"Bewitched" (1964) TV series 1964-1972

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Creator:

Sol Saks
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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 | Beautiful Woman

Awards:

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

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 19	11:00 PM	WGNAMER	A Most Unusual Wood Nymph	#3.5
Sun. July 19	11:30 PM	WGNAMER	Endora Moves in for a Spell	#3.6

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)

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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 (200 episodes, 1964-1970)
Richard Michaels	....	associate producer (161 episodes, 1965-1970)
William Asher	....	producer (93 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 (unknown episodes)
Bobbi Shane	....	assistant producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Warren Barker		(190 episodes, 1964-1970)
Jimmie Haskell		(4 episodes, 1966)
Van Alexander		(3 episodes, 1966)

Series Cinematography by
Robert Tobey		(162 episodes, 1965-1970)
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, 1964-1969)
Hugh Chaloupka		(23 episodes, 1964-1966)
Jack Peluso		(unknown episodes)
Jack Ruggiero		(unknown episodes)

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		(199 episodes, 1964-1970)
Robert Purcell		(143 episodes, 1964-1970)
Robert Peterson		(31 episodes, 1964-1966)
Malcolm C. Bert		(16 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Set Decoration by
Sidney Clifford		(182 episodes, 1964-1970)
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 (60 episodes, 1968-1972)
Lillian Ugrin	....	hair stylist (60 episodes, 1968-1970)

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
R. Robert Rosenbaum	....	assistant director (66 episodes, 1964-1968)
Maxwell O. Henry	....	assistant director (64 episodes, 1965-1970)
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 (31 episodes, 1969-1970)

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
Marlowe Newkirk	....	special effects (63 episodes, 1966-1968)
Hal Bigger	....	special effects (60 episodes, 1968-1970)
Richard Albain	....	special effects (53 episodes, 1964-1966)
Willis Cook	....	pilot only (unknown episodes)
Terry Saunders	....	special effects (unknown episodes)

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

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

Series Casting Department
Ernest A. Losso	....	casting (47 episodes, 1968-1970)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Vi Alford	....	ladies costumer (60 episodes, 1968-1970)
Byron Munson	....	men's costumer / (men's costumer (60 episodes, 1968-1970)
Michaels-Stern	....	Dick York's wardrobe (9 episodes, 1968)
Botany 500	....	wardrobe: Dick Sargent (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Aaron Nibley	....	film editor (37 episodes, 1968-1970)

Series Music Department
Jack Keller	....	composer: theme music / title song by / ... (194 episodes, 1964-1972)
Ed Forsyth	....	music supervisor (107 episodes, 1964-1967)
Don Kirshner	....	music consultant (44 episodes, 1966-1967)
Howard Greenfield	....	composer: theme music / composer: title song (36 episodes, 1967-1969)

Series Other crew
William Asher	....	production consultant / creative consultant (102 episodes, 1964-1967)
Bernard Slade	....	script consultant (37 episodes, 1965-1966)
Richard Michaels	....	script supervisor (35 episodes, 1964-1965)
Ruth Brooks Flippen	....	script consultant (33 episodes, 1966-1967)
Danny Arnold	....	script consultant (20 episodes, 1964-1966)
Melody McCord	....	stand in: Elizabeth Montgomery / stand-in: Elizabeth Montgomery (10 episodes, 1965-1970)
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)
Bobbi Shane	....	production secretary (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) (season 7)
• 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) (season 7)
• 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

Color:

Black and White (1964-1966) | Color (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) | 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:

After the third season, it was often not known if Dick York would be well enough to work any given week, because of his back pain issues. "Darrin-less" scripts were therefore on hand, or scripts were made Darrin-less (often by giving his lines to Larry Tate). Most sources tend to assume York missed thirteen episodes from his back pain issues, when in reality, most of the episodes York "missed" were actually filmed after he had already left the show (in season five). They were then aired mixed with episodes he had completed. At least one of the two episodes he missed in season three had nothing to do with his back pain issues, but was because his father had died.

Goofs:

Continuity: In early episodes, the daughter is referred to in the credits as "Tabatha". In later episodes, however, the spelling of her name is changed to "Tabitha".

Quotes:

Samantha: Gladys, what are you doing?
Gladys Kravitz: I came over for a snoop, uh, a scoop of sugar. I hope I'm not disturbing you.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Gilmore Girls: Richard in Stars Hollow (#2.12)" (2002)

How Inane.....But I Just love it!

Jeannie and Bewitched have to be two of the most formulaic and predictable shows ever aired on TV. Every episode of Bewitched had ,in different orders and combinations, the same formula of Endora zaps something to muck up Darrin, and it pays off in Darrin's favour; witchcraft of some sort interferes with Darrin's work and he gets fired, then re-hired, when the witchcraft again pays off, or is foiled. While in the meantime, Gladys Kravitz, Mrs Stavens, or some unsuspecting extra is baffled by it all, and theres always some unbelievable explanation at the end of it all which the long suffering cast members swallow. With that in mind, its bizarre that it still rates in re - runs, and its bizarre that I've taped about 7 blank tapes worth of the show from TV that I watch again and again. I can't get enough of it. So. obviously the show has a lot of appeal which allows viewers to look beyond, or perhaps enjoy the formula. I think the appeal lies in alot of things. First, the magic is a huge and fascinating drawcard. Wouldn't we all love to be able to make things appear and disappear with a twitched, and wouldn't we all love Barbara Eden as our Genie who's madly in love with us? We all would (males, anyway RE Barbara Eden), and thats what draws us to the shows. Its also brilliant and magical itself to see the special effects being done nearly forty years ago without computers or complex editing machines. That really put a smile on my face. The characters were all so far - out an exotic, all kind of like British aristocrats who had lost all air of conservatism, and lived carefree lives zapping from the Riviera to lunch in Shanghai. They were so funny, fantastic and appealing. I loved the conflict too; Endora and Darrin, Darrin and Larry; Darrin and Serena etc. And the actors of course were all brilliant, and having a tremendous time playing their roles, and fun roles they were. The chemistry on set between York and Montgomery was so believable and real, the flamboyance and gestures of Endora and Dr Bombay was loads of fun, and the comic timing of York was always perfect. Yes, Betwitched and Jeannie have to be my two favourite TV shows of all time, because they're just unpretentious, lightweight and appealing entertainment, and thats why they've lasted so long, because who would take a show about witches seriously anyway. And thats its charm.