The show made Bixby a pop icon of the late 1970s and 1980s.

Bixby made his last acting appearance in 1992, guest starring on an episode of Diagnosis: Murder.

The bottom is made of Surlyn or Bixby.

The Navy there upon, fed up with the city of Long Beach, decided upon the purchase of some property owned by a Mrs. Susanna Bixby Bryant, a fact made known by the commander of the base, Commander Thomas A.

Other television programmes have utilised the same formula of a magician helping police to solve crimes, such as the U. S .- made programmes The Magician, starring Bill Bixby, which aired in 1973-74, and 1986's short-lived Blacke's Magic, starring Hal Linden.

In the 1940s, Battelle's Vice-President of Engineering, John Crout made it possible for Battelle researchers, including William Bixby and Paul Andrus, to develop Chester Carlson's concept of dry copying.

The first tournament's finalists were Dick Gautier, James Shigeta, Peter Bonerz, and Don Galloway, with Shigeta winning the championship ; the second tournament's finalists were Richard Dawson, Bill Bixby, Hal Linden, and Betty White, with Dawson winning the championship ( Dawson had almost made it to the first tournament finals, but Gautier beat him out during their preliminary week by just one point ).

Speaking to the 1911 National Rivers and Harbors Congress, the chief of the Corps, Brigadier General William H. Bixby, suggested that modern treatment facilities and prohibitions on dumping " should either be made compulsory or at least encouraged everywhere in the United States.

In 1970, Bill Bixby made his debut as a director, going on to direct eight episodes of the show.

For three seasons he was the only contestant in Canadian Idol who had never been in the bottom three or two until Season 5 when Jaydee Bixby made it to the finale without ever being placed in the bottom group.

From here he heads out to California's State Route 1 and then crosses over the Bixby Creek Bridge, made famous from the opening credits in every episode.

Born in New York City, Nickerson made appearances in the late 1960s on such shows as The Doctors, and opposite Bill Bixby in an unsold television pilot called Rome Sweet Rome.

In 1961, Bixby was in the musical The Boy Friend at the Detroit Civic Theater, returning to Hollywood to make his television debut on an episode of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

They produced three made-for-television films: The Incredible Hulk Returns ( directed by Nicholas Corea ), and The Trial of the Incredible Hulk and The Death of the Incredible Hulk ( both directed by Bill Bixby ) Since its debut, The Incredible Hulk series has garnered a worldwide fan base.

In 1969, Bixby starred in his second high-profile television role, as Tom Corbett in The Courtship of Eddie's Father a comedy-drama on ABC.

Bixby also hosted Once Upon A Classic on PBS from 1976 to 1980.

Consequently, Bixby starred in the pilot movie called The Incredible Hulk, based loosely on the Stan Lee and Jack Kirby Marvel comic book characters.

He also worked on the show with his friend, movie actress Mariette Hartley, who would later star with Bixby in his final series, Goodnight, Beantown in 1983.

Bixby married Judith in late 1993, just six weeks before he collapsed on the set of Blossom.

In 2003, while promoting X2, Hugh Jackman mentioned in an interview on UK television morning talk show This Morning that he planned to make a biopic of Bill Bixby, that he had been drawn to the project by Bryan Singer and that it was a project he loved.

Although Ferrigno and Bixby did not share lines on camera ( except for one episode, " King of the Beach "), the two were friends, with Ferrigno describing Bixby as a " mentor " and " father figure " who took Ferrigno under his wing.

The show is noteworthy in that Bixby insisted on doing all of the magic himself, without any trick photography, although it was not possible for this to be the case in the TV-movie / pilot.

After the series ' cancellation, Bixby went on to host a string of magic specials on NBC and a series in first-run syndication.

The following are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Constant Riley W. Bixby House, Amzi Bradley Farmstead, District # 10 Schoolhouse, Harrington Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex, and Philo Newton Cobblestone House.

The Jenks Journal, Glenpool Post and Bixby Bulletin were combined into one print publication in January 2012, but each newspaper has its own section on the South County Leader website.

In February 2007, Steven Bixby was convicted on 17 counts including the two murders, as well as lesser charges of kidnapping and conspiracy.

It is based on the 1953 short story It's a Good Life by Jerome Bixby and is considered by many, such asTime Magazine and TV Guide, to be one of the best episodes of the series.

The show featured several guest stars that went on to star in their own series, including Andy Griffith, Joey Bishop, and Bill Bixby.

Bill Bixby became a frequent director on the series in its third season, a role he continued for several episodes into the fourth, despite his ongoing battle with prostate cancer.

On November 15, 1993, shortly after learning that his illness was terminal, Bixby collapsed on the Blossom set and was hospitalized.

The show centered on Tom Corbett ( Bill Bixby ), a handsome, thirty-something magazine publisher and widower from Los Angeles who had shouldered the responsibility of raising his freckled-faced, six-year-old son, Eddie ( Brandon Cruz ), who often cleverly manipulated his father about getting a new wife, shortly after the death of Eddie's mother and Tom's wife, Helen.

The show was canceled in 1972 when Bixby had a falling out with James Komack on the direction of the show.

Wilfred Bailey Everett “ Bill ” Bixby III ( January 22, 1934 − November 21, 1993 ) was an American film and television actor, director, and frequent game show panelist.

After the show was canceled, Bixby and Cruz remained in contact.

The show starred Ray Walston as Uncle Martin ( the Martian ) and Bill Bixby as Tim O ' Hara.

Bixby received an Emmy nomination for the show.

Bixby and Cruz spent considerable time together, especially when the show was on hiatus, prompting Cruz to tell American Profile magazine, " Bill Bixby was like my second father.

* Jaydee Bixby, the runner up from the show Canadian Idol, attended Hunting Hills High School before auditioning for the show.

He attended high school at Bixby High School in Bixby, Oklahoma where he was an all-state fullback and defensive end for the Spartans football team and graduated in 1970.

When Bixby was eight, his father enlisted in the U. S. Navy during World War II and traveled to the South Pacific.

Bixby directed two of The Oregon Trail episodes.

During the show's run, Bixby invited two of his long-time friends, Ray Walston and Brandon Cruz, to guest star with him in different episodes of the series.

During the same time period, Bixby directed several episodes of another short-lived television series, Wizards and Warriors, which aired in 1983.

Ferrigno also singles out the instances in which Bixby directed Ferrigno in some episodes as particularly memorable.

* Bill Bixby (" Hammer Hits the Rock ") – Bixby also directed a number of episodes

Bill Bixby ( of Incredible Hulk fame ) was brought in to direct numerous episodes.

( Bixby wrote four episodes for ST: TOS, but is not credited for " Charlie X.