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Bill Bixby (Wilfred Bailey Everett Bixby III) was born on 22 January, 1934 in San Francisco, California, USA, is an actor,director,producer. Discover Bill Bixby's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?

Popular As Wilfred Bailey Everett Bixby III
Occupation actor,director,producer
Age 59 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 22 January 1934
Birthday 22 January
Birthplace San Francisco, California, USA
Date of death 21 November, 1993
Died Place Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Bill Bixby Height, Weight & Measurements

At 59 years old, Bill Bixby height is 5' 9" (1.75 m) .

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Height 5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Who Is Bill Bixby's Wife?

His wife is Judith Kliban (3 October 1993 - 21 November 1993) ( his death), Laura Jane Michael (18 December 1991 - 25 June 1992) ( divorced), Brenda Benet (4 July 1971 - 1979) ( divorced) ( 1 child)

Family
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Wife Judith Kliban (3 October 1993 - 21 November 1993) ( his death), Laura Jane Michael (18 December 1991 - 25 June 1992) ( divorced), Brenda Benet (4 July 1971 - 1979) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
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Bill Bixby Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Bill Bixby worth at the age of 59 years old? Bill Bixby’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Bill Bixby's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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Source of Income Actor

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Timeline

1907

His grandfather, Wilfred Everett, was a physician and surgeon, and was a University of California-Davis graduate in 1907.

1934

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.

1940

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 excelled in drama. After his graduation from high school, he attended San Francisco City College, where he majored in drama. He transferred to the University of California-Berkeley, where he majored in the pre-law program, but never stopped falling in love with his interest in acting. After almost graduating, he left his native San Francisco, to travel to Los Angeles, where he became a lifeguard and a bellhop.

1952

Graduated from Lowell High School in San Francisco, California, in 1952.

1957

Five days after his 18th birthday, he signed up for the Marine Corps Reserve; he was a senior in high school. He was honorably discharged on April 8, 1957.

1959

Two years later, in 1959, two executives noticed him and hired him immediately for commercial work and modeling, in Detroit, Michigan. At the same time, he auditioned for theater roles. He joined the Detroit Civic Theatre Company and made his professional stage debut in the musical, "The Boy Friend". Long after his trip to Michigan, he continued doing commercial work and made numerous guest appearances on popular TV sitcoms.

He made his TV debut in an episode of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959).

1961

He also did many other roles, most notably as "Charles Raymond" in The Joey Bishop Show (1961).

1963

After many guest and recurring roles, he landed a co-starring role opposite Ray Walston in My Favorite Martian (1963), in which he portrayed a newspaper reporter playing host to a visitor from another planet. After the first season, it became a hit and Bixby became a household name to millions of fans who liked the show.

1965

Was a contestant on The Dating Game (1965) three times, but never won a date.

1966

The show was going well until its cancellation in 1966, which left Bixby in the dark, for the time being. However, he finally got the chance to go onto the big screen.

The first of the four post-"Martian" 60s movies he played in was the Western, Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966).

1967

The following year, he played in Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! (1967) and, soon after, he was approached by Elvis Presley to appear in both Clambake (1967), and Speedway (1968).

1969

Afterwards, he once again returned to series television, this time playing widowed father, "Tom Corbett", on The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969), based on the popular 1963 movie. After its first season, it became a much bigger hit than his first show and Bixby, heretofore one of Hollywood's most confirmed bachelors, changed his views on marriage and family, subsequently taking actress Brenda Benet as his bride and fathering a son. He also tried his hand at directing an episode of the series, called "Gifts Are For Giving", about Norman's highly treasured gift. After completing its second season, Bixby received an Emmy nomination for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, but didn't win.

1970

Appeared with fellow comedian Richard Dawson on several game shows: the pilot of a trashy 1970s game show, Cop Out! (1972), Password (1961), and Masquerade Party (1974), which Dawson hosted.

1971

His father, Wilfred Bailey Everett Jr., died on June 4, 1971, just 4 weeks before Bill and Brenda Benet were married.

1972

By its third season in 1972, the show had bad scripts and ABC decided to pull the plug.

1973

Once again, Bixby was not long out of work and was offered a chance to star in a lead role as "Anthony Dorian/Anthony Blake", on his first and only NBC dramatic series called, The Magician (1973). The show focused on Anthony performing magic tricks which helped people who were in trouble, and in real-life, Bill became a fine magician, performing to both children and adults. But sadly, the show was canceled after one season due to its expensive costs.

1975

After a seven-year absence from the big screen, he co-starred in another western, opposite Don Knotts and Tim Conway, in The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975). Like most of the theatrical movies he did, it was not a blockbuster at the box office, but was still an average hit.

1977

In late 1977, he was offered the role of "Dr.

David Bruce Banner", in a two-hour pilot called, The Incredible Hulk: The Incredible Hulk (1977).

About a physician/scientist who turned into a green monster whenever he became angry, the idea appealed to CBS, and several months later, they premiered a new science fiction-dramatic series, called, The Incredible Hulk (1977). When it debuted as a mid-season replacement, it became the #1 show in the United States, and in many other countries. His character became famous for ripping up shirts each time he turned into the Hulk, played by bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno. Bixby had wanted to direct some episodes, but the time he had to spend in the make-up chair for the transformation sequences made that problematical, and he managed to helm only one segment, "Bring Me the Head of the Hulk", in the fourth season.

Chosen for the role of "Jennifer Barnes", was one of Bixby's old friends, Mariette Hartley, who had won an Emmy for her guest appearance in The Incredible Hulk (1977) as Banner's second wife. The two played co-anchor newscasters of a Boston television station whose sparring on and off the air developed into friendship and respect.

David Banner" from The Incredible Hulk (1977) by acting in, producing, and directing the three spin-off movies: The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988), The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989) and The Death of the Incredible Hulk (1990).

1981

The series was canceled in 1981 (although the last few episodes didn't air until 1982).

1983

Bixby, once again, came back to series television, acting in, producing and directing his last sitcom, Goodnight, Beantown (1983), on which he played "Matt Cassidy".

Bixby now decided to concentrate on directing and worked on Wizards and Warriors (1983), Goodnight, Beantown (1983) and Sledge Hammer! (1986). He also directed the pilot for a New York spy series, "Rockhopper".

1984

Discounting a brief, inconsequential return to the network's schedule in the summer of 1984, the series lasted for less than a year, from April 1983 to January 1984.

1985

He also appeared in front of the camera as the host of the daytime anthology series, True Confessions (1985), which dealt with real-life crises of everyday people. Bixby additionally served as host for two shows targeting younger viewers: "Against the Odds", a series of biographies of prominent people, frequently from history, for the Nickelodeon cable channel; and "Once Upon a Classic", a collection of British TV adaptations of literary classics on PBS. He came back to reprise his role of "Dr.

1990

Loni Anderson, a close friend of his, wrote a tribute in her book about his final days, prior to working on the set of Blossom (1990). Before he died, she saw him regularly only when he was visiting Nurses (1991).

1991

He also directed TV movies such as Baby of the Bride (1991) and Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind (1991).

In April 1991, while directing one of his last movies, he became very ill and was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

1992

He underwent surgery and by December, his cancer seemed to be in remission, so he came back to guest star as "Nick Osborne" in a two-hour TV movie/pilot called Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder (1992).

In mid-1992, while his cancer continued to be in remission, Bixby returned to work as a director to direct several episodes of the popular NBC sitcom, Blossom (1990), where he became the main director of the show. At first, he hid his illness from the cast and crew, until one of the producers found out, and then he announced publicly that he wanted to continue working until he could no longer do so.

1993

Prior to going public with his cancer, he directed a TV movie starring Roseanne Barr and Tom Arnold, The Woman Who Loved Elvis (1993), which was his final directing project.

2004

Tom Corbett, Bixby's character on The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969), was ranked #15 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].

2008

In The Incredible Hulk (2008), Bixby can be seen in an episode of The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969) as Dr. Banner (Edward Norton) flips through television channels. Bixby was also, of course, the original Dr. Banner.