ACTOR

Bill Bixby

1934 - 1993

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Wilfred Bailey Everett Bixby III (January 22, 1934 – November 21, 1993) was an American actor and television director. His career spanned more than three decades, including appearances on stage, in films, and on television series. He is known for his roles in the CBS sitcom My Favorite Martian as Tim O'Hara, in the ABC sitcom The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Tom Corbett, in the NBC crime drama series The Magician as stage Illusionist Anthony Blake, and the CBS science-fiction drama series The Incredible Hulk as Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Bixby has received more than 5,844,961 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Bill Bixby is the 366th most popular actor (up from 447th in 2019), the 664th most popular biography from United States (up from 856th in 2019) and the 179th most popular American Actor.

Bill Bixby is most famous for his role as the Incredible Hulk in the 1970s television series.

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  • 5.8M

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  • 64.96

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bill Bixby ranks 366 out of 13,578. Before him are Helena Bonham Carter, Marie Laforêt, Curd Jürgens, Kate Winslet, George Peppard, and Diana Rigg. After him are Juliette Gréco, Fanny Ardant, John Cleese, Mylène Demongeot, Trevor Howard, and Margot Robbie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Bill Bixby ranks 39. Before him are Ronald Wayne, Renata Scotto, Kurt Hamrin, Richard Meier, Roman Herzog, and Richard Chamberlain. After him are Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Alan Arkin, Otar Iosseliani, Tarcisio Bertone, Jacques Anquetil, and Bill Russell. Among people deceased in 1993, Bill Bixby ranks 22. Before him are Bobby Moore, Hans Jonas, Albert Sabin, Inge Lehmann, Polykarp Kusch, and Kōbō Abe. After him are Wolfgang Paul, Brandon Lee, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Dizzy Gillespie, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and W. Edwards Deming.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Bixby ranks 664 out of 20,380. Before him are Martin Lewis Perl (1927), Michael Crichton (1942), James Rainwater (1917), Dolly Parton (1946), George Peppard (1928), and Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811). After him are David Copperfield (1956), Laura Branigan (1952), Colin Powell (1937), Harper Lee (1926), Irwin Rose (1926), and Black Dahlia (1924).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Bill Bixby ranks 179. Before him are Richard Kiel (1939), Richard Chamberlain (1934), Gene Wilder (1933), Jeff Goldblum (1952), Alec Baldwin (1958), and George Peppard (1928). After him are Frances Farmer (1913), F. Murray Abraham (1939), Jane Russell (1921), Lana Turner (1921), George Kennedy (1925), and Burgess Meredith (1907).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Incredible Hulk
David Bruce Banner
During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transformations, David Banner searches for a cure as he crosses the country, fugitive-style, with a dogged tabloid reporter on his trail.
7.203 / 10
The Incredible Hulk Returns
Dr. David Bruce Banner
Dr. David Banner meets a former student, who has a magical hammer that summons Thor, a Norse god who is prevented from entering Valhalla. When the two superheroes stop feuding long enough to breathe, they are a team unmatched by any of their enemies.
May 22nd 19886.2 / 10
The Incredible Hulk
Dr. David Bruce Banner
An accidental overdose of gamma radiation causes a mutation in scientist David Banner's DNA: now whenever he becomes angry, he metamorphoses into a seven-foot-tall, 330-pound, mindless muscular green creature.
Jun 13th 19796.4 / 10