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Jul 17, 2012 · William Asher, who helped birth TV sitcom "Bewitched," co-created "The Patty Duke Show" and directed hundreds of episodes of series including "I Love Lucy," has died in Palm Desert, Calif ...
William Asher directed 131 episodes for Bewitched (1964-1972) and produced 147 episodes in seasons four through eight (1967-1972). He co-wrote the teleplay for "Sisters at Heart" with Barbara Avedon (1970). Asher made an uncredited cameo as an angry driver in the season five episode, "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall" (1968). He directed two episodes of the Tabitha series (1976-1977). Asher was ...
Jul 18, 2012 · Case in point: William Asher, the prolific TV writer-director-producer of the 1950s and 1960s who was involved in an array of classic sitcoms, from I Love Lucy, Our Miss Brooks and The Patty Duke Show to Bewitched, for which he won an Emmy for best director in 1966. (The show also catapulted his then-wife, actress Elizabeth Montgomery, to stardom.)
Nov 6, 2014 · Asher came from the sort of rough and tumble family immersed in the world of vaudeville, silent films and early talking pictures, where his father Ephriam Asher was an associate producer, and his mother Lillian worked as a clerical assistant at the MGM Studios. The senior Asher died when William was 11.
Jul 31, 2016 · William Asher, the director of “I love Lucy”, “Bewitched” and "Gidget," has died. He was 90. He was 90. The Emmy award-winning director died Monday of complications from Alzheimer’s disease at a facility in Palm Desert, California, his wife Meredith told the Associated Press.
Jul 16, 2012 · Motion Picture Director, Producer. Best known for his behind-the-scenes contributions as producer and director for the TV series Bewitched (1964 to 1972), which starred his then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery. Born into a family of versed entertainers, his father was film producer Ephraim Asher, his mother Lillian Bonner...
Jul 16, 2012 · William Milton Asher was an American television and film producer, film director, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific early television directors, producing or directing over two dozen se
