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William Asher

Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born August 8, 1921Died July 16, 2012 (90 years)
William Milton Asher (August 8, 1921 – July 16, 2012) was an American television and film producer, film director, and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific early television directors, producing or directing over two dozen series.

With television in its infancy, he introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which was adapted from a radio show. He began directing I Love Lucy by 1952. As a result of his early success, Asher was considered an "early wunderkind of TV-land," and was hyperbolically credited in one magazine article with "inventing" the sitcom. In 1964, he began to direct episodes of Bewitched, which starred his wife Elizabeth Montgomery. He produced the series from the fourth season.

He was nominated for an Emmy Award four times, winning once for directing Bewitched in 1966. He was also nominated for the DGA Award in 1951 for I Love Lucy.

In 1951, he married actress Danny Sue Nolan, with whom he had two children; the couple divorced in 1961. He then married actress Elizabeth Montgomery in 1963, just before Bewitched began its run. They had three children and divorced in 1973. His third marriage was to actress Joyce Bulifant and it lasted from 1976 to 1993. He adopted her son, actor and director John Mallory Asher. This marriage also ended in divorce. In 1998, he married Meredith Coffin Asher, his fourth and final wife.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Make Room for Daddy
  • Four Star Playhouse
  • Pippi Longstocking

Known For

  • Bewitched
  • I Love Lucy
  • Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
  • Beach Blanket Bingo
  • Alice
  • Beach Party
  • The Twilight Zone
  • The 27th Day
  • Gidget
  • Muscle Beach Party
  • Bikini Beach
  • How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
  • The Patty Duke Show
  • Johnny Cool
  • The Dukes of Hazzard
  • Make Room for Daddy
  • Fireball 500
  • I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later
  • Movers & Shakers

Filmography

1996
Jungle Cubs (TV Series)
1990
1985
1985
1985
Me & Mom (TV Series)
1984
Crazy Like A Fox (TV Series)
1981
1981
Private Benjamin (TV Series)
1981
1980
American Playhouse (TV Series)
1979
The Bad News Bears (TV Series)
1979
1977
1976
Alice (TV Series)
1976
Tabitha (TV Series)
1974
Lucas Tanner (TV Series)
1972
1972
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series)
1966
1965
Gidget (TV Series)
1965
1965
1964
Bewitched (TV Series)
1964
1964
1963
1963
1963
1963
Vacation Playhouse (TV Series)
1959
The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
1958
1957
The Thin Man (TV Series)
1957
Sally (TV Series)
1957
1957
1956
1955
1954
December Bride (TV Series)
1954
The Lineup (TV Series)
1954
Studio 57 (TV Series)
1953
1953
1952
1952
1951
I Love Lucy (TV Series)
1951
1950
Racket Squad (TV Series)
1950
1950

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