"Bewitched" (1964)TV series 1964-1972

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:

Goof Up | Miniaturization | Mother In Law | Shrinking | Identical Cousins

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 9 wins & 28 nominations

Cast

Elizabeth Montgomery	...	Samantha Stephens / ... (254 episodes, 1964-1972)
Agnes Moorehead	...	Endora (171 episodes, 1964-1972)
David White	...	Larry Tate (161 episodes, 1964-1972)
Dick York	...	Darrin Stephens (156 episodes, 1964-1969)

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Series Directed by
William Asher		(76 episodes, 1964-1972)
Richard Michaels		(41 episodes, 1968-1972)
R. Robert Rosenbaum		(15 episodes, 1966-1968)
E.W. Swackhamer		(7 episodes, 1965)
Richard Kinon		(7 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)
Alan Rafkin		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Ida Lupino		(1 episode, 1965)
Sherman Marks		(1 episode, 1965)
Sidney Miller		(1 episode, 1965)
Alan Jay Factor		(1 episode, 1966)
Paul David		(1 episode, 1967)
Bruce Bilson		(1 episode, 1968)
David White		(1 episode, 1969)
Luther James		(unknown episodes)
Ernest A. Losso		(unknown episodes)
Russ Mayberry		(unknown episodes)
Seymour Robbie		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Sol Saks		(131 episodes, 1964-1969)
Richard Baer		(22 episodes, 1965-1972)
Bernard Slade		(16 episodes, 1964-1966)
John L. Greene		(14 episodes, 1964-1967)
Ed Jurist		(14 episodes, 1966-1968)
James S. Henerson		(12 episodes, 1966-1968)
Paul David		(9 episodes, 1964-1966)
Paul Wayne		(7 episodes, 1965-1967)
Howard Leeds		(5 episodes, 1965-1967)
Robert Riley Crutcher		(5 episodes, 1966-1967)
Lawrence J. Cohen		(4 episodes, 1964-1966)
Fred Freeman		(4 episodes, 1964-1966)
Herman Groves		(4 episodes, 1964-1966)
Ruth Brooks Flippen		(4 episodes, 1965-1967)
Barbara Avedon		(3 episodes, 1964-1967)
Jack Sher		(3 episodes, 1964-1967)
Jerry Davis		(3 episodes, 1964-1966)
Danny Arnold		(3 episodes, 1964)
Earl Barret		(3 episodes, 1965-1967)
David V. Robison		(3 episodes, 1966-1967)
Lee Erwin		(3 episodes, 1966)
Roland Wolpert		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Ron Friedman		(2 episodes, 1965-1967)
Sydney Zelinka		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Ken Englund		(2 episodes, 1965)
Jane Klove		(2 episodes, 1965)
Ted Sherdeman		(2 episodes, 1965)
Michael Morris		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)
Joanna Lee		(1 episode, 1965)
Richard Sale		(1 episode, 1965)
Frank Waldman		(1 episode, 1965)
Tom Waldman		(1 episode, 1965)
David Braverman		(1 episode, 1966)
Jerry Devine		(1 episode, 1966)
Coslough Johnson		(1 episode, 1966)
Doug Tibbles		(1 episode, 1966)
Paul L. Friedman		(1 episode, 1967)
Lila Garrett		(1 episode, 1967)
Bernie Kahn		(1 episode, 1967)
Alfred Lewis Levitt		(1 episode, 1967)
Helen Levitt		(1 episode, 1967)
Jerry Mayer		(1 episode, 1967)
Rick Mittleman		(1 episode, 1967)
Sam Bobrick		(1 episode, 1968)
Bill Idelson		(1 episode, 1968)
Arthur Alsberg		(unknown episodes)
William Asher		(unknown episodes)
Peggy Chantler Dick		(unknown episodes)
Douglas Dick		(unknown episodes)
Shirley Gordon		(unknown episodes)
Arthur Julian		(unknown episodes)
Joel Rapp		(unknown episodes)
Milt Rosen		(unknown episodes)
Henry Sharp		(unknown episodes)
Philip Sharp		(unknown episodes)
Leo Townsend		(unknown episodes)
Pauline Townsend		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Harry Ackerman	....	executive producer (129 episodes, 1964-1968)
Richard Michaels	....	associate producer (90 episodes, 1965-1968)
Jerry Davis	....	producer (56 episodes, 1964-1966)
Jerry Briskin	....	associate producer (38 episodes, 1964-1966)
William Froug	....	producer (32 episodes, 1966-1967)
William Asher	....	producer (23 episodes, 1964-1972)
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		(122 episodes, 1964-1968)
Jimmie Haskell		(4 episodes, 1966)
Van Alexander		(3 episodes, 1966)
Pete Carpenter		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Robert Tobey		(89 episodes, 1965-1968)
Robert Wyckoff		(24 episodes, 1964-1966)
Frederick Gately		(13 episodes, 1964-1965)
Lloyd Ahern		(1 episode, 1964)
Lothrop B. Worth		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Aaron Nibley		(125 episodes, 1964-1968)
Hugh Chaloupka		(23 episodes, 1964-1966)
Michael Luciano		(1 episode, 1964)
Gerard Wilson		(1 episode, 1964)
Asa Boyd Clark		(1 episode, 1965)
Jack Peluso		(unknown episodes)
Jack Ruggiero		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Ernest A. Losso		(unknown episodes)
Burt Metcalfe		(unknown episodes)
Al Onorato		(unknown episodes)
Sally Powers		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Ross Bellah		(128 episodes, 1964-1968)
Robert Purcell		(75 episodes, 1964-1968)
Robert Peterson		(31 episodes, 1964-1966)
Malcolm C. Bert		(16 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Set Decoration by
Sidney Clifford		(114 episodes, 1964-1968)
Louis Diage		(11 episodes, 1964-1966)
Milton Stumph		(2 episodes, 1966)
James Crowe		(1 episode, 1964)
Jack H. Ahern		(unknown episodes)
Alfred E. Spencer		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Byron Munson		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Ben Lane	....	makeup supervisor (130 episodes, 1964-1968)
Rolf Miller	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes, 1969-1972)
Lillian Ugrin	....	hair stylist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Lawrence Werner	....	post-production supervisor / post-production executive (126 episodes, 1964-1968)
Seymour Friedman	....	production supervisor (60 episodes, 1964-1966)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
R. Robert Rosenbaum	....	assistant director (65 episodes, 1964-1968)
Hal W. Polaire	....	assistant director (18 episodes, 1964-1966)
Maxwell O. Henry	....	assistant director (17 episodes, 1965-1966)
Jerome M. Siegel	....	assistant director (8 episodes, 1967)
Marvin Miller	....	assistant director (6 episodes, 1966-1967)
Jack Orbison	....	assistant director (6 episodes, 1966-1967)
Michael J. Dmytryk	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1967-1968)
Dick Dixon	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1966)
Herb Wallerstein	....	assistant director (1 episode, 1964)
Jack R. Berne	....	assistant director (1 episode, 1968)
Anthony Ray	....	assistant director (1 episode, 1968)
Leo M. Langlois	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Bill Lukather	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Gilbert Mandelik	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Mark Sandrich Jr.	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
George Ballarino	....	props (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Fred J. Brown	....	sound effects (70 episodes, 1965-1967)
Sid Lubow	....	sound effects (38 episodes, 1964-1966)

Series Special Effects by
Richard Albain	....	special effects (53 episodes, 1964-1966)
Marlowe Newkirk	....	special effects (51 episodes, 1966-1968)
Hal Bigger	....	special effects (unknown episodes)
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 Costume and Wardrobe Department
Vi Alford	....	costumes: ladies (unknown episodes)
Botany 500	....	wardrobe: Dick Sargent (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Lawrence Werner	....	post-production executive (1 episode, 1967)

Series Music Department
Howard Greenfield	....	composer: theme music (129 episodes, 1964-1968)
Jack Keller	....	composer: theme music (129 episodes, 1964-1968)
Ed Forsyth	....	music supervisor (105 episodes, 1964-1967)
Don Kirshner	....	music consultant (43 episodes, 1966-1967)

Series Other crew
William Asher	....	production consultant / creative consultant (101 episodes, 1964-1967)
Bernard Slade	....	script consultant (36 episodes, 1965-1966)
Ruth Brooks Flippen	....	script consultant (32 episodes, 1966-1967)
Danny Arnold	....	script consultant (20 episodes, 1964-1966)
Fredd Wayne	....	historical consultant (2 episodes, 1966)
Harry Ackerman	....	creative consultant (unknown episodes)
Ed Jurist	....	story editor/writer: 52 episodes + 2 as cowriter=54 (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)
• 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 Television (2002-)
• 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
• 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
• Tony 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-7 (2005) (DVD) (season 1) | Finland:K-18 (2005) (DVD) (season 2) (self applied) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | USA:TV-G

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Ashmont Productions

Trivia:

Alice Ghostley originally did not appear as Esmeralda but as maid Naomi who caused havoc at the Stephens'. In the same episode ("Maid To Order"), she is asked to help with a client dinner at the Tate's home because their own maid was ill that night. The name of the Tate's usual maid was Esmeralda!

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:

Abner Kravitz: Gladys, let's play house. You be the door and I'll shut you.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Giant Gila Monster (#5.2)" (1992)

Elizabeth Montgomery: So Bewitching and Beautiful

Bewitched is truly a magical classic 1960's sitcom with delightful characters such as the very beautiful and elegant Elizabeth Montgomery who sadly passed away in 1995,and hilarious plots based around the mishaps that come from being a nose twitching,broom riding witch. Elizabeth is truly a presence on screen as Samantha Stephens,a lovely blonde hair,blue eyed witch married to a mortal man,Darrin Stephens (Dick York,and later replaced by Dick Sargent)who's only request of his wife is to 'never use witchcraft'.Talented actress Agnes Moorehead portrays Samantha's 'bad witch' heavily made up,red headed mother Endora who does everything by magic,and detests her daughter's mere mortal husband 'Derwood' as she lovingly refers to him as.With Endora always 'popping' in to visit her daughter,but never using the front door,or any door for that matter,its a guarantee that Darrin will be blowing his top every time as he and Endora are always at each other's throats which makes for very entertaining viewing.But Darrin learns after awhile that his mother in law can and will turn him into an artichoke or a chimpanzee whenever they have a feud.Add a nosy neighbour determined to catch a witchy Samantha in the act,a bold and bossy employer,crazy and kooky witches and warlocks always causing trouble for the Stephens,occasional visits from deceased Benjamin Franklin's,and Darrin's nice and normal parents,and you've got this classic spell binding comedy that will bewitch you!