Bill Bixby - wikipedia Bill Bixby Bill Bixby Bixby as The Magician, 1973 Wilfred Bailey Everett Bixby III ( 1934 - 01 - 22 ) January 22, 1934 San Francisco, California, U.S. November 21, 1993 ( 1993 - 11 - 21 ) ( aged 59 ) Century City, Los Angeles, U.S. Cause of death Prostate cancer Alma mater University of California, Berkeley Occupation Actor, director, producer, game - show panelist Years active 1961 -- 1993 Television My Favorite Martian, The Courtship of Eddie 's Father, The Incredible Hulk Spouse ( s ) Brenda Benet ( m. 1971 ; div. 1980 ) Laura Michaels ( m. 1990 ; div. 1991 ) Judith Kliban ( m. 1993 ) Children 1 ( deceased ) Wilfred Bailey Everett `` Bill '' Bixby III ( January 22, 1934 − November 21, 1993 ) was an American actor, director, producer, and frequent game - show panelist. His career spanned more than three decades, including appearances on stage, in films, and on television series. He is known for his roles as Tim O'Hara on the CBS sitcom My Favorite Martian, Tom Corbett on the ABC sitcom The Courtship of Eddie 's Father, and stage illusionist Anthony Blake in the NBC crime drama series The Magician, but is perhaps best known for his role as scientist Dr. David Banner on the CBS science - fiction drama series The Incredible Hulk. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Beginning acting 2.2 My Favorite Martian and other early roles 2.3 The Courtship of Eddie 's Father 2.4 1973 to 1977 2.5 The Incredible Hulk 2.6 Later work 3 Personal life 4 Death 5 Filmography 5.1 Television roles 5.2 Film acting 5.3 Director 5.4 Producer 6 References 7 External links Early life An only child, Bixby was born a fourth - generation Californian of English descent, in San Francisco, California. His father, Wilfred Everett Bixby II, was a store clerk and his mother, Jane ( née McFarland ) Bixby, was a senior manager at I. Magnin & Co. In 1942, when Bixby was eight years old, his father enlisted in the Navy during World War II and traveled to the South Pacific. While in the seventh grade, Bixby attended Grace Cathedral and sang in the church 's choir. In one notable incident, he shot the bishop using a slingshot during a service and was kicked out of the choir. In 1946, his mother encouraged him to take ballroom dance lessons and from there he started dancing all around the city. While dancing, he attended Lowell High School, where he perfected his oratory and dramatic skills as a member of the Lowell Forensic Society. Though he received average grades, he also competed in high - school speech tournaments regionally. After graduation from high school in 1952, against his parents ' wishes, he majored in drama at City College of San Francisco. During the Korean War, Bixby was drafted shortly after his eighteenth birthday. Rather than report to the United States Army, Bixby joined the United States Marine Corps Reserve. He served primarily in the personnel management field with Marine Attack Squadron 141 ( VMA - 141 ) at Naval Air Station Oakland, and attained the rank of private first class before his 1956 discharge. Later, he attended the University of California, Berkeley, his parents ' alma mater, and left just a few credits short of earning a degree. He then moved to Hollywood, California, where he had a string of odd jobs that included bellhop and lifeguard. He organized shows at a resort in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and in 1959, he was hired to work as a model and to do commercial work for General Motors and Chrysler. Career Beginning acting In 1961, Bixby was in the musical The Boy Friend at the Detroit Civic Theater, returning to Hollywood to make his television debut on an episode of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. He became a highly regarded character actor and guest - starred on many television series, including Ben Casey, The Twilight Zone, The Andy Griffith Show, Dr. Kildare, Straightaway, and Hennesey. He also joined the cast of The Joey Bishop Show in 1962. In 1963, he played a sailor with a Napoleon tattoo in the movie Irma La Douce, a romantic comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, directed by Billy Wilder based on the 1956 French musical. During the 1970s, he made guest - appearances on television series such as Ironside, Insight, Barbary Coast, The Love Boat, Medical Center, four episodes of Love, American Style, Fantasy Island, and two episodes each of The Streets of San Francisco, and Rod Serling 's Night Gallery. My Favorite Martian and other early roles Bixby as Tim O'Hara in My Favorite Martian, when an accident turns Uncle Martin back into a baby ( season 2, episode 6 ) Bixby took the role of young reporter Tim O'Hara in the 1963 CBS sitcom, My Favorite Martian, in which he co-starred with Ray Walston. By 1966, though, high production costs forced the series to come to an end after 107 episodes. After the cancellation of Martian, Bixby starred in five movies : Ride Beyond Vengeance, Doctor, You 've Got to Be Kidding !, and two of Elvis Presley 's movies, Clambake, and Speedway. He turned down the role as Marlo Thomas 's boyfriend in the successful That Girl, though he later guest - starred on the show, and starred in two failed pilots. The Courtship of Eddie 's father In 1969, Bixby starred in his second high - profile television role, as Tom Corbett in The Courtship of Eddie 's Father, a comedy - drama on ABC. The series concerned a widowed father raising a young son, managing a major syndicated magazine, and at the same time trying to re-establish himself on the dating scene. This series was in the vein of other 1960s and 1970s sitcoms that dealt with widowerhood, such as The Andy Griffith Show and My Three Sons. Eddie was played by novice actor Brandon Cruz. The pair developed a close rapport that translated to an off - camera friendship, as well. The cast was rounded out by Academy Award - winning actress Miyoshi Umeki, who played the role of Tom 's housekeeper, Mrs. Livingston ; James Komack ( one of the series ' producers ) as Norman Tinker ( Tom 's pseudo-hippie, quirky photographer ), and actress Kristina Holland as Tom 's secretary, Tina. One episode of the series co-starred Bixby 's future wife, Brenda Benet, as one of Tom 's girlfriends. With The Courtship of Eddie 's Father co-stars, Brandon Cruz and Miyoshi Umeki Bixby was nominated for the Emmy Award for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 1971. The following year, he won the Parents Without Partners Exemplary Service Award for 1972. Bixby made his directorial debut on the sitcom in 1970, directing eight episodes. ABC canceled the sitcom in 1972 at the end of season three. After the show was canceled, Bixby and Cruz remained in contact, with Cruz making a guest appearance on Bixby 's later series The Incredible Hulk. The death of Bixby 's only child, in 1981, drew Bixby and Cruz closer still. The two remained in touch until Bixby 's death in 1993. In 1995, Cruz named his own son Lincoln Bixby Cruz. Brandon Cruz said of the show which developed a professional father - son relationship, compared to that of The Andy Griffith Show, `` We dealt with issues that were talked about but were never brought up on television. Bill was n't the first actor to portray a single widowed father, but he became one of the popular ones, because of his easy - going way of this crazy little kid. '' Prior to Bixby 's promotion as the director, Brandon said, `` He was looking for the best dolly grip, along with the boom operator that if something was called specifically and failed, Bill could be easily angry. '' On the kind of relationship Bill had wanted with his co-star, Brandon also said, `` Bill would never speak down to me. Bill treated me as an equal. He made sure that we had a lot of time together, just so he could kinda crawl inside my head and see what actually made a kid tick. '' The final thing he realized of Bill 's real - life father 's death in 1971, and when asked about his mentor 's father 's loss, he stated : `` He had that type of mentality that the show must go on, thinking it was just a great T.V. show, after he broke down weeping. '' 1973 to 1977 In 1973, Bixby starred in The Magician. The series was well liked, but it lasted only one season. An accomplished amateur magician himself, he hosted several TV specials in the mid-1970s which featured other amateur magicians, and was a respected member of the Hollywood magic community, belonging to The Magic Castle, an exclusive club for magicians. During the show 's popular, although short - lived production, Bixby invited a few old friends along to co-star such as Pamela Britton ( in her final role ), Kristina Holland and Ralph O'Hara. Also in 1973, he starred in Steambath, a play by author Bruce Jay Friedman, on PBS with Valerie Perrine and Jose Perez. He became a popular game - show panelist, appearing mostly on Password and The Hollywood Squares. He was also a panelist on the 1974 revival of Masquerade Party hosted by Richard Dawson. He had also appeared with Dawson on Cop - Out. In 1974 - 1975, he directed four episodes of the eighth season of Mannix, and he guest - starred as Mannix 's friend - turned - villain in one of the episodes. In 1975, he co-starred with Tim Conway and Don Knotts in the Disney movie The Apple Dumpling Gang, which was well received by the public. Returning to television, he worked with Susan Blakely on Rich Man, Poor Man, a highly successful television miniseries in 1976. He played a daredevil stunt pilot in an episode of the short - lived 1976 CBS adventure series Spencer 's Pilots, starring Gene Evans. In 1977, he co-starred in the pilot for the television series Fantasy Island ; starred in `` No Way Out '', the final episode of the NBC anthology series Quinn Martin 's Tales of the Unexpected ( known in the United Kingdom as Twist in the Tale ) ; and appeared with Donna Mills, Richard Jaeckel, and William Shatner in the last episode, `` The Scarlet Ribbon '', of NBC 's Western series The Oregon Trail, starring Rod Taylor and Andrew Stevens. Bixby directed two episodes of The Oregon Trail. In 1976, he was honored with two Emmy Award nominations, one for Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in Drama or Comedy for The Streets of San Francisco and the other for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Comedy or Drama Series for Rich Man, Poor Man. Bixby hosted Once Upon a Classic on PBS from 1976 to 1980. The Incredible Hulk Bixby starred in the role of Dr. David Banner in the pilot movie, The Incredible Hulk, based on the Stan Lee and Jack Kirby Marvel characters. Kenneth Johnson, the creator, director and writer, said that Bixby was his only choice to play the part. Although, reportedly, when Bixby was offered the role, he declined it -- until he read the script and discussed it with Johnson. The success of the pilot ( coupled with some theatrical releases of the film in Europe ) convinced CBS to turn it into a weekly series, which began airing in the spring of 1978. The pilot also starred Susan Sullivan as Dr. Elaina Marks, who tries to help the conflicted and widowed Dr. Banner overcome his `` problem '', and falls in love with him in the process. In a retrospective on The Incredible Hulk, Glenn Greenberg declared Bixby 's performance to be the series 's `` foremost '' strength, elaborating that he `` masterfully conveyed the profound loneliness and tragedy of Dr. Banner while also bringing to the role an abundance of warmth, intelligence, humor, nobility, likability, and above all else, humanity. '' During the series ' run, Bixby invited two of his longtime friends, Ray Walston and Brandon Cruz, to guest - star with him in different episodes of the series. He also worked on the series with his friend, movie actress Mariette Hartley, who later starred with Bixby in his final series, Goodnight, Beantown in 1983. Hartley appears in the well - regarded double - length episode `` Married '', and subsequently won an Emmy Award for her guest appearance. Future star Loni Anderson also guest starred with Bixby during the first season. Bixby directed one episode of the series, `` Bring Me the Head of the Hulk '' in 1980 ( original airdate : January 9, 1981 ). 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 Incredible Hulk Returns, The Trial of the Incredible Hulk, and The Death of the Incredible Hulk -- the last two of which he also directed, and the first of which he has been said to have unofficially co-directed. Later work Bixby was executive producer and co-star of the short - lived sitcom Goodnight, Beantown ( 1983 -- 84 ). He also directed three episodes of the series. During the same time, Bixby directed several episodes of another short - lived television series, Wizards and Warriors, which aired in 1983. From 1983 to 1984, he hosted a documentary series for Nickelodeon entitled Against the Odds. The series, which was canceled after only two seasons, consists of short biographies of famous people throughout history. From 1986 to 1987, he hosted the syndicated weekday anthology series True Confessions. In 1987, he directed eight episodes of the satirical police sitcom Sledge Hammer !, including the episode, `` Hammer Hits the Rock '' in season two, where he made an uncredited appearance as Zeke. Bixby hosted two specials regarding Elvis conspiracy theories and his alleged sightings : The Elvis Files ( 1991 ) and The Elvis Conspiracy ( 1992 ). Bixby made his last acting appearance in 1992, guest - starring on an episode of Diagnosis : Murder. He finished his career by directing 30 episodes ( in seasons two and three ) of the NBC sitcom Blossom. Personal life Bixby 's first marriage was to actress Brenda Benet. They were married in 1971 and she gave birth to their son Christopher in 1974. In 1981, Christopher died suddenly of a rare throat infection. Bixby and Benet divorced shortly afterwards, and Benet committed suicide the following year. In 1989, he met Laura Michaels, who had worked on the set of one of his Hulk movies. The couple married a year later in Hawaii. In early 1991, Bixby was diagnosed with prostate cancer and underwent treatment. He was divorced in the same year. In late 1992, friends introduced him to the artist Judith Kliban, widow of B. Kliban, a cartoonist who had died of a pulmonary embolism. Bixby married Judith in late 1993, just six weeks before he collapsed on the set of Blossom. In early 1993, after rumors began circulating about his health, Bixby went public with his illness, and made several appearances on shows such as Entertainment Tonight, The Today Show, and Good Morning America, among others. Death On November 21, 1993, six days after Bixby 's final assignment on Blossom, he died of complications from prostate cancer in Century City, Los Angeles. He was 59 years old. Filmography Television roles 1961 : Hennesey ( `` Welcome Home, Dr. Blair '' ) 1961 : Straightaway ( `` The Tin Caesar '' ) 1961 : The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ( `` The Gigolo '' ) 1961 : Ben Casey ( `` A Few Brief Lines for Dave '' ) 1961 : Bachelor Father ( `` The Law and Kelly Gregg '' ) 1961 : Checkmate ( `` To the Best of My Recollection '' ) 1961 / 63 : Make Room for Daddy ; 3 episodes 1962 : The Andy Griffith Show ( `` Bailey 's Bad Boy '' ) 1962 : The Joey Bishop Show ; 3 episodes 1962 : Follow the Sun ( `` Chalk One Up for Johnny '' ) 1962 : Alcoa Premiere ; 2 episodes 1963 : The Twilight Zone ( `` The Thirty - Fathom Grave '' ) 1963 : The Eleventh Hour ( `` Try to Keep Alive Until Next Tuesday '' ) 1963 : The Lieutenant ( `` A Million Miles from Clary '' ) 1963 / 64 : Dr. Kildare ; 3 episodes 1963 -- 66 : My Favorite Martian ; 107 episodes 1966 : Combat ! ( `` The Losers '' ) 1967 : Iron Horse ( `` Appointment with an Epitaph '' ) 1967 : That Girl ( `` The Apartment '' ) 1968 : The Danny Thomas Hour ( `` Two for Penny '' ) 1968 : It Takes a Thief ( `` To Steal a Battleship '' ) 1968 : The Ghost & Mrs. Muir ( `` The Ghost Hunter '' ) 1968 / 74 : Ironside ; 4 episodes 1969 / 71 : Insight ; 2 episodes 1969 -- 72 : Love, American Style ; 4 episodes 1971 : Big Fish, Little Fish ( play ) ( movie ) 1971 : Congratulations, It 's a Boy ! ( movie ) 1969 -- 72 : The Courtship of Eddie 's Father ; 73 episodes 1972 : Night Gallery ; 2 episodes 1972 : Search ( `` The Adonis File '' ) 1972 : The Couple Takes a Wife ( movie ) 1972 : Medical Center ( `` Pressure Point '' ) 1973 : Barnaby Jones ( `` To Denise, with Love and Murder '' ) 1973 : Steambath ( play ) 1973 : Shirts / Skins ( movie ) 1973 -- 74 : The Magician ; 22 episodes 1974 : Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love ( movie ) 1974 / 76 : The Streets of San Francisco ; 2 episodes 1975 : Mannix ( `` The Empty Tower '' ) 1975 : Barbary Coast ( `` The Barbary Coast '' ) 1976 : Rich Man, Poor Man ( miniseries ; 4 episodes ) 1976 : Spencer 's Pilots ( pilot ) 1976 : The Invasion of Johnson County ( movie ) 1976 : The Great Houdini ( film ) ( movie ) 1977 : The Oregon Trail ( `` The Scarlet Ribbon '' ) 1977 : Fantasy Island ( pilot ) 1977 : Tales of the Unexpected ( `` No Way Out '' ) 1977 : Black Market Baby ( movie ) 1977 : The Love Boat 1977 : The Kentucky Fried Movie ( as himself ; segment : `` Headache Clinic '' ) 1978 -- 82 : The Incredible Hulk ; 82 episodes 1978 : Once Upon a Classic ( `` A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur 's Court '' ) 1980 : Mister Rogers ' Neighborhood ; 2 episodes ( himself ) 1982 : The Book of Lists ; host 1982 : Murder is Easy ( movie ) 1983 : Against the Odds ; host 1983 -- 84 : Goodnight, Beantown ; 18 episodes 1985 : International Airport ( movie ) 1986 : True Confessions ; host 1987 : J.J. Starbuck ( pilot ) 1988 : The Incredible Hulk Returns ( movie ) 1989 : The Trial of the Incredible Hulk ( movie ) 1990 : The Death of the Incredible Hulk ( movie ) 1991 : The Elvis Files ; host ( special ) 1992 : The Elvis Conspiracy ; host ( special ) 1992 : Diagnosis : Murder ( movie ) 1993 : Blossom ( `` Blossom 's Dilemma '' ; voice ) Film acting 1962 : Lonely Are the Brave ( 1962 ) -- Airman in Helicopter ( uncredited ) 1963 : Irma la Douce -- Tattooed Sailor 1963 : Under the Yum Yum Tree ( 1963 ) -- Track Team Coach ( uncredited ) 1966 : Ride Beyond Vengeance -- Johnsy Boy Hood 1967 : Doctor, You 've Got to Be Kidding ! -- Dick Bender 1967 : Clambake -- James J. Jamison III 1968 : Speedway -- Kenny Donford 1973 : Steambath -- Tandy 1975 : The Apple Dumpling Gang -- Russel Donavan 1976 : Rich Man, Poor Man -- Willie Abbott 1976 : The Invasion of Johnson County -- Sam Lowell 1976 : The Great Houdini -- Rev. Arthur Ford 1977 : The Kentucky Fried Movie ( 1977 ) -- Himself ( segment `` Headache Clinic '' ) 1978 : Tree on a Date 1981 : Murder is Easy 1990 : Another Pair of Aces 1991 : Baby of the Bride 1992 : Diagnosis : Murder -- Nick Osborne 1993 : The Woman Who Loved Elvis Director 1970 -- 72 : The Courtship of Eddie 's Father ; 8 episodes 1972 -- 73 : Room 222 ; 2 episodes 1974 : The Magician ( `` The Illusion of the Evil Spikes '' ) 1975 : Mannix ; 3 episodes 1975 : Barbary Coast ; 2 episodes 1976 : Bert D'Angelo / Superstar ( `` A Noise in the Streets '' ) 1976 : Spencer 's Pilots ; 2 episodes 1977 : The Oregon Trail ( `` The Scarlet Ribbon '' ) 1977 : Charlie 's Angels ( `` Dirty Business '' ) 1977 : Rich Man, Poor Man Book II ( miniseries ; 2 episodes ) 1978 : Three on a Date ( TV movie ) 1981 : The Incredible Hulk ( `` Bring Me the Head of the Hulk '' ) 1981 -- 82 : Mr. Merlin ; 6 episodes 1982 : Herbie, the Love Bug ; 2 episodes 1983 : Wizards and Warriors ; 3 episodes 1983 : Goodnight, Beantown ; 3 episodes 1983 : The Best of Times ; 1 episode 1984 : W * A * L * T * E * R ; 1 episode 1984 : Dreams ; 5 episodes 1985 : I Had Three Wives ; 1 episode 1986 : Better Days ; 3 episodes 1987 -- 88 : Sledge Hammer ! ; 8 episodes 1988 : The Incredible Hulk Returns ( TV movie ) 1988 : Murphy 's Law ( `` Where Are My Socks and Other Mysteries of Love '' ) 1989 : The Trial of the Incredible Hulk ( TV movie ) 1989 : The Nutt House ( `` The Accidental Groom '' ) 1990 : The Death of the Incredible Hulk ( TV movie ) 1990 : Ferris Bueller ; 2 episodes 1991 : Sons and Daughters ( `` Melanie '' ) 1991 : Another Pair of Aces : Three of a Kind ( TV movie ) 1991 : Man of the People ( `` Sleeping with the Enemy '' ) 1993 : The Woman Who Loved Elvis ( TV movie ) 1992 -- 94 : Blossom ; 30 episodes Producer 1984 : Dreams ; 12 episodes 1988 : The Incredible Hulk Returns ( executive producer ) 1989 : The Trial of the Incredible Hulk ( executive producer ) 1990 : The Death of the Incredible Hulk ( executive producer ) References Jump up ^ Hayward, Anthony ( 24 November 1993 ). `` Obituary : Bill Bixby ''. 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Question: who played david banner in the incredible hulk
Answer: Wilfred Bailey Everett "Bill" Bixby III