Editing Bill Bixby (section)

===''My Favorite Martian'' and other early roles===
[[File:Bill Bixby My Favorite Martian 1965.JPG|thumb|upright|Bixby as Tim O'Hara in ''[[My Favorite Martian]]'', when an accident turns Uncle Martin back into a baby (season 2, episode 28)]]
Bixby took the role of young reporter Tim O'Hara in the 1963 CBS sitcom ''[[My Favorite Martian]]'', in which he co-starred with [[Ray Walston]]. The series was hugely popular.<ref name=TrialBio/> By 1966, though, high production costs forced the series to come to an end after 107 episodes. After its cancellation, Bixby starred in four movies: ''[[Ride Beyond Vengeance]]'', ''[[Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!]]'', and two of [[Elvis Presley]]'s movies, ''[[Clambake (film)|Clambake]]'' and ''[[Speedway (1968 film)|Speedway]]''.<ref name=TrialBio/> He turned down the role as [[Marlo Thomas]]'s boyfriend in the successful ''[[That Girl]]'', though he later guest-starred in the show, and starred in two failed pilots.