Bill Bixby

Nascido(a) em
22 de janeiro de 1934 · San Francisco, Califórnia, EUA
Falecido(a) em
21 de novembro de 1993 · Century City, Los Angeles, Califórnia, EUA (prostate cancer)
Nome de nascimento
Wilfred Bailey Everett Bixby III
Apelido
- Bix
Altura
1,83 m

When O Incrível Hulk (1977) was on the air, Bixby was very careful never to be photographed with his costar, Lou Ferrigno in his Hulk makeup because he felt for photos to get out of the two of them together would destroy the illusion to children and fans of the show that they were not the same person. The tabloids of that era were always trying to get a picture of David Banner and the Hulk creature together but were unable to do so.
After he filed for a divorce from his first wife (Brenda Benet), his 6-year-old son died of a rare infection and, a year later, his ex-wife took her own life.
Was in a relationship with Yvonne Craig.
Was first choice for the lead role of Dr. David Banner of O Incrível Hulk (1977). At first, he was uneasy about the role, but after reading some comic books, he auditioned and won the role.
Cremated and ashes scattered over the Pacific Ocean in Hawaii, USA.

Everyone fantasizes. We all want to be something we're not.
I have learned that there is no way to succeed in anything unless you are willing to try--and trying means you run the risk of failure.
[on receiving the script for O Incrível Hulk (1977) pilot] I didn't even like the title. I wanted to make fun of it because of its name. I told my agent, "You've got to be kidding!" when he suggested I might be interested in it. He said, "Read it!" and so I took it home and thanks to his intelligence, I did read it. Right away I knew this could be done in the style of the monster pictures or the creature films of the 1940s. But one advantage we enjoy over the previous monster pictures is that the Hulk is not evil.
I'm a loner as a person, but then I always was, even as a child.
[on the cancellation of Papai Precisa Casar (1969)]: I cannot tell you how disappointed I was. I wanted that series to go on to the point when it came to the teenage stage and we could deal with these problems in an honest contemporary way. But our time slot was changed so often we weren't given a fighting chance. You can't expect people to find you at home when you change your address so often.