Bill Bixby

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AKA: Wilfred Bailey Bixby
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 01/22/1934
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Death Date: 11/21/1993

biography

A handsome, genial TV actor and director, Bixby got his first break playing a journalist who befriends a stranded alien on the CBS sitcom, "My Favorite Martian" (1963-66). He started his career as a model, turning to acting in the early 1960s with small parts in series ("The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis") and films ("Lonely Are the Brave", 1962, "Irma la Douce", 1963). In 1963 he got his big break, playing the nervous, clean-cut reporter on "My Favorite Martian". His second hit series was the comedy-drama "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" (1969-72); Bixby lent warmth and depth to his role as a Continued

Credits

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James Jamison III
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milestones

Year
Milestone
 
After completing military service, began career as a male model and a performer in TV commercials
 
Worked in industrial films for Chrysler and General Motors
 
Made stage debut in a Detroit Civic Theater production of "The Boy Friend"
 
Spotted in an acting workshop; appeared in the early 1960s on the sitcoms "Dobie Gillis" and "The Joey Bishop Show"
1962 
Made feature film debut in a bit part in "Lonely Are the Brave"
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