William Asher

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1921-08-08

Deathday 2012-07-16 (90 years old)

Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA

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

Director

1996
Jungle Cubs

as Director

1990
1985
Movers & Shakers

as Director

1984
Crazy like a Fox

as Director

1983
Charley's Aunt

as Director

1981
Harper Valley

as Director

1981
Private Benjamin

as Director

1979
1979
The Bad News Bears

as Director

1979
Flatbush

as Director

1977
Tabitha

as Director

1976
Alice

as Director

1972
1972
1966
Fireball 500

as Director

1966
1965
1965
Gidget

as Director

1964
Muscle Beach Party

as Director

1964
Bikini Beach

as Director

1964
Bewitched

as Director

1963
Beach Party

as Director

1963
Johnny Cool

as Director

1963
1963
Vacation Playhouse

as Director

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Director

1959
1957
The 27th Day

as Director

1957
1957
The Thin Man

as Director

1956
Mobs, Inc.

as Director

1956
Mobs Incorporated

as Director

1955
1953
1953
1952
1951
I Love Lucy

as Director

1951
Racket Squad

as Director

1948
Leather Gloves

as Director

Producer

1985
Movers & Shakers

as Producer

1972
1966
1964
Bewitched

as Producer

1963
Johnny Cool

as Producer

1961
Pippi Longstocking

as Producer

Writer

1966
Fireball 500

as Writer

1965
1964
Bikini Beach

as Screenplay

1964

Creator

1986
Kay O'Brien

as Creator

1972
1963
1957
Sally

as Creator

Crew

2019
I Hate Kids

as Thanks