Bewitched 

A witch married to an ordinary man cannot resist using her magic powers to solve the problems her family faces.

Creator:

Sol Saks

Stars:

Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Dick Sargent

Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 13 wins & 28 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Elizabeth Montgomery	...	Samantha Stephens / ... 254 episodes, 1964-1972
Agnes Moorehead	...	Endora 254 episodes, 1964-1972
David White	...	Larry Tate 191 episodes, 1964-1972
Dick York	...	Darrin Stephens / ... 170 episodes, 1964-1969
Erin Murphy	...	Tabitha Stephens / ... 103 episodes, 1966-1972

Storyline

Darrin and Samantha Stephens are a young, bi-species married couple: he's a mortal human being, she's a witch, something which she does not divulge to him until after their wedding. Darrin just wants them to live a simple, mortal life, to which Samantha agrees, meaning no witchcraft and no telling any of their mortal friends and relatives of her being a witch. However, that no witchcraft vow is difficult to maintain if only because of Samantha wanting or needing to use it to get out of one scrape or another, and her relatives, especially her mother Endora, the most constant thorn in Darrin's side, against the marriage and the idea of denying Samantha's heritage as a witch. Mortals in their lives also add to their complicated lives: Darrin's friend and spendthrift boss, Larry Tate of McMann and Tate Advertising, who always wants Darrin to do all the work while the company gets all the glory and money; their nosy neighbors, the Kravitzes, Glady Kravitz who always arrives at the most ...

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Plot Keywords:

housewife | witch | famous opening theme | surrealism | absurdism | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Official Sites:

TV Land

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 September 1964 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Witch of Westport

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ashmont Productions,Screen Gems Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min (254 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

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

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dick York's back pain was a result of an accident during the filming of the Gary Cooper western They Came to Cordura (1959). York described it in a 1991 interview: "It was the last shot of the day and tomorrow we would wrap Cordura. In the scene, Cooper and I were propelling a hand car carrying several wounded men down an abandoned railroad track. As we passed the camera I was on the bottom stroke of this sort of teeter-totter mechanism that made the handcar run. I was just lifting the handle up as the director yelled 'Cut!' and one of the wounded cast members reached up and grabbed the handle. Now, instead of lifting the expected weight, I was suddenly, jarringly, lifting his entire weight off the flatbed-180 pounds or so. The muscles along the right side of my back tore. They just snapped and let loose. And that was the start of it all--the pain, the painkillers, the addiction, the lost career."

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Goofs

Despite the Boston setting of the series, it's clear from the vegetation in outside scenes that the filming location is in the Western United States.

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Quotes

Darrin Stephens: Hello, sir.
Maurice: Please, why so formal? Call me Maurice.
Darrin Stephens: Okay... Maurice.
Maurice: Or Dad.
Darrin Stephens: Okay... Dad.
Maurice: You were right, "Sir" is best.

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Crazy Credits

Whenever Samantha's cousin Serena appeared on the show, the credits for the episode listed the actress as "Pandora Spocks". This was Elizabeth Montgomery's idea as an inside joke. Elizabeth Montgomery played Serena.

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Alternate Versions

Colorized versions of the black and white episodes have been syndicated. When the first DVDs were released in 2005, both black and white and color versions of the DVDs were available.

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Connections

Referenced in The Red Green Show: Magnetic Lake (1993)

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Soundtracks

(title song)
by Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller

User Reviews

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!