William Milton Asher 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 se
Asher with his second wife, Elizabeth Montgomery, in 1964
Bewitched is an American fantasy sitcom television series that originally aired for eight seasons on ABC from September 17, 1964, to March 25, 1972. It is about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal
William Asher
…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. Asher was also crucial to the success of AIP's Beach Party…
Dick York and Elizabeth Montgomery
Elizabeth Montgomery and Paul Lynde as Uncle Arthur (1968)
Marion Lorne, shown here as Myrtle Banford from the television program Sally, played Samantha's bumbling Aunt Clara.
Maurice Evans as Samantha's father, with Elizabeth Montgomery (1971)