearance in 1992 . a few months later, six-year-old Christopher died while on a skiing vacation with Benet . he went into cardiac arrest after doctors inserted a breathing tube when he suffered acute epiglottitis in early 1991, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent treatment . in late 1992, friends introduced Bixby to the artist Judith Kliban . he married her in late 1993, just six weeks before he He was 59 years old. He was married.