"The Incredible Hulk" (1978) TV series 1978-1982

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

10 March 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry

Plot:

A fugitive scientist has the curse of becoming a powerful green monster under extreme emotional stress.

Plot Keywords:

Scientist | Green | Stress | Fugitive | Stress Disorder

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Bill Bixby	...	Dr. David Bruce Banner / ... (82 episodes, 1977-1982)
Jack Colvin	...	Jack McGee (82 episodes, 1977-1982)
Lou Ferrigno	...	The Incredible Hulk / ... (82 episodes, 1977-1982)

Series Directed by
Frank Orsatti		(12 episodes, 1978-1981)
Reza Badiyi		(8 episodes, 1978-1980)
John McPherson		(7 episodes, 1979-1980)
Jeffrey Hayden		(5 episodes, 1978-1979)
Barry Crane		(5 episodes, 1979-1981)
Kenneth Johnson		(4 episodes, 1977-1980)
Kenneth Gilbert		(4 episodes, 1978)
Michael Vejar		(4 episodes, 1981)
Alan J. Levi		(3 episodes, 1977-1979)
Chuck Bowman		(3 episodes, 1978-1981)
Sigmund Neufeld Jr.		(3 episodes, 1978)
Nicholas Corea		(3 episodes, 1979-1980)
Joseph Pevney		(2 episodes, 1978-1979)
Larry Stewart		(2 episodes, 1978)
Patrick Boyriven		(2 episodes, 1980-1981)
Dick Harwood		(2 episodes, 1980-1981)
Jack Colvin		(2 episodes, 1981)

Series Writing credits
Kenneth Johnson		(82 episodes, 1977-1982)
Nicholas Corea		(12 episodes, 1978-1981)
Jill Donner		(12 episodes, 1978-1981)
Karen Harris		(12 episodes, 1978-1981)
Andrew Schneider		(9 episodes, 1979-1981)
Reuben Leder		(5 episodes, 1981)
Chris Bunch		(4 episodes, 1980-1981)
Allan Cole		(4 episodes, 1980-1981)
Richard Christian Matheson		(3 episodes, 1978-1979)
Thomas E. Szollosi		(3 episodes, 1978-1979)
Migdia Chinea		(2 episodes, 1978-1979)
Frank Dandridge		(2 episodes, 1978-1979)
Justin Edgerton		(2 episodes, 1978-1979)
Jim Tisdale		(2 episodes, 1978-1979)
James D. Parriott		(2 episodes, 1978)
Deborah Dean Davis		(2 episodes, 1979-1981)
Daniel B. Ullman		(2 episodes, 1979-1980)
Craig Buck		(2 episodes, 1979)
Sam Egan		(2 episodes, 1979)
Diane Frolov		(2 episodes, 1981-1982)

Series Produced by
Kenneth Johnson	....	executive producer / producer (81 episodes, 1977-1982)
Stephen Caldwell	....	associate producer (71 episodes, 1978-1981)
Nicholas Corea	....	supervising producer / producer (54 episodes, 1978-1981)
Alan Cassidy	....	associate producer (53 episodes, 1979-1981)
Robert Bennett Steinhauer	....	producer / supervising producer / ... (46 episodes, 1979-1982)
Chuck Bowman	....	supervising producer / producer (34 episodes, 1978-1979)
Jill Donner	....	producer (28 episodes, 1980-1982)
Karen Harris	....	producer (23 episodes, 1980-1982)
James G. Hirsch	....	producer (11 episodes, 1978-1979)
James D. Parriott	....	supervising producer / producer (11 episodes, 1978)
Jeff Freilich	....	producer (8 episodes, 1979-1980)
Craig Schiller	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 1980-1981)
Andrew Schneider	....	producer (2 episodes, 1981-1982)

Series Original Music by
Joseph Harnell		(73 episodes, 1977-1982)
C.R. Cassey		(9 episodes, 1978-1979)

Series Cinematography by
John McPherson		(56 episodes, 1977-1981)
Eddie Rio Rotunno		(3 episodes, 1979-1981)
Vincent A. Martinelli		(2 episodes, 1980)

Series Film Editing by
Jack W. Schoengarth		(29 episodes, 1977-1980)
Alan C. Marks		(24 episodes, 1977-1980)
George Ohanian		(19 episodes, 1978-1981)
Robert K. Richard		(19 episodes, 1978-1981)
Alan L. Shefland		(5 episodes, 1979)
Glenn Lawrence		(4 episodes, 1977-1978)
William Martin		(3 episodes, 1978)
Ralph Schoenfeld		(2 episodes, 1978)
Lawrence J. Vallario		(2 episodes, 1978)
Edward W. Williams		(2 episodes, 1978)

Series Casting by
Ron Stephenson		(44 episodes, 1979-1981)
Phil Benjamin		(25 episodes, 1978-1979)
Mark Malis		(2 episodes, 1977)

Series Art Direction by
Frank Grieco Jr.		(26 episodes, 1978-1981)
Louis Montejano		(17 episodes, 1978-1981)
David Marshall		(9 episodes, 1977-1979)
Charles R. Davis		(6 episodes, 1977-1978)
Seymour Klate		(4 episodes, 1978)

Series Set Decoration by
Robert Wingo		(56 episodes, 1978-1981)
Joe D. Mitchell		(9 episodes, 1978)
Robert C. Bradfield		(8 episodes, 1978-1979)

Series Costume Design by
Brienne Glyttov		(56 episodes, 1978-1981)
Charles Waldo		(14 episodes, 1977-1978)
George Whittaker		(5 episodes, 1978)

Series Makeup Department
Norman T. Leavitt	....	special makeup effects artist (1 episode, 1977)
Sylvia Nava	....	hair technician (1 episode, 1977)
Elaina P. Schulman	....	hair stylist (1 episode, 1977)
John Naulin	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Mark A. Burley	....	unit production manager (43 episodes, 1977-1981)
Robert Bennett Steinhauer	....	unit production manager (24 episodes, 1978-1979)
Mike Frankovich Jr.	....	unit production manager (5 episodes, 1978)
Bud Brill	....	unit production manager / unit manager (3 episodes, 1977-1978)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard Forrest	....	second assistant director (57 episodes, 1978-1981)
Wolfgang E. Marum	....	first assistant director (25 episodes, 1978-1981)
John Liberti	....	first assistant director (13 episodes, 1979-1981)
Paul Samuelson	....	first assistant director (7 episodes, 1978)
Mark A. Burley	....	first assistant director (6 episodes, 1978-1979)
Gene Marum	....	first assistant director (5 episodes, 1978-1979)
Carla Reinke	....	second assistant director (3 episodes, 1978)
Jan R. Lloyd	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 1978)
Thomas A. Bliss	....	dga trainee (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Roger Apperson	....	construction coordinator (1 episode, 1977)
Glenn Forbes	....	set dresser (unknown episodes)
David L. Snyder	....	assistant art director (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Claude Riggins	....	sound (74 episodes, 1977-1981)
Kyle Wright	....	sound effects editor (30 episodes, 1977-1980)
Bernard F. Pincus	....	sound effects editor (14 episodes, 1979-1981)
David Pettijohn	....	sound effects editor (5 episodes, 1978)
Lawrence E. Neiman	....	sound effects editor (2 episodes, 1978)
Jeff Bushelman	....	sound effects editor (2 episodes, 1979-1980)
Pat Somerset	....	sound effects editor (2 episodes, 1979-1980)
Bruce Bell	....	sound effects editor (2 episodes, 1980-1981)
Kendrick Sweet	....	sound effects editor (2 episodes, 1980)
Barney Cabral	....	adr editor (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Johnny Borgese	....	special effects coordinator (76 episodes, 1978-1982)

Series Stunts
Don McGovern	....	stunts / stunt actor (25 episodes, 1977-1982)
Manny Perry	....	assistant stunt coordinator / stunt rigger / ... (12 episodes, 1977-1978)
Charlie Picerni	....	stunts (11 episodes, 1978-1979)
Frank Orsatti	....	stunt double: Bill Bixby / stunts (10 episodes, 1978)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Vincent Contarino	....	electrician (1 episode, 1977)
Rick F. Gunter	....	camera operator (1 episode, 1977)
John C. Moulds	....	second assistant camera (1 episode, 1977)
Owen Marsh	....	camera operator (unknown episodes, 1978)
Adam Glick	....	set lighting technician (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Ron Stephenson	....	casting (1 episode, 1981)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jerry Herrin	....	costume supervisor (1 episode, 1977-1979)
Gregory B. Peña	....	set costumer (1 episode, 1977)
Diana Wilson	....	costumer (1 episode, 1977)

Series Editorial Department
Steve Johnson	....	colorist (73 episodes, 1977-1981)

Series Music Department
Walter Ulric Elliott	....	music editor (38 episodes, 1978-1979)
Rick Gleitsman	....	music editor (10 episodes, 1980-1981)
Joseph Harnell	....	composer: theme music (8 episodes, 1978-1979)
Arnold Schwarzwald	....	music editor (4 episodes, 1979-1981)
Celia Weiner	....	music editor (4 episodes, 1979-1980)
Herbert D. Woods	....	music editor (3 episodes, 1977-1980)
Don Davis	....	orchestrator (unknown episodes)

Series Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	production driver / driver (4 episodes, 1977-1978)

Series Other crew
Stan Lee	....	consultant (82 episodes, 1977-1982)
Rich Sephton	....	cars and motors (80 episodes, 1978-1982)
Kenneth Johnson	....	developed for television by / developer (79 episodes, 1978-1982)
Jill Donner	....	executive story consultant / story editor (38 episodes, 1978-1980)
Karen Harris	....	story editor / executive story consultant (38 episodes, 1978-1980)
Andrew Schneider	....	executive story consultant / story editor (36 episodes, 1979-1981)
Frank Dandridge	....	story editor (3 episodes, 1978)
Nicholas Corea	....	story editor (2 episodes, 1978)
Edward L. Jeffers	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Art Scholl	....	pilot (unknown episodes)
Thomas D. Tannenbaum	....	senior vice president in charge of production (unknown episodes)

Series Thanks
Bong Soo Han	....	special thanks (1 episode, 1979)

Production Companies

• Universal TV

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1978-1982) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Koch Media (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Studios USA Television
• Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting (TROS) (1979-1983) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Universal Home Video (200?) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 1)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (seasons 2 and 3)
• Universal Studios Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• World Beyond Video (video)

Other Companies

• Universal Title  titles and opticals
• Marvel Comics  character: "The Incredible Hulk" (as Marvel Comics Group)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

60 min (87 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Singapore:PG | USA:TV-PG | Australia:PG | Netherlands:6 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Universal TV

Trivia:

The Hulk is always barefoot, but in outdoor scenes Lou Ferrigno often wore Hulk-green slippers to protect his feet. These are most noticeable in "Terror in Times Square", as the Hulk storms through the streets of New York (Ferrigno once joked that even the mighty Hulk wouldn't want to go barefoot in Times Square in the 1970s).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In Death in the family when the hulk is fighting the bear some of the green makeup gets on the bear in a few shots.

Quotes:

[opening sequence to the episode: "A Death in the Family"]
Narrator:Dr. David Banner, Physician/Scientist, searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have. Then an accidental overdose of gamma radiation interacts with his unique body chemistry. And now, when David Banner grows angry or outraged, a startling metamorphosis occurs.
[while trying to change a tire during a thunderstorm, David changes into the Hulk]
Narrator:The creature is driven by rage and pursued by an investigative reporter.
David Banner:Mr. McGee, don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Poker Night 2 (2013) (VG)

You wouldnt like me when i'm angry!!!

I have such nostalgic memories of this growing up. I look back on it now and I think the series itself holds up really well. A few things I would like to comment on:

When David went back to himself after a change.....his clothes were always evenly ripped and cut....as if someone had cut them with scissors!!!

David Banner could have been one of the most talented guys on the planet. The amount of different jobs and trades he had were endless!!!

Where did he get those endless supplies of brown chords, checked shirts and beige coloured jackets???

He was the most gentle, helpful and polite guy ever and wherever he went, people could not wait to pick on him. They sort of saw him as a know all!!!

He pulled more women than 007!!!

Where did he get those fake surnames......Becker, Beamon, Beddiger, Beckham, Bannon, Bander.....etc????

All of this said...what a brilliant show it was and I am proud to have grown up with it. I loved the suspense when he changed and I also felt really sorry for Dave when he was alone, walking to a new town at the end with the famous tearjerking piano music in the background!!!

Respects to the late Bill Bixby. RIP.