BILL BIXBY
1934-1993
Name:Bill Bixby
Professions:Actor And TV Director
EX-Professions:Hotel Desk Clerk;swimming pool lifeguard;hotel manager
Birthday:January, 22 1934
Birthplace:San Francisco
Eyes:Brown
Hair:Brown
Height 5"9
Wife (was): Actress Brenda Benet (commited suicide after learning their son died)
Wedding Day:July 4, 1971
Children:One son- Christopher Sean Bixby, born September 23, 1974 (died in a hospital waiting room)
Home:Los Angelous;house in Brentwood and a cottage on the Malibu Beach
Education:San Francisco City College and university at Berkley
Key Subjects:Law at University, but joined the army before attaining his degree
Stage Debut:Organizing shows of the rockefeller Company at the Jackson Hole Resort in Wyoming
Film Debut:Advertising commercials, for Detroit made cars
Acting Debut:In the British musical, The Boyfriend, at the Civic Theater,Detroit
Discoverer:Hollywood Agent Paul Brandon
TV debut:A small role in the Dobie Gillies series in the early 60's
Feature Film debut:Lonely Are The Brave, a classic modern Western Parable, starring Kirk Douglas and Walter Matthau, directed by David Miller:Universal, 1962
TV Guest Spots:The Danny Thomas Show;The Andy Griffith Show;and as a regular member of the Joey Bishop show
AND OF COURSE: The Incredible Hulk, an amazing TV Series -- Bill starred as Dr. david Banner
Bill Bixby died of cancer in 1993