Tony reconnects with a homeless old magician friend; the shelter where he's landed specializes in murdering the downtrodden for profit and it's up to the magician to rescue him before it's too late. Actor Andrew Robinson has stated that his Star Trek: Deep Space Nine character, Elim Garak, was partially influenced by Bixby's character. Januar 1934 in San Francisco, Kalifornien; † 21. "The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit: Part 1". Vorlage:IMDb/Wartung/„importiert aus“ fehlt, https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill_Bixby&oldid=201394125, „Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike“, US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Regisseur, 1974: Die Straßen von San Francisco (Target: Red) (Der Profi). While arguing with her boyfriend, a woman falls down stairs and dies. Blake takes on both the investigation and his friend's place in recreating the Table of Death illusion for the cameras. Nach der Absetzung der Serie 1982 wurde es sechs Jahre lang still um ihn. Die Serie wurde ab 1976 auch im ZDF ausgestrahlt. Er spielte den Wissenschaftler Dr. David Bruce Banner. Die Familienserie Eddies Vater (1969–1972) mit ihm in der Hauptrolle brachte internationale Bekanntheit. Juni 2020 um 20:59 Uhr bearbeitet. Midway through the program's run, the idea of the airplane was dropped and Blake took up residence in a posh apartment at The Magic Castle, a real club devoted to magic acts. At the same time, the supporting cast of the show was replaced with a new, single character, Dominick (Joseph Sirola), a somewhat comical sidekick. When his attempt to free his ex-girlfriend from a cell fails, Tony has a confrontation with her ex-mobster father. In addition to escapes, Bixby performed feats of sleight of hand, mentalism, and stage illusions. The husband of Tony Blake's clumsy new assistant has been kidnapped and is being forced to help hijack a tanker. In addition, Martian co-star Pamela Britton appeared in an episode of The Magician. It was rated #52 out of #81 shows for that season. "The Illusion of the Stainless Steel Lady", Tony investigates the self-enforce isolation of his old, recluse movie-star friend, Irene Denore (, Tony is performing onboard the Queen Mary when masked robbers interrupt his act. Diese Seite wurde zuletzt am 28. Als Regisseur inszenierte er die drei Fernsehfilme über Hulk, die nach dem Ende der Serie gedreht wurden. The Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. November 1993 in Century City, Los Angeles, Kalifornien; eigentlich Wilfred Bailey Everett Bixby) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Regisseur. During a backyard party where Tony Blake performs, the magician witnesses a Greek man he rescued earlier shoot another man. Jerry continued to make occasional minor appearances (and Watkins and Curtis retained places in the opening credits) and Tony recruited Jerry and Max together for one further case in the new format. Die Familienserie Eddies Vater (1969–1972) mit ihm in der Hauptrolle brachte internationale Bekanntheit. His investigation into the young man's past leads him to a small town riddled with suspicious residents. An old copy of. Initially, Blake used his Boeing 720 jetliner (named "The Spirit") as a base of operations; it was outfitted as a mobile residence ("It's like any other mobile home, only faster.") Bixby starb im Alter von 59 Jahren an Prostatakrebs. The man is coerced into stuffing her body in a trunk and tossing it in a lake. Bill Bixby spielte 1963 bis 1966 in der Serie Mein Onkel vom Mars den Reporter Tim O'Hara. This video: Copyright 2016 Tom Interval.Please subscribe to this channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=intervalmagicPlease share my videos with your friends:https://www.youtube.com/intervalmagic/videosIf you don't want to be my patron on Patreon, please consider donating at the following location: https://www.paypal.me/intervalmagicWebsite: http://www.intervalmagic.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/intervalmagicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/intervalmagicTwitter: https://www.twitter.com The show was a favorite of The X-Files creator Chris Carter, who worked it into Special Agent Fox Mulder's "origin" story: a teenaged Mulder was waiting to watch The Magician when his sister Samantha was abducted by mysterious forces.[5]. Visual Entertainment released the complete series on DVD in Region 1 on August 25, 2017. The Magician finished in the Nielsen ratings for the 1973-1974 TV Season with a 16.9 Average Audience. This page was last edited on 27 October 2020, at 20:15. "The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit: Part 2". Years earlier, Blake had been in prison on a trumped-up espionage charge in an unnamed country in South America. A man behind her is acting strange. Bill Bixby had an amazing body of work, not only Courtship of Eddie's Father, but My Favorite Martian, The Magician, The Incredible Hulk, and so many other things, as an actor, as a director — and he never got an Emmy. The show is noteworthy in that Bixby, a keen amateur magician, insisted on performing all of the illusions in person, without any trick photography, although it was not possible for this to be the case in the TV-movie/pilot. The man wakes up amnesiac and Blake enlists his friends to help the man recover his memory. Appearing magicially at last, in just a matter of weeks, from VEI, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Magician_(American_TV_series)&oldid=985761025, Pages using infobox television with unknown empty parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, A car accident sees Tony Blake's girlfriend Joanna (. Januar 1934 in San Francisco, Kalifornien; † 21. After the series' cancellation, Bixby went on to host a string of magic specials on NBC and a series, The Wonderful World of Magic, in first-run syndication. Tony stages an elaborate illusion to fake the death of a defecting scientist who can extract oil from shale rock, but the scientist is kidnapped and auctioned off to the highest bidder. Send me an email for the unlisted link.\"The Magician\" footage: Copyright 1973 Paramount. Many of the episodes of the regular series were preceded by an announcement that the magic tricks were accomplished without trick photography. No explanation for the changes was given in the series. Bill Bixby (* 22. Von 1971 bis 1979 war er mit der Schauspielerin Brenda Benet (1945–1982) in erster Ehe verheiratet. His friend, Ed Cassidy (. Please support me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/tominterval and gain access to exclusive magic videos and gifts!Bill Bixby performed this simple trick on \"The Magician,\" the 1973-1974 television series in which he starred.To my beginning magic students: I made another version of this video with the explanation. November 1993 in Century City, Los Angeles, Kalifornien; eigentlich Wilfred Bailey Everett Bixby) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Regisseur. Der Magier (1973): 21-tlg. Mark Wilson was on hand again as the episode's "magic consultant" as well. with live-in pilot Jerry Anderson (Jim Watkins). The cellmate died and left him a fortune. He was instructed in these performances by the program's technical advisor, Mark Wilson, who was credited as "magic consultant". Bill Bixby in „Der Magier“ Bill Bixby (* 22. In The Incredible Hulk's "My Favorite Magician" episode, Bixby's character became the temporary apprentice to a stage magician played by Bixby's Martian co-star, Ray Walston. A magician is killed during the filming of a highly risky magic trick. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony" Blake, a playboy philanthropist who used his skills to solve difficult crimes as needed. [2][3][4], Though it ran only a single season, The Magician was an influence on later series. Tony Blake must protect a little girl who is targeted by her father's former mob associates. Tony invites her onstage and makes her vanish but the bad guy is fast on their trail. In order to prevent further murders by a hitman who uses a bow and arrow, Tony partners with a psychic who accurately predicted the first victim's death. 25 Beziehungen. The Magician - DVDs for 'The TV Series' Starring Bill Bixby...VERY SOON! A man fleeing pursuers crashes into Tony Blake's stage, sending both of them to the hospital. A hospital patient is spooked senseless by the fire in one of Tony's charity magic acts. Out scuba diving, Tony Blake rescues a ditzy assistant library curator he met earlier whose boyfriend tossed her off his yacht with intention to kill. In the process, Tony attempts to clear the man's name who himself is on the run, framed for murder. A museum enlists Tony Blake's help to investigate the "smoke & mirrors" theft of a highly guarded Egyptian cat statue. Bill Bixby spielte 1963 bis 1966 in der Serie Mein Onkel vom Mars den Reporter Tim O'Hara. [1] Once the format changed to have the hero based in a magic club, Wilson could occasionally be seen on the stage there, as well. Von 1978 bis 1982 lief die Serie erfolgreich auf CBS. Tony Blake gets involved when bad guys come after his new magic student, the man's son. In the Quantum Leap episode "The Great Spontini", Scott Bakula's character, Dr. Sam Beckett, leaps into an amateur magician in 1974 who aspires to appear on Bill Bixby's The Magician; however, owing to his partial amnesia, Dr. Beckett, at first, can only recall Bixby's connection with The Incredible Hulk, which had not been made at that time. Please support me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/tominterval and gain access to exclusive magic videos and gifts! Someone is trying to kill a friend of Tony Blake's by detonating bombs and using marionettes and remote controlled toys. Tony's investigation brings him to a toy shop and he becomes the target of the mad man. In order to find a jade dragon which has been stolen from his very old friend in Chinatown, Tony will have to face a horrible death in a lava pit when the floor is literally taken from under him. Blake drove a white Chevrolet Corvette with custom license plates ("SPIRIT") and, for its time, an exotic feature: a car phone. He's never been recognized … He never forgot his unjust imprisonment, and it motivated him to seek justice for others. "The Illusion of the Deadly Conglomerate". The Incredible Hulk series featured an episode that paid homage to both The Magician and Bixby's earlier series, My Favorite Martian. Nachdem er 1973/74 als der Magier in der gleichnamigen Fernsehserie Mordfälle gelöst hatte, erlangte er weltweite Berühmtheit durch die Fernsehserie Der unglaubliche Hulk, deren Pilotfilm 1977 erstmals in den USA ausgestrahlt wurde. Tony infiltrates the tanker to rescue the man and avert the crime before it's too late. US Krimiserie von Lawrence Heath (The Magician; 1973 – 1974).Der wohlhabende Nachtclubzauberer Anthony Blake (Bill Bixby) wohnt in … 21-tlg. Performing at the Magic Castle, Tony notices his ex-girlfriend in the audience, looking distraught. Some episodes featured Larry Anderson (who later hosted Truth or Consequences and created the JawDroppers video magic course) as Blake's assistant. The Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. The informal tutorial will show you how to \"magically\" change a one-dollar bill to a ten. In the series pilot, the character was named Anthony Dorian; the name was changed due to a conflict with the name of a real-life stage magician. He discovered a way to escape with his cellmate, which began his interest in escapology. Blake was a professional stage magician who used his skills to solve crimes and help the helpless. Blake frequently received assistance from acerbic columnist Max Pomeroy (Keene Curtis), and Max's brilliant son Dennis (Todd Crespi), who uses a wheelchair. Sie hatten einen gemeinsamen Sohn namens Christopher (* 1974), der 1981 überraschend an einer Halsinfektion starb. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony" Blake, a playboy philanthropist who used his skills to solve difficult crimes as needed. Bixby war zuletzt in dritter Ehe verheiratet. Die Serie wurde ab 1976 auch im ZDF ausgestrahlt. Sein letztes Interview gab er zwei Monate vor seinem Tod. Neben Hulk spielte er 1976 in der erfolgreichen Miniserie Reich und Arm den Schriftsteller Willie Abbott, der die Jugendliebe der Hauptfigur Rudy Jordaches Julie Prescott heiratet. Blake suspects he was impaired and arranges an elaborate illusion in a hospital to catch the real killer. The escape, apparently followed by exoneration of the false charges that had led to it, led to Blake's pursuit of a career in stage magic, which made him famous.