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