The hidden illness that took this Hollywood legend’s life
Who are we talking about? Of course, it’s Bill Bixby!
Big break in 1963
Growing up as an only child, he discovered his love for performing early on, joining the speech and debate team at Lowell High School. He later attended City College of San Francisco and UC Berkeley but left school to pursue acting, supporting himself with modeling and commercial work before landing steady TV roles.
Bixby’s big break came in 1963 with My Favorite Martian, where he played reporter Tim O’Hara opposite Ray Walston’s mischievous alien.
The show ran for three seasons and made him a household name. He later starred as widowed dad Tom Corbett in The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, earning three Emmy nominations, and as stage illusionist Anthony Blake in The Magician, which developed a cult following despite lasting only one season.Continue reading…
