My Presley Gallery - Bill Bixby
Bill Bixby
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Born: January 22, 1934 in San Francisco, California
Death: November 21, 1993 in Century City, California of prostate cancer
Real Name: Wilfred Bailey Bixby
Elvis films: Speedway, Clambake
Appearance in films: Kenny Donford and James J. Jamison III
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Films:
Diagnosis of Murder 1992 (TV)
The Elvis Conspiracy 1992 (TV)
The Elvis Files 1991 (TV)
The Death of the Incredible Hulk 1990 (TV)
The Trial of the Incredible Hulk 1989 (TV)
The Incredible Hulk Returns 1988 (TV)
Sin of Innocence 1986 (TV)
"True Confessions" 1985 TV Series
International Airport 1985 (TV)
"Goodnight, Beantown" 1983 TV Series
"The Book of Lists" 1982 TV Series
Murder Is Easy 1982 (TV)
The Incredible Hulk: Married 1978 (TV)
"The Incredible Hulk" 1978 TV Series
The Incredible Hulk: Death in the Family 1977 TV)
The Kentucky Fried Movie 1977
The Incredible Hulk 1977 (TV)
Black Market Baby 1977 (TV)
Fantasy Island 1977 (TV)
"Once Upon a Classic" (976 TV Series
The Great Houdini 1976 (TV)
The Invasion of Johnson County 1976 (TV)
"Rich Man, Poor Man" 1976 (mini) TV Series
The Apple Dumpling Gang 1975
Barbary Coast 1975 (TV)
"Masquerade Party" 1974 TV Series
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love 1974 (TV)
Shirts/Skins 1973 (TV)
"The Magician" 1973 TV Series (pilot only)
The Magician 1973 (TV)
Steambath 1972 (TV)
The Couple Takes a Wife 1972 (TV)
Congratulations, It's a Boy! 1971 (TV)
"The Courtship of Eddie's Father" 1969 TV Series
Speedway 1968
Clambake 1967
Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding 1967
Ride Beyond Vengeance 1966
Under the Yum Yum Tree 1963
"My Favorite Martian" 1963 TV Series
Irma la Douce 1963
Lonely Are the Brave 1962 (uncredited)
"The Joey Bishop Show" 1961 TV Series
Director:
The Woman Who Loved Elvis 1993 (TV)
Baby of the Bride 1991 (TV)
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind 1991 (TV)
"Blossom" 1991 TV Series
"Ferris Bueller" 1990 TV Series
The Death of the Incredible Hulk 1990 (TV)
The Trial of the Incredible Hulk 1989 (TV)
The Incredible Hulk Returns 1988 (TV)
"Sledge Hammer!" 198) TV Series
W*A*L*T*E*R 1984 (TV)
"Goodnight, Beantown" (1983 TV Series
"The Best of Times" 1983 TV Series
"Wizards and Warriors" 1983 TV Series
"Herbie, the Love Bug" 1982 TV Series
"Mr. Merlin" 1981 TV Series
"The Incredible Hulk" 1978 TV Series
Three on a Date 1978 (TV)
"Charlie's Angels" 1976 TV Series
"Bert D'Angelo/Superstar" 1976 TV Series
"Rich Man, Poor Man" 1976 (mini) TV Series
"Barbary Coast" 1975 TV Series
Barbary Coast 1975 (TV)
"The Magician" 1973 TV Series
"The Courtship of Eddie's Father" 1969 TV Series
Producer:
Death of the Incredible Hulk 1990 (TV)
Trial of the Incredible Hulk 1989 (TV)
The Incredible Hulk Returns 1988 (TV) executive producer
"Goodnight, Beantown" 1983 TV Series
TV Appearances:
"Blossom" (voice) in episode: "Blossom's Dilemma" (#4.8) 10/18/93
"Out of Control" 1984
"Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" 1979
"The Incredible Hulk" (uncredited) in episode: "Broken Image"
"The Oregon Trail" in episode: "The Scarlet Ribbon" (#1.6) 11/30/77
"The Streets of San Francisco" in episode: "Police Buff" (#4.15) 1/8/76
"Mannix" in episode: "Empty Tower" 2/16/75
"The Streets of San Francisco" in episode: "Target: Red" (#3.3) 1974
"Barnaby Jones" in episode: "To Denise, With Love and Murder" 4/22/73
"Medical Center" in episode: "Pressure Point" 1/3/73
"Night Gallery" in episode: "Return of the Sorcerer" (#3.1) 9/24/72
"Night Gallery" in episode: "Last Rites for a Dead Druid" (#2.52) 1/26/72
"Insight" in episode: "The Poker Game" 1969
"It Takes a Thief" in episode: "To Steal a Battleship" (#1.11) 3/26/68
"The Iron Horse" in episode: "Appointment with an Epitaph" (#1.23) 2/13/67
"Combat!" in episode: "The Losers" (#5.2) 9/20/66
"That Girl" (1966)
"Dr. Kildare" in episode: "Balance and the Crucible" 5/2/63
"The Twilight Zone" in episode: "Thirty-Fathom Grave" (#4.2) 1/10/63
"The Lieutenant" 1963
"Dr. Kildare" in episode: "Soul Killer" 11/22/62
"The Andy Griffith Show" in episode: "Bailey's Bad Boy" (#2.15) 1/15/62
"Ben Casey" in episode: "A Few Brief Lines For Dave" 11/13/61
Bill Bixby wore many hats in Hollywood, from actor to producter to director. Bill has some interesting connections with Elvis. He made 2 films with Elvis in the '60s and in the early '90s filmed 2 TV specials about Elvis' death. Bill's estranged wife, actress Brenda Benet, was one of Elvis' co-stars in Harum Scarum. Tragically, in 1982 their 6 year old son died suddenly of a severe throat infection. Brenda became despondent and committed suicide in April 1973.
Bill was initially a TV actor and costarred in three long running popular shows: My Favorite Martian, The Courtship of Eddie's Father and The Incredible Hulk. In 1991 Bill hosted a live broadcast of a TV special in Las Vegas titled The Elvis Files. Featured guests on it were: Gail Brewer-Giorgio, Monte Nicholson, Luc Dionne, and myself.
Below you will see photos of Bill from scenes in Clambake.
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