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Character actor, Bill Bixby, was born Wilfred Bailey Everett Bixby III on Jan 22, 1934 in San Francisco, CA. Bixby died at the age of 59 on Nov 21, 1993 in Century City, CA .

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By The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 17, 2017 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

"Reach out for your child. Reach out and touch him, because I didn't and my father didn't. I couldn't even talk to my parents. Maybe that's why this show ( The Courtship of Eddie's Father ) is so important to me. It probably represents a lot of things I didn't have." Actor spoke these w... Read full article


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By Rick29 on May 5, 2016 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

1. starred in five prime-time television series: My Favorite Martian (1963-66); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969-72); The Magician (1973-74); The Incredible Hulk (1977-82); and Goodnight, Beantown (1983-84). 2. Bixby became life-long friends with Ray Walston, his "uncle" on My Favor... Read full article


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Airman in helicopter: [fighting panic] Get a fix on us, Sherrif, we're goin' down!


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1972: Won the Parents Without Partners: Exemplary Service Award for his role on "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" (1969).

According to Dick Martin, Bixby hadn't been seeing Martin's proctologist for five years after Martin had been badgering him to visit their doctor. He agreed, but, at the very last minute, Bixby discovered he had a back problem. His prostate cancer had spread around his liver. He successfully underwent surgery twice, before it eventually came back.

The entire cast of "Blossom" (1990) attended his funeral, with the exception of Mayim Bialik, who was on vacation with her family.

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