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Bill Bixby - Wikipedia. Bill Bixby. Born. Wilfred Bailey Everett Bixby III(1. January 2. 2, 1. 93. San Francisco, California, U.

S. Died. November 2. Century City, Los Angeles. Cause of death. Prostate cancer. Alma mater. University of California, Berkeley. Watch Contamination HDQ. Occupation. Actor, director, producer, game- show panelist.

Years active. 19. Television. My Favorite Martian, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Incredible Hulk. Spouse(s)Brenda Benet (m. 1. Laura Michaels (m. 1.

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Judith Kliban (m. 1. Children. 1 (deceased)Wilfred Bailey Everett "Bill" Bixby III (January 2. November 2. 1, 1.

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 CBSsitcom.

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.[1][2]Early life[edit]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 Mc. Farland) Bixby, was a senior manager at I.

Magnin & Co. In 1. 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 1. 94. 6, 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 1. City College of San Francisco.[3]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.[4][5][6][7][8] He served primarily in the personnel management field with Marine Attack Squadron 1. VMA- 1. 41) at Naval Air Station Oakland, and attained the rank of private first class before his 1. 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 1.

General Motors and Chrysler. Beginning acting[edit]In 1. 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 1. In 1. 96. 3, he played a sailor with a Napoleon tattoo in the movie Irma La Douce, a romantic comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley Mac.

Laine, directed by Billy Wilder based on the 1. French musical. During the 1. 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[edit].

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 1. CBS sitcom, My Favorite Martian, in which he co- starred with Ray Walston. By 1. 96. 6, though, high production costs forced the series to come to an end after 1. 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[edit]In 1.

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 1. 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. Bixby was nominated for the Emmy Award for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 1. The following year, he won the Parents Without Partners Exemplary Service Award for 1. Bixby made his directorial debut on the sitcom in 1. ABC canceled the sitcom in 1.

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 1. Bixby and Cruz closer still. The two remained in touch until Bixby's death in 1.

In 1. 99. 5, 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. Watch Skin Online.

The Martian by Andy Weir. Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive — and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, he won’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain- old “human error” are much more likely to kill him first. Watch The Hobo Online Metacritic.

But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills — and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit — he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?