"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:

Wed. Dec. 23	4:00 PM	WGNAMER	Humbug Not to Be Spoken Here	#4.16
Wed. Dec. 23	4:30 PM	WGNAMER	Santa Comes to Visit and Stays and Stays	#6.14

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		(131 episodes, 1964-1972)
Richard Michaels		(54 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 (254 episodes, 1964-1972)
Richard Michaels	....	associate producer (161 episodes, 1965-1970)
William Asher	....	producer (147 episodes, 1967-1972)
Jerry Davis	....	producer (56 episodes, 1964-1966)
Ernest A. Losso	....	associate producer (54 episodes, 1970-1972)
Jerry Briskin	....	associate producer (38 episodes, 1964-1966)
William Froug	....	producer (33 episodes, 1966-1967)
Danny Arnold	....	producer (18 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Original Music by
Warren Barker		(244 episodes, 1964-1972)
Jimmie Haskell		(4 episodes, 1966)
Van Alexander		(3 episodes, 1966)

Series Cinematography by
Robert Tobey		(216 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		(185 episodes, 1964-1971)
Jack Ruggiero		(23 episodes, 1971-1972)
Hugh Chaloupka		(20 episodes, 1964-1966)
Asa Boyd Clark		(2 episodes, 1965-1972)

Series Casting by
Burt Metcalfe		(8 episodes, 1968-1969)
Ernest A. Losso		(5 episodes, 1968-1969)

Series Art Direction by
Ross Bellah		(253 episodes, 1964-1972)
Robert Purcell		(197 episodes, 1964-1972)
Robert Peterson		(31 episodes, 1964-1966)
Malcolm C. Bert		(16 episodes, 1965-1966)

Series Set Decoration by
Sidney Clifford		(236 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 Makeup Department
Ben Lane	....	makeup supervisor (140 episodes, 1964-1968)
Rolf Miller	....	makeup artist (114 episodes, 1968-1972)
Lillian Ugrin	....	hair stylist (114 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 (118 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)

Series Art Department
George Ballerino	....	property master (85 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 (88 episodes, 1968-1971)
Marlowe Newkirk	....	special effects (63 episodes, 1966-1968)
Richard Albain	....	special effects (53 episodes, 1964-1966)
Terry Saunders	....	special effects (26 episodes, 1971-1972)

Series Stunts
Jesse Wayne	....	stunt double: Clarke Gordon (1 episode, 1968)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Charles Gibbs	....	head grip (54 episodes, 1970-1972)
Arthur D. Kaufman	....	gaffer (54 episodes, 1970-1972)
Val O'Malley	....	camera operator (54 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 (28 episodes, 1970-1971)
Al Onorato	....	casting (26 episodes, 1971-1972)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Vi Alford	....	ladies costumer / costumer: women (114 episodes, 1968-1972)
Byron Munson	....	men's costumer / costumer: men / ... (114 episodes, 1968-1972)
Botany 500	....	wardrobe: Dick Sargent (84 episodes, 1969-1972)
Michaels-Stern	....	Dick York's wardrobe (9 episodes, 1968)

Series Editorial Department
Aaron Nibley	....	film editor (46 episodes, 1964-1970)
Hugh Chaloupka	....	film editor (3 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Music Department
Jack Keller	....	composer: theme music / title song by / ... (230 episodes, 1964-1972)
Ed Forsyth	....	music supervisor (107 episodes, 1964-1967)
Howard Greenfield	....	composer: theme music / composer: title song (105 episodes, 1964-1972)
Don Kirshner	....	music consultant (44 episodes, 1966-1967)

Series Other crew
William Asher	....	production consultant / creative consultant (102 episodes, 1964-1967)
Bobbi Shane	....	production secretary / assistant to producer / ... (54 episodes, 1970-1972)
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 (17 episodes, 1965-1972)
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)

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)
• The Program Exchange (1989) (USA) (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
• Clairol Inc.rporated  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) | 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:

The show's now-famous animated opening credits were created by Hanna-Barbera Productions.

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: Try to control your temper. Remember, "Peace on earth, goodwill to men" includes witches.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Nanny: The Unkindest Gift (#3.11)" (1995)

Alice Pearce, the Consummate Character Actress

Very few actresses could gulp, snivel and whine better than Alice Pearce. Her Gladys Kravitz' nasal voice resounded irritatingly over her husband George Tobias as Abner. "Abner! Abner!" made an entire television audience laugh as she ran back into the Kravitz home every week. Alice Pearce was a trouper until her death in 1966, and she never let us know she was ill. Sandra Gould took over the Gladys role, but I'll always recall the face, that gulp, that bug-eyed expression of Alice Pearce. So few actresses have become so identifiable by their voice in television, and fewer will ever be known for just one line like "Abner! Abner!". Applause to the late Alice Pearce, who deserved her Emmy Award!