William Asher
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 8, 1921
- Died
- July 16, 2012 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Asher, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Mr. Bevis
Movie · Director
Jungle Cubs
TV · Director · 2 eps
A Bewitched Christmas
Movie · Director
Return to Green Acres
Movie · Director
Movers & Shakers
Movie · Director
I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later
Movie · Director
Crazy like a Fox
TV · Director · 1 ep
Charley's Aunt
Movie · Director
American Playhouse
TV · Director · 1 ep
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
Movie · Director
Harper Valley
TV · Director · 5 eps
Private Benjamin
TV · Director · 8 eps
A Christmas for Boomer
Movie · Director
The Bad News Bears
TV · Director · 3 eps
Flatbush
TV · Director · 1 ep
Tabitha
TV · Director · 2 eps
Alice
TV · Director · 27 eps
Temperatures Rising
TV · Director · 5 eps
The Paul Lynde Show
TV · Director · 5 eps
Fireball 500
Movie · Director
Jan & Dean: On the Run
Movie · Director
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Movie · Director
Beach Blanket Bingo
Movie · Director
Gidget
TV · Director · 7 eps
Muscle Beach Party
Movie · Director
Bikini Beach
Movie · Director
Bewitched
TV · Director · 133 eps
Beach Party
Movie · Director
Johnny Cool
Movie · Director
The Patty Duke Show
TV · Director · 8 eps
Vacation Playhouse
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Twilight Zone
TV · Director · 1 ep
Fibber McGee & Molly
TV · Director · 2 eps
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV · Director · 1 ep
The 27th Day
Movie · Director
The Shadow on the Window
Movie · Director
The Thin Man
TV · Director · 2 eps
Mobs, Inc.
Movie · Director
The Jane Wyman Show
TV · Director · 1 ep
General Electric Theater
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Danny Thomas Show
TV · Director · 3 eps
Four Star Playhouse
TV · Director · 1 ep
I Love Lucy
TV · Director · 96 eps
Racket Squad
TV · Director · 1 ep
Leather Gloves
Movie · Director