"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 | Advertising | Marriage

Awards:

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

Cast

Elizabeth Montgomery	...	Samantha Stephens / ... (254 episodes, 1964-1972)
Agnes Moorehead	...	Endora (196 episodes, 1964-1972)
David White	...	Larry Tate (170 episodes, 1964-1972)
Dick York	...	Darrin Stephens (159 episodes, 1964-1969)

Series Directed by
William Asher		(132 episodes, 1964-1972)
Richard Michaels		(54 episodes, 1968-1972)
R. Robert Rosenbaum		(23 episodes, 1966-1969)
Richard Kinon		(8 episodes, 1967)
E.W. Swackhamer		(7 episodes, 1965-1972)
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		(225 episodes, 1964-1971)
Hugh Chaloupka		(23 episodes, 1964-1966)
Jack Ruggiero		(23 episodes, 1971-1972)
Asa Boyd Clark		(2 episodes, 1965-1972)

Series Casting by
Ernest A. Losso		(53 episodes, 1968-1970)
Sally Powers		(28 episodes, 1970-1971)
Al Onorato		(26 episodes, 1971-1972)
Burt Metcalfe		(8 episodes, 1968-1969)

Series Art Direction by
Ross Bellah		(254 episodes, 1964-1972)
Robert Purcell		(198 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)

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)
Steve Siporin	....	second assistant director (33 episodes, 1966-1967)
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)
Richard 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)
Erick Jolley	....	mastering engineer (38 episodes, 1965-1966)
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	....	assistant camera (3 episodes, 1966)
Donald Rohrbach	....	dolly grip (unknown episodes)

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)
Michaels-Stern	....	Dick York's wardrobe (8 episodes, 1968)

Series Music Department
Howard Greenfield	....	composer: theme music (254 episodes, 1964-1972)
Jack Keller	....	composer: theme music (254 episodes, 1964-1972)
Ed Forsyth	....	music supervisor (107 episodes, 1964-1967)
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)
• Screen Gems Television (1973-1974) (USA) (TV) (original syndication release)
• Columbia Pictures Television (1974-1983) (USA) (TV)
• DFS Program Exchange (1984-1989) (USA) (TV) (black-and-white episodes not re-syndicated until September 1989)
• The Program Exchange (1989-1990) (USA) (TV) (black-and-white episodes re-syndicated)
• Columbia Pictures Television (1991-1996) (USA) (TV)
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (1996-2001) (USA) (TV)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-) (USA) (TV)
• Columbia House (19??) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2005) (Argentina) (VHS)
• 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)
• Super Channel (2001) (Japan) (TV)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2005) (Finland) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Photo Effex (opticals)
• Sunset Editorial (music and sound effects)

Other Companies

• Babycrest  Tabatha'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)
• Clairol Inc.rporated  original sponsor
• General Motors, Chevrolet 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
• The Quaker Oats Company  original sponsor
• Toni Lynn Maternities  Elizabeth Montgomery's wardrobe
• Yorktown Juniors  Elizabeth Montgomery's wardrobe

Also Known As:

Runtime:

25 min (254 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

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

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Blondie Street, Columbia/Warner Bros. Ranch - 411 North Hollywood Way, Burbank, 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:

Referenced in "Peyton Place: Episode #2.136" (1966)

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.