Known For
Directing
Born
Aug 08, 1921
Died
Jul 16, 2012
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
51 titles
William Asher
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.
Known For
Filmography
I Hate Kids
Thanks
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Self
Jungle Cubs
Director
E! True Hollywood Story
A Bewitched Christmas
Director
Return to Green Acres
Director
Kay O'Brien
Creator
I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later
Director
Movers & Shakers
Director
Crazy like a Fox
Director
Charley's Aunt
Director
American Playhouse
Director
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
Director
Private Benjamin
Director
Harper Valley
Director
A Christmas for Boomer
Director
The Bad News Bears
Director
Flatbush
Director
Tabitha
Director
Alice
Director
The Paul Lynde Show
Director
Temperatures Rising
Director
Jan & Dean: On the Run
Producer
Fireball 500
Director
Gidget
Director
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Writer
Beach Blanket Bingo
Director
Bewitched
Director
Bikini Beach
Director
Muscle Beach Party
Director
Johnny Cool
Director
The Patty Duke Show
Director
Beach Party
Director
Vacation Playhouse
Director
Pippi Longstocking
Producer
The Twilight Zone
Director
Fibber McGee & Molly
Director
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Producer
The Thin Man
Director
Sally
Creator
The Shadow on the Window
Director
The 27th Day
Director
Mobs, Inc.
Director
The Jane Wyman Show
Director
The Danny Thomas Show
Director
General Electric Theater
Director
Four Star Playhouse
Director
I Love Lucy
Director
Racket Squad
Director
Leather Gloves
Director