Bill Bixby Biography

Bill Bixby was a handsome, halfway-to-hip TV leading man of the 1960s and 1970s whose best role was as Dr. David Banner in the series The Incredible Hulk from 1978-82; when angered, Banner would turn into the raging green muscleman The Hulk (played by bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno).

Bixby’s early breakthrough series was the hit My Favorite Martian (1963-66), in which he played an amiable bachelor secretly hosting a Martian (Ray Walston) in his home.

Later he starred as a widower dad in The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1969-72) and then in the short-lived series The Magician (1973-74) as a Houdini-like figure who used prestidigitation to help out people in need (Bixby himself did many of the magic tricks in the show).

After the run of The Incredible Hulk, Bixby spent less time acting and more time behind the camera, directing a variety of series episodes and TV movies.