The Incredible Hulk is an American television series based on the Marvel comic book character of the same name. Doctor David Banner (Bill Bixby) is a physician and scientist who is traumatized by the death of his wife Laura in a car accident. Haunted by his inability to save her Banner studies incidents where ordinary people have summoned superhuman strength in order to save their threatened loved ones. His conclusions lead him to high levels of gamma radiation from sunspots are the cause, he decides to test his theory out on himself. He bombards his own body with gamma radiation not knowing that the equipment had been upgraded causing him to administer a far higher dose than he intended. That night on his way home he gets a flat tyre and injures himself while trying to change it the anger from the pain triggers his first transformation into the Hulk (Lou Ferrigno) the first sign of which is Banner’s eyes turning greenish white which starts a metamorphosis into the Hulk. The Hulk destroys Banner’s car and wanders all night, Once calm he eventually transforms back into Banner who has no memory of last night’s events realizing he’s injured he seeks out his research partner Dr Elaina Marks (Susan Sullivan) and tells everything he can remember including bombarding  himself with gamma rays. Dr Banner and Dr Marks try to reverse the process but there’s a problem a reporter named Jack McGee (Jack Colvin) is asking a lot of questions about their work. McGee is asking Dr Banner some questions outside the lab when the laboratory explodes, Banner goes into the building to searching for Dr Marks who was inside when it exploded and during his search transforms into the Hulk, who carries Dr Marks away from the inferno but she soon dies from the injuries she sustained in the explosion. McGee witnesses the Hulk carrying her away and believes he is the one responsible for the fire and deaths of both Dr Banner and Dr Marks. With Banner now presumed dead he goes into hiding to try and find a cure for his condition, he drifts from place to place assuming different identities and odd jobs to support himself and his research in the hopes of finding a cure. Meanwhile McGee continues to pursue the story of the mysterious monster, whom he believes got away with a double murder.

Bill Bixby

Bill Bixby career spanned three decades he has appeared in TV series  such as My Favorite Martian, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father and The Incredible Hulk.  He has been in four box office movies Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966), Doctor,You’ve Got to Be Kidding (1967), and two of Elvis Parsley’s movies, Clambake (1967) and Speedway (1968).  After finishing The Incredible Hulk, Bill Bixby decided to focus on directing as well as acting he directed two of the three Hulk movies made for television The Incredible Hulk Returns, The Trial of the Incredible Hulk and The Death of the Incredible Hulk.  Bixby became an outspoken advocate for research into prostate cancer the disease which would ultimately take his life in 1993.

Lou Ferrigno

Lou Ferrigno is bodybuilder and actor he appeared alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1975 documentary Pumping Iron. He also competed in the first World’s Strongest Man contest in 1977 where he finished fourth in a field of eight competitors. He is best known for his role in the Incredible Hulk television series alongside Bill Bixby as The Hulk. He has made a cameo appearance in the 2003 film Hulk as a security guard and runs his own business Ferrigno Fitness selling his own line of fitness equipment.

Jack Colvin

Jack Colvin is an actor of theater and film and is best known as the snoopy tabloid reporter Jack McGee in the TV series The Incredible Hulk from 1977-1982. He has appeared in such feature films as They Shoot Horses Don’t They, Scorpio, and Rooster Cogburn.  His television appearances include The Dean Martin Show, The Six Million Dollar Man, Kojak and The Bionic Woman but has always returned to the theater his stage roles include March banks in Shaw’s Candida, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet and Morgan Evans in The Corn is Green.

Bill Bixby in pain

Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk

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