Bil Bixby (born Wilfred Bailey Everett Bixby III) was an American actor and television director. His career spanned more than three decades, including appearances on stage, in films, and on television series.
On November 21, 1993, six days after his final assignment on Blossom, Bixby died of complications from prostate cancer in Century City, Los Angeles, California. He was 59 years old.