"Bewitched" (1964) TV series 1964-1972

Creator:

Sol Saks
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

17 September 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

A witch married to an ordinary man cannot resist using her magic powers to solve the problems her family faces.

Plot Keywords:

Witch | Magic | Witchcraft | Marriage | Advertising

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 12 wins & 27 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 16	12:00 AM	WGNAMER	Toys in Babeland	#4.2
Mon. Nov. 16	12:30 AM	WGNAMER	Business, Italian Style	#4.3

Cast

Elizabeth Montgomery	...	Samantha Stephens / ... (254 episodes, 1964-1972)
David White	...	Larry Tate (166 episodes, 1964-1972)
Dick York	...	Darrin Stephens (156 episodes, 1964-1969)
Agnes Moorehead	...	Endora (147 episodes, 1964-1972)

Series Directed by
William Asher		(132 episodes, 1964-1972)
Richard Michaels		(53 episodes, 1968-1972)
R. Robert Rosenbaum		(23 episodes, 1966-1969)
E.W. Swackhamer		(8 episodes, 1965-1972)
Richard Kinon		(8 episodes, 1967)
Jerry Davis		(4 episodes, 1966)
Howard Morris		(3 episodes, 1965-1966)
David Orrick McDearmon		(3 episodes, 1965)
William D. Russell		(3 episodes, 1965)
Luther James		(3 episodes, 1968-1970)
Alan Rafkin		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Paul Davis		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Writing credits
Sol Saks		(254 episodes, 1964-1972)
Ed Jurist		(54 episodes, 1966-1972)
Richard Baer		(23 episodes, 1965-1972)
Michael Morris		(22 episodes, 1967-1972)
John L. Greene		(20 episodes, 1964-1971)
Bernard Slade		(17 episodes, 1964-1968)
Bernie Kahn		(14 episodes, 1967-1972)
James S. Henerson		(12 episodes, 1966-1968)
Lila Garrett		(11 episodes, 1967-1971)
Paul David		(9 episodes, 1964-1966)
Paul Wayne		(7 episodes, 1965-1967)
Robert Riley Crutcher		(6 episodes, 1966-1968)
Jerry Mayer		(6 episodes, 1967-1970)
Barbara Avedon		(5 episodes, 1964-1970)
Lawrence J. Cohen		(5 episodes, 1964-1969)
Fred Freeman		(5 episodes, 1964-1969)
Ruth Brooks Flippen		(5 episodes, 1965-1971)
Howard Leeds		(5 episodes, 1965-1967)
David V. Robison		(5 episodes, 1966-1967)
Herman Groves		(4 episodes, 1964-1966)
Rick Mittleman		(4 episodes, 1967-1969)
Peggy Chantler Dick		(4 episodes, 1969)
Douglas Dick		(4 episodes, 1969)
Jack Sher		(3 episodes, 1964-1967)
Danny Arnold		(3 episodes, 1964)
Earl Barret		(3 episodes, 1965-1967)
Ron Friedman		(3 episodes, 1965-1967)
Doug Tibbles		(3 episodes, 1966-1969)
Lee Erwin		(3 episodes, 1966)
Paul L. Friedman		(3 episodes, 1967-1969)
Leo Townsend		(3 episodes, 1969-1972)
Shirley Gordon		(3 episodes, 1969-1970)
Henry Sharp		(3 episodes, 1970-1972)
Phil Sharp		(3 episodes, 1970-1972)
Jerry Davis		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Roland Wolpert		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Sydney Zelinka		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Ken Englund		(2 episodes, 1965)
Jane Klove		(2 episodes, 1965)
Ted Sherdeman		(2 episodes, 1965)
Pauline Townsend		(2 episodes, 1969-1971)

Series Produced by
Harry Ackerman	....	executive producer (209 episodes, 1964-1972)
Richard Michaels	....	associate producer (161 episodes, 1965-1970)
William Asher	....	producer (102 episodes, 1964-1972)
Jerry Davis	....	producer (56 episodes, 1964-1966)
Jerry Briskin	....	associate producer (38 episodes, 1964-1966)
William Froug	....	producer (33 episodes, 1966-1967)
Danny Arnold	....	producer (18 episodes, 1964-1965)
Ernest A. Losso	....	associate producer (9 episodes, 1970-1972)
Bobbi Shane	....	assistant producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Warren Barker		(198 episodes, 1964-1972)
Jimmie Haskell		(4 episodes, 1966)
Van Alexander		(3 episodes, 1966)

Series Cinematography by
Robert Tobey		(170 episodes, 1965-1972)
Robert Wyckoff		(24 episodes, 1964-1966)
Frederick Gately		(13 episodes, 1964-1965)
Lothrop B. Worth		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Aaron Nibley		(162 episodes, 1964-1971)
Hugh Chaloupka		(20 episodes, 1964-1966)
Jack Ruggiero		(3 episodes, 1971-1972)
Jack Peluso		(1 episode, 1971)

Series Casting by
Burt Metcalfe		(8 episodes, 1968-1969)
Ernest A. Losso		(5 episodes, 1968-1969)
Al Onorato		(unknown episodes)
Sally Powers		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Ross Bellah		(207 episodes, 1964-1972)
Robert Purcell		(151 episodes, 1964-1972)
Robert Peterson		(31 episodes, 1964-1966)
Malcolm C. Bert		(16 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Set Decoration by
Sidney Clifford		(190 episodes, 1964-1972)
Louis Diage		(13 episodes, 1964-1967)
Milton Stumph		(2 episodes, 1966)
Jack H. Ahern		(2 episodes, 1968)
Alfred E. Spencer		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Byron Munson		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Ben Lane	....	makeup supervisor (140 episodes, 1964-1968)
Rolf Miller	....	makeup artist (68 episodes, 1968-1972)
Lillian Ugrin	....	hair stylist (68 episodes, 1968-1972)

Series Production Management
Lawrence Werner	....	post-production supervisor / post-production executive (140 episodes, 1964-1968)
Seymour Friedman	....	production supervisor (60 episodes, 1964-1966)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Maxwell O. Henry	....	assistant director (72 episodes, 1965-1972)
R. Robert Rosenbaum	....	assistant director (66 episodes, 1964-1968)
Hal W. Polaire	....	assistant director (18 episodes, 1964-1966)
Marvin Miller	....	assistant director (14 episodes, 1966-1968)
Mark Sandrich Jr.	....	assistant director (11 episodes, 1968-1969)
Jerome M. Siegel	....	assistant director (9 episodes, 1967)
Jack Orbison	....	assistant director (6 episodes, 1966-1967)
Michael J. Dmytryk	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1967-1968)
Jack R. Berne	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1968)
Dick Dixon	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1966)
Gilbert Mandelik	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1970)
Leo M. Langlois	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Bill Lukather	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
George Ballerino	....	property master (39 episodes, 1969-1972)

Series Sound Department
Fred J. Brown	....	sound effects (69 episodes, 1965-1967)
Sid Lubow	....	sound effects (38 episodes, 1964-1966)
Terrance Emerson	....	sound cable man (2 episodes, 1965)

Series Special Effects by
Hal Bigger	....	special effects (65 episodes, 1968-1971)
Marlowe Newkirk	....	special effects (63 episodes, 1966-1968)
Richard Albain	....	special effects (53 episodes, 1964-1966)
Terry Saunders	....	special effects (3 episodes, 1971-1972)
Willis Cook	....	pilot only (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Jesse Wayne	....	stunt double: Clarke Gordon (1 episode, 1968)
Hubie Kerns	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Charles Gibbs	....	head grip (8 episodes, 1970-1972)
Arthur D. Kaufman	....	gaffer (8 episodes, 1970-1972)
Val O'Malley	....	camera operator (8 episodes, 1970-1972)
Randall Robinson	....	second assistant camera (3 episodes, 1966)
Donald Rohrbach	....	dolly grip (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Ernest A. Losso	....	casting (47 episodes, 1968-1970)
Sally Powers	....	casting (5 episodes, 1970-1971)
Al Onorato	....	casting (3 episodes, 1971-1972)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Vi Alford	....	ladies costumer / costumer: women (68 episodes, 1968-1972)
Byron Munson	....	men's costumer / costumer: men / ... (68 episodes, 1968-1972)
Michaels-Stern	....	Dick York's wardrobe (9 episodes, 1968)
Botany 500	....	wardrobe: Dick Sargent (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Aaron Nibley	....	film editor (47 episodes, 1964-1970)
Hugh Chaloupka	....	film editor (3 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Music Department
Jack Keller	....	composer: theme music / title song by / ... (200 episodes, 1964-1972)
Ed Forsyth	....	music supervisor (107 episodes, 1964-1967)
Howard Greenfield	....	composer: theme music / composer: title song (60 episodes, 1965-1972)
Don Kirshner	....	music consultant (44 episodes, 1966-1967)

Series Other crew
William Asher	....	production consultant / creative consultant (102 episodes, 1964-1967)
Bernard Slade	....	script consultant (37 episodes, 1965-1966)
Ruth Brooks Flippen	....	script consultant (33 episodes, 1966-1967)
Richard Michaels	....	script supervisor (31 episodes, 1964-1965)
Danny Arnold	....	script consultant (20 episodes, 1964-1966)
Melody McCord	....	stand in: Elizabeth Montgomery / stand-in: Elizabeth Montgomery (10 episodes, 1965-1970)
Bobbi Shane	....	production secretary / assistant to producer (8 episodes, 1970-1972)
Fredd Wayne	....	historical consultant (2 episodes, 1966)
Ed Jurist	....	teleplay (1 episode, 1969)
Harry Ackerman	....	creative consultant (unknown episodes)
Elizabeth Montgomery	....	creative consultant (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Ashmont Productions
• Screen Gems Television

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1964-1972) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Columbia House (19??) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001) (USA) (TV)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Screen Gems
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005-) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (seasons 1 and 2)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 3)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (seasons 4 and 5)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 6)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (seasons 7 and 8)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD) (seasons 1 and 2)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD) (seasons 3 and 4)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD) (season 5)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (season 6)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (seasons 7 and 8)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-) (USA) (TV)
• Super Channel (2001) (Japan) (TV)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2005) (Finland) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Babycrest  Tabitha's infant wardrobe & furnishings
• Botany 500  Dick Sargent's wardrobe
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Company - Bufferin  original sponsor
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Company - Excedrin  original sponsor
• Bristol-Myers  original sponsor (Clairol hair products)
• Chevrolet Motor Company-GMC Division  original sponsor
• Hanna-Barbera Productions  animated titles
• Kodak  original sponsor
• Michaels-Stern  Dick Sargent's wardrobe
• Michaels-Stern  Dick York's wardrobe
• Oscar Mayer and Company  original sponsor
• PFC  Elizabeth Montgomery's wardrobe
• Peanuts and Cosmo  hairstyles
• Phoenix Clothes  Dick York's wardrobe
• Photo Effex  opticals photo
• Sunset Editorial  sound effects (music effects)
• The Quaker Oats Company  original sponsor
• Toni Lynn Maternities  Elizabeth Montgomery's wardrobe
• Yorktown Juniors  Elizabeth Montgomery's wardrobe

Also Known As:

The Witch of Westport (USA) (original script title)
The Witch of Westwood (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

25 min (254 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Black and White (1964-1966) | Colour (1966-1972)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-18 (2005) (DVD) (season 2) (self applied) | Finland:K-7 (2005) (DVD) (season 1) | New Zealand:G | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | USA:TV-G

Filming Locations:

Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Ashmont Productions

Trivia:

Samantha's maiden name was never revealed.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the episode with Leonardo DaVinci, he tries out a revolving door. The actor's hands can be seen going right through the "glass" in the one of the doors - then the actor quickly fixes his hands so it looks like there is glass in the door.

Quotes:

Darrin Stephens: Sam, don't expect your mother to be gracious. She doesn't do imitations.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Paul O'Grady Show: (2009-10-27)" (2009)

When Dick York left, most of the magic went with him.

A sweet premise, About a sweet witch(Elizabeth Montgomery) who marries a mortal(Dick York-Dick Sargent)much of the dismay of her witching mother(Agness Morehead). I love watching this show in reruns. It's a fun magic show. It also had meomerable characters like Uncle Arthur(The very funny Paul Lynde) Dr. Bombay(played very we'll by Bernard Fox). But when Dick York had to leave the show do to a serious back injury, and was replaced by Dick Sargent. It was not has funny anymore. The show's comic appeal was lost. Dick York was a comic genius. He had great comic timing. His comic reactions made the show. Besides Samantha's magic. I do not totally dislike Dick Sargent, I mean he was'nt that bad, he just was'nt has funny has Dick York. The only funny episode with Dick Sargent, is the Catch Phrase episode. But the show's appeal was'nt slowly falling only due to Dick York's departure. The show was wearing itself out. Maybe it should have quit while it was ahead.