Scripted series · CBS
The Incredible Hulk
Driven by rage. Pursued by an investigative reporter. Wanted for a murder he didn't commit. No one ever said it was easy being green.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Bill Bixby
David Banner
82 eps
Lou Ferrigno
Incredible Hulk
82 eps
Jack Colvin
Jack McGee
82 eps
Charles Napier
Hulk (voice)
50 eps
Anne Lockhart
2 eps
Dick Durock
2 eps
Carl Franklin
Crosby
1 eps
Anne Schedeen
1 eps
Charlie Brill
1 eps
Jeffrey Kramer
1 eps
Brad Harris
1 eps
Don Stroud
1 eps
Jed Mills
2 eps
Kari Michaelsen
2 eps
Walter Brooke
3 eps
Paul Koslo
2 eps
Karen Carlson
2 eps
Lola Albright
Elizabeth Collins
2 eps
Ted Cassidy
Narrator / Hulk (voice) (uncredited)
39 eps
Sandra Kerns
2 eps
John Reilly
2 eps
Barbara Lynn Block
Pauline / Newscaster
2 eps
Robert F. Lyons
Sam
2 eps
Barbara Tarbuck
3rd Nurse
2 eps
Susan Sullivan
Dr. Elaina Marks
2 eps
Mariette Hartley
Dr. Carolyn Fields
2 eps
Arthur Rosenberg
3 eps
Laurie Prange
Katie Maxwell
3 eps
Don Marshall
Doctor
3 eps
Robert Alda
2 eps
Bill Baldwin
Mitch Adams
2 eps
John Zenda
2 eps
Mickey Jones
3 eps
Buck Young
Doctor
2 eps
Paul Coufos
Officer
2 eps
Sheila Larken
Rhonda Wilkes
2 eps
Bruce Wright
3 eps
William Lucking
Harlen Bates
2 eps
Monte Markham
Brad (voice) (uncredited)
2 eps
Eric Server
Ted Roberts
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Incredible Hulk actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Incredible Hulk reads strongest on Spectacle, Character Depth and World Building.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transformations, David Banner searches for a cure as he crosses the country, fugitive-style, with a dogged tabloid reporter on his trail.
The run
Seasons
5 seasons · 82 episodes.
Season 0 · Unannounced
Specials
2 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
197712 episodes
6.0IMDbBest episode · S01E11 Earthquakes Happen
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
197822 episodes
6.0IMDbBest episode · S02E05 A Child in Need
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
197923 episodes
6.2IMDbBest episode · S03E18 The Psychic
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
198018 episodes
6.0IMDbBest episode · S04E01 Prometheus (1)
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
19817 episodes
5.6IMDb
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
The Incredible Hulk
A troubled scientist's accidental overexposure to gamma radiation curses him with the tendency to change into a bestial green brute under extreme emotional stress.
- Directed by Alan J. Levi
- Written by Kenneth Johnson
S03E09
The Snare
After being invited to a remote island, David becomes the quarry of a psychotic hunter.
- Directed by Frank Orsatti
S01E03
Final Round
David 'Benson' is saved from a couple of muggers by a boxer nicknamed 'Rocky' and becomes his friend and corner-man. Unfortunately the young man suffers from high blood pressure and is being used to ferry drugs by an unscrupulous manager.
- Directed by Larry Stewart
- Written by James D. Parriott
S03E14
Sideshow
David is hired as a stage manager at a carnival, and learns that the sideshow's mind-reader has been blamed for a series of misfortunes.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Kenneth Johnson
Showrunner
Stan Lee
Writer
Richard Christian Matheson
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Paul M. Belous
Writer
James D. Parriott
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Karen Harris
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Robert Wolterstorff
Writer
Chris Bunch
Writer
Rick Rosenthal
Writer
- Photo unavailable
William Schwartz
Writer
Jack Kirby
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Thomas E. Szollosi
Writer
Todd Susman
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Tom Szollosi
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Justin Edgerton
Writer
Andrew Schneider
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- James D. ParriottProducer
- Kenneth JohnsonExecutive Producer
- Kenneth JohnsonProducer
- Robert Bennett SteinhauerProducer
Writing
- Stan LeeWriter
- Richard Christian MathesonWriter
- Paul M. BelousWriter
- James D. ParriottWriter
- Karen HarrisWriter
- Robert WolterstorffWriter
Direction
- Frank OrsattiDirector
- James D. ParriottDirector
- Michael PreeceDirector
- L.Q. JonesDirector
- John McPhersonDirector
- Jack ColvinDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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