Bill Bixby was disagnosed with cancer after his third Incredible Hulk movie. Fans mistakenly believe Bixby's illness prevented the fourth Hulk movie, but it was really due to poor ratings.

Bill Bixby: The TV Icon's ... He didn't let a lot out. ... KENNETH JOHNSON (creator/producer The Incredible Hulk): "I remembered seeing Bill Bixby in a 1973 TV play called Steambath.

Running out of gas, Banner is thwarted by a series of awful gas station attendants who refuse to fill him up. Hulk smash! (Note: if you were wondering what happened to the pregnant woman, don't worry.

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.

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 ...

And then Bixby went on to star in “The Incredible Hulk” from 1977 until 1982. He then returned to comedy for CBS’ “Goodnight, Beantown” from 1983 until 1984.

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 ...