No Star - The Life and Sad Ending® of Bill Bixby

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
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    Mini bio of actor Bill Bixby who is most famous for appearing on the tv shows "My Favorite Martian" "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" and "The Incredible Hulk".
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Комментарии • 86

  • @Boomersdth
    @Boomersdth 4 месяца назад +53

    That is hard to believe that bill Bixby does not have a star.On the hollywood walk of fame . He truly deserves it.He was truly a star

    • @jackilynpyzocha662
      @jackilynpyzocha662 4 месяца назад +4

      I loved him as Donovan in "The Apple Dumpling Gang", Tom Corbett in "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" and Dr. David Banner "The Incredible Hulk"

  • @SuperAnimelover100
    @SuperAnimelover100 4 месяца назад +10

    This video made me feel a little teary. Great that Brandon Cruz is trying hard, to get Bill his Hollywood Walk Of Fame. Bill Bixby was a memorable actor !

  • @deepcow
    @deepcow 4 месяца назад +39

    The TV show The Incredible Hulk was one of my favorite shows back in the 70’s.

    • @ksw501
      @ksw501 4 месяца назад +9

      Best part was at the end when the piano played the theme song, The Lonely Man, by Joe Harnell

    • @RikJSmith
      @RikJSmith 4 месяца назад +1

      @@ksw501 Somehow I remember that Music . I don't think it's because I'm a Musician . It's a very catchy , but odd piece of Music . I hope you're doing well . 🎸

    • @carolanndenton5933
      @carolanndenton5933 3 месяца назад

      like a dr jekyll and mr hyde, a la 70's style ..super cool!!

  • @Luvoldmovies-Kat.St.Aug.
    @Luvoldmovies-Kat.St.Aug. 4 месяца назад +24

    Yes ,Bill Bixby certainly does deserve a star 🌟 on the Hollywood walk of fame.🎭⭐️😱 Thank you .❤

  • @robertjolly3021
    @robertjolly3021 4 месяца назад +21

    Mr Bixby was just great in every role he played. Just a natural !! RIP BILL. 🙏🙏➕➕

    • @frankdenardo8684
      @frankdenardo8684 4 месяца назад +1

      On The Courtship of Eddie's Father. Bill played Tom Corbett, who was a widower and a TV dad. Brandon Cruz has a son who he named Bixby in memory of Bill Bixby.

  • @jf6853
    @jf6853 4 месяца назад +10

    Bill Bixby is missed! Loved watching The Hulk! He was a serious influence on the 70s child growing up. Certainly me.

  • @Dave-lq2le
    @Dave-lq2le 4 месяца назад +11

    Ray Walston has a star, and Bill Bixby doesn't? How does that make sense?

  • @pumpster999
    @pumpster999 2 месяца назад +6

    You are so right, Bill deserves the Walk of Fame Star. In 2002 before taping a show for FOX, we were admiring the stars of Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, John Wayne...and then Arsenio Hall. WOW. Seriously? My mother had her picture taken with Bill at Lou Ferrigno's first wedding. That only lasted one year. Susan was from our hometown in NJ.

  • @ksw501
    @ksw501 4 месяца назад +10

    Such great memories, I didn’t remember him in Rich Man, Poor Man. I wonder why this mini series is not shown now. Bill definitely deserves a star on the hollywood walk of fame

  • @doug2078
    @doug2078 4 месяца назад +8

    Always liked Bill. He was the perfect set up man for the Hulk. My favorite show in the early 80's
    Thats BS !! he should definitely have a star !!

  • @DarrylRuiz-s1w
    @DarrylRuiz-s1w 3 месяца назад +5

    Perfectly cast as Danid Banner.Such a sad life and passing Deserves a Star

  • @garystewart2621
    @garystewart2621 4 месяца назад +6

    the best actor and beloved by all people.😢😢

  • @paulaswaim8434
    @paulaswaim8434 6 дней назад +2

    Bill Bixby was a hunk. Greetings from Evergreen, Montana, USA. ❤❤❤

  • @dottiegillespie8067
    @dottiegillespie8067 4 месяца назад +7

    I'm 59. I watched The Incredible Hulk on tv as a kid. I always loved him! Thank you for your hard work and the wonderful memories!

    • @TheLifeandSadEnding
      @TheLifeandSadEnding  4 месяца назад +1

      Glad you enjoyed it!

    • @rongendron8705
      @rongendron8705 4 месяца назад

      You're the same age as Bill Bixby was when he died! Time flies! p.s. Read my comment above, about
      seeing Bill Bixby in person, when he played "The Incredible Hulk"! p.s. 1970 shows were better, then!

    • @carolanndenton5933
      @carolanndenton5933 3 месяца назад +1

      I loved that show as well..one of my favourite episodes is when mariette hartley has a brain cancer or disease, and dr banner is intrigued by her nighttime disease destroying words of attack ,training her body to kill this inner demon..and of course he loved her, and that idea cuz of his secret very angry and distructive powerful inner being!!( p.s oooh the look when those eyes started to light up kinda green ..didn't they?? or was that my false memory?? lol so cool ..excitement!!

  • @thisisme3238
    @thisisme3238 4 месяца назад +4

    I agree Steve, Bill Bixby most certainly deserves a star. He was great, whether it be a sitcom or a movie.
    🙏 RIP BILL BIXBY 🙏

  • @rexwallace9477
    @rexwallace9477 4 месяца назад +3

    I’m so proud of child actor Brandon Cruz from the TV show The courtship of Eddie’s Father doing his best to Go Fund Me and raise money for a star for Bill Bixby when he should have one anyway for all of his contributions and talents he bestowed in the TV and movie industry.Its a damn shame if you ask me why he doesn’t to this day have one!

  • @markgordon5387
    @markgordon5387 5 дней назад +1

    Good actor. I loved The Hulk. Also My Favorite Martian. I loved The Courtship of Eddie's Father.

  • @bloqk16
    @bloqk16 10 дней назад +1

    I recall a guest appearance Bill Bixby made in "The Streets of San Francisco" TV series, playing against type as a sinister 'hit-man.'

  • @davidce3rash
    @davidce3rash 4 месяца назад +3

    Bill Bixby was a great actor and deserves a Star. I loved him as,
    David Banner on The Incredible Hulk, My Favorite Martian, guest characters, Blossom, though, my favorite is, The Courtship of Eddie's Father.. Let me tell you about my best friend. Gone too soon and greatly missed.

  • @maxalberts2003
    @maxalberts2003 2 месяца назад +2

    He was one of the handsomest, classiest men ever to walk this Earth. He made TV history. What is wrong with Hollywood?

  • @bluebonnetbunny4813
    @bluebonnetbunny4813 5 дней назад +1

    Loved “The Courtship of Edde’s Father”. My husband loved “My Favorite Martian”. Such a versatile actor.

  • @janetmiller2980
    @janetmiller2980 5 дней назад +1

    I feel sad for Brenda Benet, too. I remember The Courtship of Eddie's Father and The Incredible Hulk. May they all Rest In Peace 🕊️🕊️🕊️

  • @leebryant-y3w
    @leebryant-y3w 3 месяца назад +2

    And bill bixby deserves a star, did so much in a relatively short life.

  • @wetleyrocks3092
    @wetleyrocks3092 4 месяца назад +4

    The utter pointlessness of a 'star' on that boulevard
    A graveyard/pending graveyard for tourists to take selfies
    I love the ashes in the Pacific, that's peace (and reunited with his son)

  • @rongendron8705
    @rongendron8705 4 месяца назад +4

    In August 1977, my family & I were at Universal Studio, Calif. on a tram tour, when the driver asked
    everyone to be quiet, as we passed through an 'active shoot' of a brand new television show! We looked
    down to see Bill Bixby, waist deep in a large pool of water & the driver said that the show was to be
    called "The Incredible Hulk"! A month later, we saw this scene on t.v. as part of the pilot episode! R.I.P. Bill!

  • @mtwhatley3253
    @mtwhatley3253 4 месяца назад +2

    As Yule Brenner said…..just don’t smoke.

  • @indigowolf556
    @indigowolf556 5 дней назад +1

    I remember watching my favorite martian that was a fun show. And this is brown always coming around with her brownies. I also remember watching the courtship of Eddie's father that was a good show as well. He seemed like a real nice guy and the kind of person who would lend a helping hand no matter what. I hope he is still resting in peace 🥀🕊️🥀🕊️

  • @sallykohorst8803
    @sallykohorst8803 4 месяца назад +4

    Yes people give him a starr! He had a great career.

  • @sylviamichaud4759
    @sylviamichaud4759 4 дня назад +1

    I remember him in the Hulk show when I was a teenager. I always liked it when he warned people not to make him angry.

  • @rosestamey143
    @rosestamey143 4 месяца назад +2

    Loved him in favorite Martian. He was a great actor.

  • @marlenepearson3936
    @marlenepearson3936 4 месяца назад +3

    Here I go again with, he was SO YOUNG! I enjoyed all the TV 📺 shows he did. That is so very sad about his son and 1st wife. 😢 May they all RIP 🙏

    • @carolanndenton5933
      @carolanndenton5933 3 месяца назад +1

      i remember his wife, the actress's face now..but did not know the tragedy about his young son..aww soo tragic and the boys mum kills herself ..soooo sad

  • @glenpolen5562
    @glenpolen5562 Месяц назад +1

    I enjoyed your commentary about BILL BIXBY.
    I grew up watching his shows and I really enjoyed his acting.
    He was also a top- notch magician.
    He did a lot in 59 yrs.
    I was hoping that you had talked about his magic achievements or at least mentioned it.
    I would have liked to have heard about where he performed, etc, etc.
    You probably didn't have time to say to much about his magic career.
    Thanks, God Bless

  • @janetmiller2980
    @janetmiller2980 5 дней назад +1

    And yes I believe he deserves a star ⭐ on the Walk of Fame and hope he gets one.

  • @LizC1213
    @LizC1213 3 месяца назад +1

    Bill Bixby was a great actor and definitely needs a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I'm so proud of what Brandon Cruz has done to honor Bill Bixby and hope he's able to get that star for him. He should also have 1. I've been a big Brandon Cruz fan since Courtship of Eddie's Father premiered in 1969.

  • @johngarbarini1048
    @johngarbarini1048 4 месяца назад +2

    Bixby was descended from a Mayflower family. They came from Mass in the 1700s, to California.

  • @kerry5972
    @kerry5972 4 месяца назад +1

    Used to watch The Magician..Mark Wilson taught him magic tricks.

  • @BBJohnny52
    @BBJohnny52 4 месяца назад +1

    I loved the incredible hulk when I was growing up ❤❤ And no star???

  • @xboxgamer3389
    @xboxgamer3389 4 месяца назад +1

    Wow I didn’t know any of this that is heartbreaking losing his child then wife only to remarry and pass from health complications
    I’ve always wondered why it takes so many years for people to revive a star on the walk of fame Actress Ming-Na Wen just received hers last year and she’s been an actress for since 1988 but didn’t become famous until 1993
    She’s now 60 going to be 61 this year
    I hope he gets his star it’s a shame they give the best years of their lives to the industry and they can’t even be properly honored

  • @TempusFugit1159
    @TempusFugit1159 2 месяца назад +1

    He had a really great role in the epic mini-series "Rich Man, Poor Man," but everyone else in that cast was fantastic too!

  • @carolanndenton5933
    @carolanndenton5933 3 месяца назад +1

    thank you for that sad sad tale of a dearly beloved actor ..I thought aww..I remember his wife too with the 6 year old boy i didnt know died..anyways thanks again for such a warm caring presentation!!

  • @leebryant-y3w
    @leebryant-y3w 3 месяца назад +1

    For those of you watching for the first time, Steve does these videos in a professional, factual way, unlike many of the videos on here just trying to get views with untruths and fake pictures that aren’t even in the video. No senstionalism to get views.. …

  • @wannabe41
    @wannabe41 4 месяца назад +1

    I want to know more about the process of getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Where does that money go to? It doesn’t seem right. Can any affluent actor buy their own star?

  • @overthehill1958
    @overthehill1958 4 месяца назад +2

    Loved him on Andy Griffith.

  • @dimpsthealien333
    @dimpsthealien333 4 месяца назад +2

    Hi Steve. Loved him in The Incredible Hulk ❤. That music always made me sad, btw😢.

  • @57RickH
    @57RickH 4 месяца назад +1

    I enjoyed his (early career) appearance in the Twilight Zone hour-long episode "The Thirty Fathom Grave", which scared me as a child at the time.

  • @Queendora-jc9gy
    @Queendora-jc9gy 4 месяца назад +1

    I thought his sin died of drug overdoses,im sad that he died so young and sickly!!

  • @chegauerke1431
    @chegauerke1431 4 дня назад +1

    Why did I always hear he was gay?

  • @alleahsasseville
    @alleahsasseville 4 месяца назад +3

    ❤Bill Bixby❤

  • @victorformosa228
    @victorformosa228 3 месяца назад +1

    Loved him in the Magician, hope they get that star for him.

  • @richardsylvanus2717
    @richardsylvanus2717 4 месяца назад +2

    Tim O'Hara

  • @sandrablanchette2239
    @sandrablanchette2239 4 месяца назад +3

    Such a good man

  • @frankdenardo8684
    @frankdenardo8684 4 месяца назад +2

    I remember watching The Courtship of Eddie's Father in syndicated reruns. He played a widower to a young son. He was the quintessential TV dad. His TV son Brandon Cruz was good friends until his passing. When Brandon Cruz had a son who he named Bixby in memory of his TV dad. The Magician TV show. He played a magician named Tony Blake, who used magic to solve crimes and to get out of predicaments. He should have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

    • @wardarcade7452
      @wardarcade7452 4 месяца назад

      Yes, Brandon Cruz would name his firstborn son Lincoln Bixby Cruz (born 1995). Sadly not only had Bill outlived his only child but he himself was an only child and his mother Jane McFarland Bixby (1911-2008) outlived her family by many years. However Mr. Cruz made it a point to personally let Mrs. Bixby know that he WAS immortalizing their family via naming his own son that due to how important the late Mr. Bixby had been to him!

  • @David-yw2lv
    @David-yw2lv 4 месяца назад +2

    A versatile and talented actor.He is much missed.

  • @johammond9359
    @johammond9359 4 месяца назад +2

    He dud leave us with a lot of wonderful memories and that can never be taken from us. 🙏

  • @sfopaladin2661
    @sfopaladin2661 4 месяца назад +1

    Thx for the info. We will sure miss him.

  • @michaelfleming40
    @michaelfleming40 4 месяца назад +1

    I ABSOLUTELY LOVED Bill Bixby as Tom Corbett. He was the type of father I would have loved to have. I also LOVED Brandon Cruz as a son. He was a cool guy. I love the fact that they loved each other in real life and would do things together outside of the television schedule. 😊❤

    • @akrenwinkle
      @akrenwinkle 3 месяца назад

      I saw Bill guesting on the Mike Douglas show and I'll never forget it. Bill described a scene in which Bill's character and Brandon's character were having a chat in the bathroom. Brandon was at the sink and Bill stepped out of the shower, and would shave at the mirror. Bill said that to make the scene more natural, he did the scene naked. I was a young teen at the time, and I wondered why would an actor would need to do that, and why would he tell that weird story to Mike and his audience.

  • @fob1xxl
    @fob1xxl 4 дня назад +1

    I always liked him and his work. I never liked the fact that he had an afair with Paul Petersen's wife (Brenda Bennet)and married her after their divorce. Sad ending for all.

  • @RikJSmith
    @RikJSmith 4 месяца назад +1

    Hi Steve . Another great Video you've created here . After listening to you share Bill's History , he obviously did have quite a rough life in his earlier years . And then worse after his " Good " years . But I'm lucky because I remember quite well his years playing " Eddie's Father ".
    And I was always obsessed with The HULK !! A lot of us kids at School would spend a lot of time talking about Lou and his weight lifting .
    Any , I hope you're doing well Steve . And staying safe . I absolutely Love every single one of your Videos . That's probably because of it's obvious how much time and effort that you put in to create each one . See you next week Steve . Hope you're having fun creating the next great Video .
    Rik Smith
    Upstate New York
    Pro Guitarist

  • @jamesbodnarchuk3322
    @jamesbodnarchuk3322 4 месяца назад +1

    Give Bill his star.

  • @donnymac575
    @donnymac575 3 месяца назад +1

    I really appreciate your very informative but also short, to the point, videos 😊.

    • @TheLifeandSadEnding
      @TheLifeandSadEnding  3 месяца назад +1

      Thanks for that. And no artificial intelligence or intelligence.

  • @keithe2150
    @keithe2150 4 месяца назад +1

    Since I’m just a year younger, I know exactly what you’re saying about my favorite Martian. I love that show. I couldn’t watch it enough. I look at it now and it’s so dated in someways, but it was a great show and I watched it with my family thanks for another great video, I hope he gets his star

  • @joeanderson9852
    @joeanderson9852 4 месяца назад +1

    ❤🙏

  • @gracelandone
    @gracelandone 2 месяца назад

    How many other actors had 3 hit series built around them? Some others did, but only as spin-offs.

  • @lisablack2389
    @lisablack2389 4 месяца назад +4

    Bill and his wives should have known Jesus!

  • @geminiecricket4798
    @geminiecricket4798 4 месяца назад +1

    Depressing 👎🏻no thanks

  • @NofaceCat
    @NofaceCat 4 месяца назад +2

    Very funny and talented guy