Bill Bixby TV shows span a 20 year period between 1963's 'My Favorite Martian' and 1983's 'Goodnight, Beantown' with the 'Hulk' and more in between.

Bill Bixby died of complications from prostate cancer on November 21, 1993 at the age of 59, but the TV shows and characters he brought to life remain iconic decades after they were first created.

But for the writers of earlier screen adaptation The Incredible Hulk, which aired on CBS from 1977 to 1982, starring Bill Bixby as 'David' Banner, there was no such shortcut.

Okay, sure, the movie version of the Incredible Hulk could kick the ass of the old Bill Bixby/Lou Ferrigno version pretty soundly. The TV Hulk could push a car on its side, knock down a tree and ...

Joss Whedon and Mark Ruffalo have said they also took inspiration from this show and Bill Bixby's performance as Banner while creating their Hulk for the Avengers film.

CBS and Marvel found success in the late ‘70s with The Incredible Hulk TV show, which starred Bill Bixby as David (not Bruce) Banner, and the muscle-bound Lou Ferrigno as his alter-ego, the Hulk.

But he's not the only old Hulk actor to get a nod in The Incredible Hulk. 1970s Hulk Bill Bixby gets an obscure cameo when Bruce is seen watching TV. One of the films he flicks by is The Courtship ...

The Incredible Hulk starred Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk himself and Bill Bixby as David Banner (instead of ‘Bruce’). The show debuted with an extended pilot on November 4th, 1977, and continued ...