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William Asher
New York City, New York, USA
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 televisi…
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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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2019
I Hate Kids
Movie Thanks
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2000
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Movie Self
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1996
Jungle Cubs
TV show Director
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1996
E! True Hollywood Story
TV show
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1994
A Bewitched Christmas
Movie Director
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1990
Return to Green Acres
Movie Director
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1986
Kay O'Brien
TV show Creator
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1985
I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later
Movie Director
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1985
Movers & Shakers
Movie Director
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1984
Crazy like a Fox
TV show Director
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1983
Charley's Aunt
Movie Director
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1982
American Playhouse
TV show Director
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1981
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
Movie Director
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1981
Private Benjamin
TV show Director
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1981
Harper Valley
TV show Director
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1979
A Christmas for Boomer
Movie Director
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1979
The Bad News Bears
TV show Director
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1979
Flatbush
TV show Director
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1977
Tabitha
TV show Director
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1976
Alice
TV show Director
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1972
The Paul Lynde Show
TV show Director
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1972
Temperatures Rising
TV show Director
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1966
Jan & Dean: On the Run
Movie Director
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1966
Fireball 500
Movie Director
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1965
Gidget
TV show Director
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1965
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Movie Director
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1965
Beach Blanket Bingo
Movie Director
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1964
Bewitched
TV show Director
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1964
Bikini Beach
Movie Director
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1964
Muscle Beach Party
Movie Director
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1963
Johnny Cool
Movie Director
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1963
The Patty Duke Show
TV show Director
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1963
Beach Party
Movie Director
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1963
Vacation Playhouse
TV show Director
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1961
Pippi Longstocking
Movie Producer
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1959
The Twilight Zone
TV show Director
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1959
Fibber McGee & Molly
TV show Director
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1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV show Producer
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1957
The Thin Man
TV show Director
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1957
Sally
TV show Creator
