He was a very good actor, his facial expressions were what made him so good, like he was really reacting to what the situation was. He suffered a terrible back injury earlier in his career and it eventually became debilitating but he was a voice later on for the less fortunate, even through his own pain he remembered those who were suffering, that’s a man! RIP Mr. York! 🙏
Yes Dick York was a Great man and still is in Heaven he cared about others even in his weakened state before he died I saw him on entertainment tonight talking how he was helping others God Bless him in Heaven 🌅😊🌅⛪🌅⛪🌅 😊🌅😊
What's sad is that Elizabeth Montgomery reportedly couldn't stand him. That (presumably) is why she never visited him even once after he was forced to leave the show.
@V. Trouper n. A member of a theatrical company. n. A veteran actor or performer. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
Thoroughly agreed, Matthew Ronson. You are absolutely correct. It thoroughly irks me that millennials take great pride in massacring the English language to suit their own needs. When called out on their errors, they are typically defensive and refuse to admit their mistakes. A trooper is an officer. A trouper is one who perseveres, such as an actor. The words are not interchangeable. Millennials cannot or will not proofread. This is either willful ignorance or possibly laziness. I opt for the former. They do seem to take great pride in their ignorance and will go to great lengths to defend it. Definitely not a sign of intelligence. I pride myself on my excellent command of the English language and the idiotic trend of these immature people to skip words, abbreviate instead of being able to formulate a complete sentence without butchering it sickens me. One can only imagine the type of spoiled, ignorant creatures they will spawn. Definitely not a pretty picture. Half of them have probably flunked out of high school, as they are basically only semi-literate at best. Pity as people used to take pride in their education. I fear for the future of this country. Guess they can always find work at Wendy's or Walmart.
@@sarahsilverlight6161 I blame the public education system, and that this is intended. They want to cause problems in communication to increase confusion. It creates dependency and contributes to a lack of critical thinking-as intended. It is frustrating when an adult has no concept that there is any difference between there, their or they're. I think: Don't they ever read anything? Then add auto correct to that mix, which is too often auto-incorrect and more so when you have no concept of what one is actually saying, it is all phonetic to them. U no wut I mean?
That would have gone to the Twilight Zone - an early 1963 episode - I think the title is "You look like #12", but there was a scene in the hallway of a hospital that had flat screen TVs along the wall.
Pretty sure that was predicted even before televisions themselves were invented. HG Well and Jules Verne, even L. Frank Baum. As soon as the first moving picture was unveiled people dreamed of combining it with radio and having it appear as if you were looking into another room, crystal clear. Truth is, we STILL haven’t accomplished what those authors imagined yet. HD doesn’t look as real as me looking out my window with the sun streaming through.
@@wellesradio True - Rod Serling did this several more times with his shows. Night Gallery in particular was stunning. 1971 "The Big Black Bag" - a doctor's bag from the future had what we would have called a Palm Pilot. It didn't have a telephone like a Smartphone of today, but it had a screen that you could scroll with. It was used in a scene to look up a medical condition and for medication. He also did "Camera Obscura" in 1971 that used one of those devices (1920 storyline) to portray future world events, and then used night vision green to denote a dark underworld - spooky. "Cold Air" 1971 even had an air conditioner as a supporting character lol.
The reason Dick York was better than Dick Sargent was York was a heterosexual and Sargent was gay. Director/Producer of "Bewitched" (and Elizabeth Montgomery's husband) initially wanted Sargent to play Darrin, but couldn't have him because he had agreed to play the male lead on the "Tammy Grimes Show" (which tanked). Of York, Asher said his onscreen kisses and relationship with "Samantha" was far more passionate. Agnes Moorehead, who played Endora, really liked York as an actor but hated Sargent whom she considered untalented. In my opinion both actors emphasized different aspects of the same character. York was a far better actor overall and the fact that he performed in constant pain for over five years is a true testament to his acting abilities.
Dick York IS Darrin! Back then, I had no idea how much pain he was in. Yet, looking at this, I can feel it and for him. The show was never the same after he left-- not so much love in the house after!
What's really sad is that Elizabeth Montgomery never had any contact with him after he left the series. And Dick York and wife lived on a $650 month budget. After learning of this, I lost all respect for Elizabeth Montgomery. What a cold hearted female!!! Shame on her!!
@@sphinxrising1129That wouldn't surprise me in the least! Elizabeth never even phoned Dick York afterward either. Pretty "cold hearted" on her part. I also heard that "Aunt Clara" did keep in touch a few times!
Though they were both excellent actors and all around good guys, Dick York was hands down the best Darrin. For whatever reason, Dick Sargent may have seemed like the best replacement at the time but was a poor fit for the character. May they both rest in peace.
I read somewhere or saw somewhere else on TH-cam that Dick Sargent had been the original choice and couldn't do it due to obligations elsewhere. And also that he was Liz Montgomery's friend. So when Dick York got overwhelmed by his medical problems, Dick Sargent was already in mind.
I had read due to the effects of the Pain Killers, he began to slur his words which are suppose to be in the latter/final days he filmed. He was my favorite Darren. RIP you son of a gun.
Debra Helicke The fans loved Dick York but Elizabeth Montgomery loved Dick Sargent. When York was carried off to hospital Montgomery refused to visit him, and instead sent her husband to fire him. Throughout the rest of their lives York always had nothing but lovely things to say about Montgomery, but she always refused his phone calls and would not mention his name. The only Bewitched cast members who were friendly to him were Agnes Morehead and Erin Murphy. William Asher, Montogomery’s husband, and director of the show had compassion for York, and said kind words about him, but his wife didn’t want him on the show when he was first hired, and was very pleased that her friend, Sargent, eventually replaced York.
lloyd kline Yes, and after Bewitched finished she continued to do events and work with Sargent, but wouldn’t even talk to York. It is sad, that York eventually died in poverty, and just before he died he gave an interview in which he said how wonderful Elizabeth was. It was very sad, knowing that the good thoughts were never reciprocated.
@@artistjoh Elizabeth Montgomery had episode rights to bewitched, few actor had them back then in the 1950s/1960s ,don adams had it to get smarts tv episodes rights, andy Griffith had episodes rights, etc, etc, i hear Elizabeth Montgomery had like a ring on her neck to remind dick York she was merry to producer William asher, dick York went to William asher/ Elizabeth Montgomery house during bewitched tv show i saw the photo
Dick York as Darrin would always be memorable and that role was truly meant for him. It's really unfortunate that his health deteriorated so bad, he can't even stand anymore for a scene. They even made a slanted wall for him to lean on for short breaks.
@@richardedmiston3756 No, he didn't. At first he was actually friendly to them, and even later in the series he tried to be friendly at times. Sergant was a crankpot all the time.
@J Wil His defensiveness was "snide," as if he were just exhausted with all the witchcraft games. It really can't have been easy to step into that role. I doubt it was his sexuality that was the cause.
Here, and sadly, Darren never appears in the same frame as Sam and Maurice. It's awkward. Ordinarily, Samantha would have run to Darren. No doubt, shots of York and his reactions, were filmed at another time and assembled in the editing room.
@@JosephRGrych Furthermore, in this final scene they just looped the final scene of Darren - from right to left of the fireplace - obviously he was in terrible pain. Dick York will be sorely missed but not forgotten.
@@jancalipo490 the other thing people dont get was that elizibeth montgomery hated him and lobbiird to get rid of him for years beautiful girl, very very talented actress but, bassicly a stuck up bitch
@@JosephRGrych I believe it was an outtake from the opening scene. Darrin is still wearing the same suit as that scene and there's no interaction with his co stars which indicates that it's an insert shot.
In response to someone’s comment that Dick York’s co-stars abandoned him at the end of his life, maybe yes at its very end; I don’t know. But he and Agnes Moorehead adored each other, and she kept tabs on him up until her own tragic death. She had a hard time going on with the series when his replacement actor, Mr. Sargent, was brought in. Agnes M and Dick Y apparently spent a lot of time on the set when not needed discussing acting and religion, interests they shared. They couldn’t have quite achieved that wonderful mutual animosity and mutual disgust in their roles if they hadn’t worked things out together very closely. Ms. Moorehead could never achieve quite the same thing with Mr. Sargent. I agree with the person who posted Sargent seemed only mean and indignant, even to his wife and children. Not a good fit. York seemed real, a loving family man, but trapped in a nightmarish dilemma. Moorehead, always a brilliant actress, realized the chemistry with Sargent wasn’t right.
That's true James, they abandoned him. I'm so glad Agnes didn't. She herself was threatened with firing on Dick Sargeant's first day when Agnes yelled at him the first day he was on the set and made him cry. Sargent went to his dressing room and told Elizabeth he was gonna leave the show. Elizabeth went to Agnes' dressing room and told her that Sargeant was there to stay and if she didn't like it, she could leave. Agnes stayed but those last three years of the show must've been uncomfortable for her. By that point, Elizabeth had become a producer on the show and had to the clout to do what she wanted.
Agree with you that Agnes and York had to have worked it out ahead of time in rehearsals to get the chemistry right during filming. I'm so happy they got along in real life. She was a wonderful woman with her friends. Yes it was tragic that she died in 1974. Another tragic thing is that her Mom outlived her by 16 years, dying in 1990 at the age of 103, being born in 1887. She has Agnes at the age of 13 in 1900
Ms. Moorehead was a lovely, gentle-mannered, intelligent woman, as well as a superb actress. I adored her. I loved Dick York as well. They were both brilliantly cast & played their roles to perfection. The show was not nearly as fun & only moderately enjoyable after Mr. York's departure. A great deal of the credit of course, goes to Agnes Morehead. Im actually surprised the series lasted as long as it did after "Sam's" BEST husband left the show. Lets put it this way: Dick Sargent was to Dick York what the SECOND Gladys Kravitz was to the first... N o t . . . e v e n . . . c l o s e ! ! !
From interviews I've seen, it appears Sandra Gould, Bernard Fox and Erin Murphy did keep in touch with Dick York in his later life as they had recollections of him after his time on Bewitched. Gould admitted she 'and others' had sent him money during some of his hardest times and Bernard Fox spoke warmly of his work with the homeless in his later years. I've no doubt Agnes Moorehead kept in touch with him too but she died very early on (1974). Interestingly, Herbie J. Pilato's accounts of interviewing Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent and David White in their later years reveals Montgomery had actually failed to keep in contact with them as well for about 15 years. She only re-established contact with them (largely thanks initially to the Pilato interviews) in the final decade of their respective lives.
Dick York was amazing to act so naturally and, at the same time, to be in such agony. You can tell his back is a little stiff, like he trying to hold back the pain. But he seems natural enough that most people watching this on TV had no idea how much pain he was in.
Love this show 💗I’ve been obsessively watching and rewatching seasons 1&2 on Prime bc they’re free😂...Dick York was an amazing actor and genuine lovely human....it’s painful to see how gaunt and ill he looks here in his final episode, compared to when the show started. He had such great chemistry with everyone on the show. RIP sweet man💐
I didn't realize that was his last lines! I thought when I saw him that he was looking a little worn out. He was a true star and he was very dedicated to the show, working until he literally would drop, until finally he just couldn't do it anymore. I always felt sorry for the guy that stepped into the role, he had huge shoes to fill.
Duane Thamm---If you seen the 1960 movie, "The TIme Machine" in the scene where he travels to 1966 he is walking past a store in which there is a tubeless flat screen in the window.
Bewitched ended 17 years before I was born and yet it is still one of my favourite TV shows. It kept airing when I first watched it around 2005 and is still today. It will never die.
I use to watch BeWitched Monday thru Friday every time I get home after school when I was a kid. Remember coming home from school one day and as the show was coming on, I noticed it wasn't Dick York. My heart just dropped and I really didn't care to much about coming home from school to watch it. After a few months, it was the black and white version of BeWitched and it was back to Dick York. I was happy to see him but it wasn't in color like I first remembering seeing the show for the first time. So I was ok by it and couldn't wait to get home from school to watch BeWitched again. C Wayne Brock. California
They were so good together as on screen husband and wife. Shocking to learn that Elizabeth Montgomery doesn’t like him in real life. But, he is a gentleman to just talk kindly of her until the end of his life.
very very sad. He could probably barely move in this scene. They said behind the scenes he basically passed out he was in so much pain. He was taken the hospital and never came back. He was addicted to pain pills for his back and eventually the pills and the pain was just too much to bare. He died peacefully in MIchigan, but he was basically broke. Hollywood didn't give him what he deserved. God bless him. He injured his back in the 50's making a movie, think it was called They Came to Codura or something like that... He was in pain ever since.
@@GisherJohn24 I've read his memoir -- they had filmed more to this planned episode, and were in the middle of doing a special effects shot with him and Maurice Evans sitting high above the floor of the studio, with lights being tested, and then he fell down into a faint. They wound up reusing the planned script for a Dick Sargent episode.
A very heavily edited episode which pieced his appearance in..notice he is not appearing in the same shot with Maurice and Liz... You can see he does not appear well....
Before Dick York had a seizure on set, the script called for Maurice to change Darren back to normal in the first act, however after that scene (and York’s illness), the plot was rewritten and that final scene with Sam and Maurice was filmed without Dick York and it was edited together. The show wasn’t the same without York. Dick Sargent played the part differently and it lost its edge.
@@allisons3663 you can tell Dick was in sooo much pain in these scenes, but tried his best to stay in character, plus you can tell by the way he was standing that something was really wrong.
"Such a tragedy how one on set accident altered his entire life..." If you're referring to his back injury in 1959, it wasn't really that on-set accident that ended his time on 'Bewitched' -- he had been acting around that for more than a decade, and the 'Bewitched' crew built an off-set support for him to lean on between takes, and so forth. What ended 'Bewitched' was an illness that left him with chills and a fever, and he passed out and fell. That could have happened even if it weren't for his back injury, though the back pain and the painkiller addiction were probably factors that caused his fall to be the final straw. He stayed out of the limelight for 18 years, battling his pain-killer addiction, then did two guest appearances on TV shows inn1983 and '84, before retiring from acting completely and spending his last years running a charity.
Always cracked me up when Sam`s Mother (Endora) called him Derwood. lol Another happy childhood memory classic T.V. show. T.V. Guide on every coffee table or couch. FREE TOYS in the cereal boxes!! (
@@blofeld39 You are absolutely correct about Dick York. He had to leave the show because of injurys. He had no choice. It was for his health and safety. He definitely was the better Darren. That is what I was only saying.
I liked Dick York's Darrin better. But I'm not sure it was totally Dick Sargent's fault that ratings went down... There's only so many storylines you can do with the premise of a businessman who's wife is a witch - the show had run its course, and I have doubts it would have lasted that much longer even had Dick York been able to continue - for one thing, Elizabeth Montgomery and Dick York weren't getting along well at all by this time, and she was uncomfortable working with him...
I was around 10 in the mid 60s..I loved this show..I can remember watching every episode on tv when Dick York was Darren....over 50 years later it brings back my youth when I watch them now......my favorite show!
Dick York was half the show, it’s tragic that he couldn’t continue with the show because Sargent just looked uncomfortable in the part as if he hated being Darrin or didn’t want anything to do with Sam.
Z Lopez-steele actually, they didn’t. He called her but she was too busy to talk and never returned his call. His very words from a rare interview. th-cam.com/video/pGFVYkzb9Ic/w-d-xo.html
Very sad his biography. He was a great actor and he was the perfect character to perform Bewitched serials beside Elisabeth Montgomery. I remember all episodes that I saw during my childhood.
He had a fever of 105 here. And there were lights blinking above him to give the effect of the spell. No wonder the poor guy had a seizure. He tried so hard.
Dick York collapsed from his back issues - I wish that was mentioned by Dan ZC. It is true he left the show mid-season - but it was because of his bad back, no other reason. The addiction was later because his back pain essentially killed the rest of his life.
Dick York was perfect as Darren, the hapless, harried and harassed mortal in a house full of magical in-laws. He portrayed the character with just the right blend of pride and irritability, but always tempered with love and warmth. He always showed how much he adored Samantha. Dick Sargent never achieved that balance in his portrayal of the character. His Darren was one-dimensional: irtitated, snarky, sarcastic, and completely devoid of love, warmth, and charm.
Let’s give each actor and actress some credit for making Bewitched an iconic show. Please don’t criticize Dick Sargent or compare him to Dick York. They were both great and made each episode a great memory for all of us. May each performer on the show Rest In Peace.
I would bet money that had Dick Sargent played Darrin originally and Dick York been the one who took over, everyone would be saying how York's high energy performance was totally wrong for the role. Whoever plays it first, sets the bar.
I grew up in the 60s when Bewitched originally aired. When the "new Darrin" was cast, I stopped watching the program. There was zero chemistry between Sam & the replacement Darrin, IMHO.
Oh, please Dick York was a superior actor. If I was to say that Dick Sargent was just as good as York, people will instantly know that I'm a liar. No, Sargent was not great and I won't lie about it.
Bewitched was never the same after Dick York left. I am surprised it lasted as long as it did afterwards. Rest In Peace to all the people from the show who have passed away.
@@alexandraanderson3988 Shooting “around” someone who is gone from the set means that the script may be changed and the sequence of shots altered to account for the missing actor’s absence.
I loved Dick York, he was so funny and played the part of Sams husband so good. It was the only way a show like this could make us feel it was real. When he left the show he took a lot of quality with him. He was half of what made Bewitched great! I wish they made him and Endora friends during the show and had more shows in places that were in the witch world. The colors, glitter, clouds.. I loved the shows that had that. I disliked the ones where they went back in time. But Sargent was not enjoyable to watch. He wasnt funny or loving, he wasnt believable. Maybe he had a hard time playing Samanthas husband because he was Gay. It crossed my mind. And I wonder why Elizabeth never called Dick york after he had to leave the show, she never talked about him in the few interviews she did too. He said he tried to call her but she never answered. Never called him back. I dont understand that. Anyhow, im watching the boxed set now. A wonderful marathon of Bewitched. I love this show so much!!
This episode was rewritten into "Daddy Does His Thing" (most of which consisted of Darrin being a mule after the necessary rewrite due to York's seizure- Darrin was only supposed to be a mule briefly, and the backwards film looked like filler to kill time and pad out the episode). During filming in January 1969, it was originally supposed to be a two-parter called "Samantha's Surprise," presumably where Samantha tells Darrin she's pregnant again. That's why in this episode she says she has a surprise "for both of us." Instead, she just has to tell "him" over the phone in "Samantha's Good News" filmed later. Much of this two-parter script was later reused with Dick Sargent as "Daddy Comes for a Visit/Darrin the Warlock." The mule jokes were changed to dog jokes. It contains the scene with Maurice and Darrin on scaffolding, which is where York had his seizure.
I read that they built Dick York a sort of vertical bed on the set so that he could rest in between the very long days of filming...because he was in terrible back pain...
Interesting trivia...Dick Sargent was actually the original choice by producer/director William Asher (and to a certain extent, his wife and star of the show Elizabeth Montgomery) for Darrin all along. While it is true that Sargent was considered initially for the show, but was under contract to another studio at the time and thus was unavailable to accept the role, he was considered for the role back when production of the show was under different people and was drastically different (for starters, it was considering Tammy Grimes for the main female role, named Cassandra; Grimes and Sargent starred in The Tammy Grimes Show a couple of years later instead). When that project fell apart and then landed on Asher and Montgomery, Dick York was always their first pick. Reportedly, Sargent and Elizabeth Montgomery had been good friends prior to the show's start, which may have led to the mistaken rumors.
York"s Darrin loved her. He always seemed to appreciate her beauty and wit. Sargeant"s Darrin wanted to beat the witch out of her and would have divorced her if it wouldn't cost him everything. Totally different vibe.
@@alexandraanderson3988 40 is young. Actor Zachary Levi is 40 currently. If he were to die today, there wouldn't be one person saying "He lived such a long life" They would say "He had much more life to live. He was only 40"
Dick York never completed this episode, which probably explains the silly recap of the earlier scene on the wall. They had to fill time because York was in the hospital and never filmed the rest of his scenes. And Samantha and her father are alone in their shot, without Darrin. They must have filmed their bit after York had departed, giving reactions to a scene that he had filmed earlier, which was then all edited together. Such a sad way for him to end his run as Darrin after five seasons. RIP, Mr. York, and thank you for the years of entertainment in my childhood.
@Sweetest One Elizabeth Montgomery never liked Dick York from the beginning. She hated him even more when he told her that he had a crush on her. She did all she could to get him fired.
Wonder if John O’Hurley from Seinfeld drew inspiration from the cadence of Maurice Evans’ voice here for his portrayal of Mr. Peterman. Probably very doubtful - but what an amazing similarity.
My parents would go to my aunt and uncles to play cards and I would sit on the floor in the living room watch this show on their 25" color console, like being at the theater, lol.
@@harperstacey9604 cold, hard person...even though we watched it as kids, she was pretty much always annoying. He made the show what it was. The other guy was pathetic, so I hope she was happy
This final scene was just a reuse of the same scene earlier in the episode. The reuse was obviously necessitated by Dick's inability to film the originally intended scene. Poor guy ❤️
Thanks for the informative n interestingg video. And thanks for the narrative in the description section. Many videos do not provide this info. Watched Bewitched when it was originally broadcasted. Love the show n missed seeing Dick York. He can also be seen in an earlier episode of The Twilight Zone, The Purple Testament. Kudos to you, Dick York, we miss your acting abilities
Maurice Evans (Daddy) was actually a very experienced stage actor who specialized in performing Shakespeare’s plays in real life, so he gets to recite some of those lines at the end of this scene. Of course he gets to claim that Shakespeare himself spoke to him, since as a warlock he’s immortal and was alive centuries ago.
He also played “Hutch” in “Rosemary’s Baby”, but he wasn’t a warlock in that. Instead, he was a victim of a curse put on him by a coven of Satanists who were definitely not comedic.
He looked really out of it health wise in this last episode. Yes Endora loved him they had a connection. Never the same after that. I like Sam's daddy alot
So sad what happened to Dick York, he tried but he simply couldn't get over his worsening back muscle injuries. Like for even the endless amount of painkillers and drugs going through him to no longer be able to keep him from doing simple things like stand and walk on tv sets it must have been horrible.
How sad, I just watched this about two hours ago. He was such a wonderful actor and back then I liked Dick Sargent better just because he didn't seem to get as angry at Samantha as Dick York did. But I'm watching the series again and the earlier episodes are definitely the best.
Yes! I wondered if anyone else felt this way. Dick York's Darrin kinda scared me when I was little because he was always yelling. I preferred the later ones back then for that reason and also I preferred the ones in color haha. As an adult, I prefer him to Dick Sargent who just seems kinda bland.
Dick York was the perfect individual for the character of Samantha's husband. When Dick Sargent awkwardly came on board he lacked the panache and charisma as Dick York possessed. I found him to be boring and dull and really not a very talented actor. When Mr. York left I think that show should have shut down when it was ahead.
I loved Dick York. He was brilliantly cast & played his role to perfection. The show was not nearly as fun & only moderately enjoyable after his sad (& far too early) departure. Im actually surprised the series lasted as long as it did after "Sam's" BEST husband left the show. Lets put it this way: Dick Sargent was to Dick York what the SECOND Gladys Kravitz was to the first... N o t . . . e v e n . . . c l o s e ! ! !
"You've picked a lemon in the garden of love!" Ha ha ha! I could not agree more about Darrin. However, Dick York was a gem of an actor and sorely missed. His exaggerated facial expressions and indignation was the stuff of comedy. So sad about his back which got injured on a set while filming. However, he smoked 3 packs of cigarettes a day and the emphysema killed him at a very young age of 63.
I totally agree. The first Darrin was hot and such an amazing actor his relationship with his fiction mother in law was great also. Evidently Agnes did not like the second Dorwood either. Hahaha.
Sad that Elizabeth Montgomery never missed Dick York or showed any sympathy towards his suffering, but she only had nice things to say about Dick Sargent, who, as an actor, was inferior to Dick York in every way...York loved Montgomery--even before "Bewitched". With Montgomery married to the show's director, William Asher, (the third of her four marriages) it seems they were both more comfortable with a gay man playing Darrin...Before the show ended, she fell in love with another director of "Bewitched": Richard Michaels. This affair ended her marriage and the series. Apparently, Montgomery failed continuously to be loyal to anyone (until she was diagnosed with cancer), and she never bothered to speak with Dick York after he left the set on his last day to go to the hospital. Given her history, it's difficult not to think of Montgomery as being anything other than a selfish, disloyal, untrustworthy, trampy ingrate. No wonder she was so convincing as Lizzie Borden (a distant relative).
She did have nice things to say about York (and she called it "a shame" what happened in the real version of one of the interviews posted on TH-cam), but that part was selectively edited out of "Dan Whit"'s TH-cam videos that seem to have some weird anti-Dick York agenda or something, but also end up making Elizabeth Montgomery look less compassionate than she was due to said edits. William Asher preferred Dick York (who he said was "always his first choice") as Darrin, as he didn't feel Sargent was "as effective." The cast and crew, including Liz and Bill, sent York a get-well card in the hospital, which his son Chris York shared.
Poor Dick York. I once joked that if he hadn't been in such poor health in the 1980's/1990's, he could've pulled off older George McFly, in the Back to the Future series.
J Wil , Jim Carey I believe was supposed to play the Darren role in the Bewitched movie in the 90's, but either dropped out or turned it down, and Wil Farrel got the role.
In all the years of watching I didn't realize how they had to work their magic to edit him in but knowing what happened it's obvious they re-used footage from before he collapsed.
He was a very good actor, his facial expressions were what made him so good, like he was really reacting to what the situation was. He suffered a terrible back injury earlier in his career and it eventually became debilitating but he was a voice later on for the less fortunate, even through his own pain he remembered those who were suffering, that’s a man! RIP Mr. York! 🙏
Well said, Scott!
Yes Dick York was a Great man and still is in Heaven he cared about others even in his weakened state before he died I saw him on entertainment tonight talking how he was helping others God Bless him in Heaven 🌅😊🌅⛪🌅⛪🌅 😊🌅😊
What's sad is that Elizabeth Montgomery reportedly couldn't stand him. That (presumably) is why she never visited him even once after he was forced to leave the show.
God bless Dick York. He was a good actor who brought much joy into the lives of Bewitched fans. Rest in peace.
My favorite Dick York funny good actor.. please pray REST IN PEACE DICK YORK in heaven
Dick York was a trooper.
His final years were spent trying to provide for people who had nothing.
and had nothing for himself ...god bless him ... he was a hero in my eyes
An amazing man!!!
@V. Trouper n. A member of a theatrical company.
n. A veteran actor or performer.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
Thoroughly agreed, Matthew Ronson. You are absolutely correct. It thoroughly irks me that millennials take great pride in massacring the English language to suit their own needs. When called out on their errors, they are typically defensive and refuse to admit their mistakes. A trooper is an officer. A trouper is one who perseveres, such as an actor. The words are not interchangeable. Millennials cannot or will not proofread. This is either willful ignorance or possibly laziness. I opt for the former. They do seem to take great pride in their ignorance and will go to great lengths to defend it. Definitely not a sign of intelligence. I pride myself on my excellent command of the English language and the idiotic trend of these immature people to skip words, abbreviate instead of being able to formulate a complete sentence without butchering it sickens me. One can only imagine the type of spoiled, ignorant creatures they will spawn. Definitely not a pretty picture. Half of them have probably flunked out of high school, as they are basically only semi-literate at best. Pity as people used to take pride in their education. I fear for the future of this country. Guess they can always find work at Wendy's or Walmart.
@@sarahsilverlight6161 I blame the public education system, and that this is intended.
They want to cause problems in communication to increase confusion. It creates dependency and contributes to a lack of critical thinking-as intended.
It is frustrating when an adult has no concept that there is any difference between there, their or they're.
I think: Don't they ever read anything? Then add auto correct to that mix, which is too often auto-incorrect and more so when you have no concept of what one is actually saying, it is all phonetic to them.
U no wut I mean?
Loved Dick York as Darren. His facial expressions were priceless and actually made the show.
You sure are right. Dick Sargent was a poor replacement for Mr. York.🖋
I so agree. Loved Dick York.
I think Sargent held his own pretty good.
@@richardedmiston3756 Everybody is entitled to their preference, He just didn't resonate with me at all.
@@richardedmiston3756 Me too. He actually fought back.
Bewitched predicted flatscreen High Definition TV almost 40 years before it happened. Interesting!
That would have gone to the Twilight Zone - an early 1963 episode - I think the title is "You look like #12", but there was a scene in the hallway of a hospital that had flat screen TVs along the wall.
And a where all my friends and family hang there screens!
So did the world's fair in 1950 before bewitched was even created
Pretty sure that was predicted even before televisions themselves were invented. HG Well and Jules Verne, even L. Frank Baum. As soon as the first moving picture was unveiled people dreamed of combining it with radio and having it appear as if you were looking into another room, crystal clear. Truth is, we STILL haven’t accomplished what those authors imagined yet. HD doesn’t look as real as me looking out my window with the sun streaming through.
@@wellesradio True - Rod Serling did this several more times with his shows. Night Gallery in particular was stunning. 1971 "The Big Black Bag" - a doctor's bag from the future had what we would have called a Palm Pilot. It didn't have a telephone like a Smartphone of today, but it had a screen that you could scroll with. It was used in a scene to look up a medical condition and for medication. He also did "Camera Obscura" in 1971 that used one of those devices (1920 storyline) to portray future world events, and then used night vision green to denote a dark underworld - spooky. "Cold Air" 1971 even had an air conditioner as a supporting character lol.
I missed him after he left. The show was never the same. God Bless him.
In my opinion, York was the best Darrin.
@@josephclegg3562 Agreed. Show just wasn't the same. I wondered how they ever explained why he looked different.
The reason Dick York was better than Dick Sargent was York was a heterosexual and Sargent was gay. Director/Producer of "Bewitched" (and Elizabeth Montgomery's husband) initially wanted Sargent to play Darrin, but couldn't have him because he had agreed to play the male lead on the "Tammy Grimes Show" (which tanked). Of York, Asher said his onscreen kisses and relationship with "Samantha" was far more passionate. Agnes Moorehead, who played Endora, really liked York as an actor but hated Sargent whom she considered untalented. In my opinion both actors emphasized different aspects of the same character. York was a far better actor overall and the fact that he performed in constant pain for over five years is a true testament to his acting abilities.
Same, did not like the new Darrin, sob!
Me too
Poor man. He suffered so terribly.
Please hope pray
RIP Dick York. The best.
Best actor Dick York action funny moments
Dick York IS Darrin! Back then, I had no idea how much pain he was in. Yet, looking at this, I can feel it and for him. The show was never the same after he left-- not so much love in the house after!
He was my favorite Darren. I see him alot in alfred hitchcock presents episodes and twilight zone..good actor. Sorry that injury cut his career short
What's really sad is that Elizabeth Montgomery never had any contact with him after he left the series. And Dick York and wife lived on a $650 month budget. After learning of this, I lost all respect for Elizabeth Montgomery. What a cold hearted female!!! Shame on her!!
Asher cut his career short & I bet Liz was behind it, as Asher was her husband. No room for 2 stars at the top.
@@sphinxrising1129That wouldn't surprise me in the least! Elizabeth never even phoned Dick York afterward either. Pretty "cold hearted" on her part. I also heard that "Aunt Clara" did keep in touch a few times!
@@sphinxrising1129 They would later divorce....around the end of the show. Ironically, the most devastated was Agnes Moorehead herself!
@@usmale4915 Marion Lorne died almost a year before this, in 1968. This episode was filmed in early 1969.
Though they were both excellent actors and all around good guys, Dick York was hands down the best Darrin. For whatever reason, Dick Sargent may have seemed like the best replacement at the time but was a poor fit for the character. May they both rest in peace.
We all get old. L.o.l. r.i.p. my whole life behind me too. Bill here.
Sargent seemed like a very funny and nice person. York was the better choice.
I read somewhere or saw somewhere else on TH-cam that Dick Sargent had been the original choice and couldn't do it due to obligations elsewhere. And also that he was Liz Montgomery's friend. So when Dick York got overwhelmed by his medical problems, Dick Sargent was already in mind.
@@watcherwlc53strange that they were Friends yet had zero chemistry on screen while she and York had it in spades.
I had read due to the effects of the Pain Killers, he began to slur his words which are suppose to be in the latter/final days he filmed. He was my favorite Darren. RIP you son of a gun.
Pain pills don't make you slur words. They're not muscle relaxents, like alcohol or Quaaludes. LOL.
That son of a gun did not have some fun on the bayou.
didn't sound slurred here
Dick York was perfect as Darrin. Dick Sargent was a poor replacement. Show was never the same
Did not like dick Sergent, he was the original choice he was busy, he made a movie with elvis and was three company tv show chrissy older man date
Debra Helicke The fans loved Dick York but Elizabeth Montgomery loved Dick Sargent. When York was carried off to hospital Montgomery refused to visit him, and instead sent her husband to fire him. Throughout the rest of their lives York always had nothing but lovely things to say about Montgomery, but she always refused his phone calls and would not mention his name. The only Bewitched cast members who were friendly to him were Agnes Morehead and Erin Murphy. William Asher, Montogomery’s husband, and director of the show had compassion for York, and said kind words about him, but his wife didn’t want him on the show when he was first hired, and was very pleased that her friend, Sargent, eventually replaced York.
@@artistjoh really. I did not know that, so dick Sargent was her favorite Darren
lloyd kline Yes, and after Bewitched finished she continued to do events and work with Sargent, but wouldn’t even talk to York. It is sad, that York eventually died in poverty, and just before he died he gave an interview in which he said how wonderful Elizabeth was. It was very sad, knowing that the good thoughts were never reciprocated.
@@artistjoh Elizabeth Montgomery had episode rights to bewitched, few actor had them back then in the 1950s/1960s ,don adams had it to get smarts tv episodes rights, andy Griffith had episodes rights, etc, etc, i hear Elizabeth Montgomery had like a ring on her neck to remind dick York she was merry to producer William asher, dick York went to William asher/ Elizabeth Montgomery house during bewitched tv show i saw the photo
Dick York as Darrin would always be memorable and that role was truly meant for him. It's really unfortunate that his health deteriorated so bad, he can't even stand anymore for a scene. They even made a slanted wall for him to lean on for short breaks.
Mr. York was the best. My childhood was filled with so many laughs because of his great talent.🖋
No matter what history remembers about him personally, professionally he WAS the Best Darrin on Bewitched!!
💯💯💯
I always thought it was a pity he was replaced with someone who didn't act his role as a husband, just mad as hell toward his relatives on her side.
Dick York acted the same way.
@@richardedmiston3756 No, he didn't. At first he was actually friendly to them, and even later in the series he tried to be friendly at times. Sergant was a crankpot all the time.
@@k.wilkie3814 Not from what I ever seen.
They offered the role to Sargeant 1st. That's why they offered to him after Mr. York had to leave because of medical reasons.
I always felt that Darrin #1 was more accepting of Sam and her family. Darrin #2 seemed more prejudiced towards witches, and Sam.
After he left I felt Dick Sargent didn’t feel anything for Sam. Just angry all the time
Exactly- tsk tsk tsk was about all he ever said. A wooden job by a C-rated actor.
The irony is he and Montgomery became great friends, and she really, really didn't get on well with Dick York.
@@bkynbiker19 Totally ironic because Dick York really liked and admired Elizabeth Montgomery.
bkynbiker I didn’t know that....very interesting, yet ironic.
@J Wil His defensiveness was "snide," as if he were just exhausted with all the witchcraft games. It really can't have been easy to step into that role. I doubt it was his sexuality that was the cause.
just watching him stand there you can feel his back crumbling
Here, and sadly, Darren never appears in the same frame as Sam and Maurice. It's awkward. Ordinarily, Samantha would have run to Darren. No doubt, shots of York and his reactions, were filmed at another time and assembled in the editing room.
@@JosephRGrych Furthermore, in this final scene they just looped the final scene of Darren - from right to left of the fireplace - obviously he was in terrible pain. Dick York will be sorely missed but not forgotten.
The way he hurt his back was unbelievable
@@jancalipo490 the other thing people dont get was that elizibeth montgomery hated him and lobbiird to get rid of him for years
beautiful girl, very very talented actress
but, bassicly a stuck up bitch
@@JosephRGrych I believe it was an outtake from the opening scene. Darrin is still wearing the same suit as that scene and there's no interaction with his co stars which indicates that it's an insert shot.
In response to someone’s comment that Dick York’s co-stars abandoned him at the end of his life, maybe yes at its very end; I don’t know. But he and Agnes Moorehead adored each other, and she kept tabs on him up until her own tragic death. She had a hard time going on with the series when his replacement actor, Mr. Sargent, was brought in. Agnes M and Dick Y apparently spent a lot of time on the set when not needed discussing acting and religion, interests they shared. They couldn’t have quite achieved that wonderful mutual animosity and mutual disgust in their roles if they hadn’t worked things out together very closely. Ms. Moorehead could never achieve quite the same thing with Mr. Sargent. I agree with the person who posted Sargent seemed only mean and indignant, even to his wife and children. Not a good fit. York seemed real, a loving family man, but trapped in a nightmarish dilemma. Moorehead, always a brilliant actress, realized the chemistry with Sargent wasn’t right.
That's true James, they abandoned him. I'm so glad Agnes didn't. She herself was threatened with firing on Dick Sargeant's first day when Agnes yelled at him the first day he was on the set and made him cry. Sargent went to his dressing room and told Elizabeth he was gonna leave the show. Elizabeth went to Agnes' dressing room and told her that Sargeant was there to stay and if she didn't like it, she could leave. Agnes stayed but those last three years of the show must've been uncomfortable for her. By that point, Elizabeth had become a producer on the show and had to the clout to do what she wanted.
Agree with you that Agnes and York had to have worked it out ahead of time in rehearsals to get the chemistry right during filming. I'm so happy they got along in real life. She was a wonderful woman with her friends. Yes it was tragic that she died in 1974. Another tragic thing is that her Mom outlived her by 16 years, dying in 1990 at the age of 103, being born in 1887. She has Agnes at the age of 13 in 1900
Ms. Moorehead was a lovely, gentle-mannered, intelligent woman, as well as a superb actress. I adored her. I loved Dick York as well. They were both brilliantly cast & played their roles to perfection. The show was not nearly as fun & only moderately enjoyable after Mr. York's departure. A great deal of the credit of course, goes to Agnes Morehead. Im actually surprised the series lasted as long as it did after "Sam's" BEST husband left the show. Lets put it this way: Dick Sargent was to Dick York what the SECOND Gladys Kravitz was to the first...
N o t . . . e v e n . . . c l o s e ! ! !
@@javiervalverde3399 Wow. Today they lock you up and throw away the key for that.
From interviews I've seen, it appears Sandra Gould, Bernard Fox and Erin Murphy did keep in touch with Dick York in his later life as they had recollections of him after his time on Bewitched. Gould admitted she 'and others' had sent him money during some of his hardest times and Bernard Fox spoke warmly of his work with the homeless in his later years. I've no doubt Agnes Moorehead kept in touch with him too but she died very early on (1974). Interestingly, Herbie J. Pilato's accounts of interviewing Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent and David White in their later years reveals Montgomery had actually failed to keep in contact with them as well for about 15 years. She only re-established contact with them (largely thanks initially to the Pilato interviews) in the final decade of their respective lives.
Dick York was amazing to act so naturally and, at the same time, to be in such agony. You can tell his back is a little stiff, like he trying to hold back the pain. But he seems natural enough that most people watching this on TV had no idea how much pain he was in.
Love this show 💗I’ve been obsessively watching and rewatching seasons 1&2 on Prime bc they’re free😂...Dick York was an amazing actor and genuine lovely human....it’s painful to see how gaunt and ill he looks here in his final episode, compared to when the show started. He had such great chemistry with everyone on the show. RIP sweet man💐
Unless you knew him, you have no idea if he was a lovely human or not.
Used to be one of my favorite shows growing up
Caught it in reruns during the 80s, and l fell in love with this show.
It still is. I watch it every day on imdb lol Only the first 2 seasons are free but I rewatch them over & over lol
Me too!
I didn't realize that was his last lines! I thought when I saw him that he was looking a little worn out. He was a true star and he was very dedicated to the show, working until he literally would drop, until finally he just couldn't do it anymore. I always felt sorry for the guy that stepped into the role, he had huge shoes to fill.
Wow the first flat screen TV over a fireplace! And there is that old Zenith 25" console TV in the room too. Awesome!!!
Duane Thamm---If you seen the 1960 movie, "The TIme Machine" in the scene where he travels to 1966 he is walking past a store in which there is a tubeless flat screen in the window.
So true
It was a painting that Maurice turned into film.
Bewitched ended 17 years before I was born and yet it is still one of my favourite TV shows. It kept airing when I first watched it around 2005 and is still today. It will never die.
Same even though I was born in the early 2000s the show is still fun and interesting to watch.
I use to watch BeWitched Monday thru Friday every time I get home after school when I was a kid. Remember coming home from school one day and as the show was coming on, I noticed it wasn't Dick York. My heart just dropped and I really didn't care to much about coming home from school to watch it. After a few months, it was the black and white version of BeWitched and it was back to Dick York. I was happy to see him but it wasn't in color like I first remembering seeing the show for the first time. So I was ok by it and couldn't wait to get home from school to watch BeWitched again.
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They were so good together as on screen husband and wife. Shocking to learn that Elizabeth Montgomery doesn’t like him in real life. But, he is a gentleman to just talk kindly of her until the end of his life.
He looks like he's in pain in this scene. Poor fella.
He was. Long story. =/
very very sad. He could probably barely move in this scene. They said behind the scenes he basically passed out he was in so much pain. He was taken the hospital and never came back. He was addicted to pain pills for his back and eventually the pills and the pain was just too much to bare. He died peacefully in MIchigan, but he was basically broke. Hollywood didn't give him what he deserved. God bless him. He injured his back in the 50's making a movie, think it was called They Came to Codura or something like that... He was in pain ever since.
He did looks miserable.
@@GisherJohn24 I've read his memoir -- they had filmed more to this planned episode, and were in the middle of doing a special effects shot with him and Maurice Evans sitting high above the floor of the studio, with lights being tested, and then he fell down into a faint.
They wound up reusing the planned script for a Dick Sargent episode.
@@blofeld39 Yes the Watch episode last gave Darren powers.
A very heavily edited episode which pieced his appearance in..notice he is not appearing in the same shot with Maurice and Liz... You can see he does not appear well....
yeah the beginning and the ending of the episode are the exact same scene.
Before Dick York had a seizure on set, the script called for Maurice to change Darren back to normal in the first act, however after that scene (and York’s illness), the plot was rewritten and that final scene with Sam and Maurice was filmed without Dick York and it was edited together. The show wasn’t the same without York. Dick Sargent played the part differently and it lost its edge.
@@allisons3663 you can tell Dick was in sooo much pain in these scenes, but tried his best to stay in character, plus you can tell by the way he was standing that something was really wrong.
My favorite sit-com as a kid growing up. Dick York was perfect for this role. He was very expressive.
He was a lovable Darren.
Wow! A flatscreen tv over the fireplace. So ahead of their time. Too bad they turned back in a painting.
4K no less!
And they're watching 'Bewitched'!
There is nothing new under the sun.
Yeah that was bewitching!!!
Bewitching, Bewitching, Bewitching!!!
Such a tragedy how one on set accident altered his entire life as well as the show
It was like the curse of "Bewitched".
"Such a tragedy how one on set accident altered his entire life..."
If you're referring to his back injury in 1959, it wasn't really that on-set accident that ended his time on 'Bewitched' -- he had been acting around that for more than a decade, and the 'Bewitched' crew built an off-set support for him to lean on between takes, and so forth. What ended 'Bewitched' was an illness that left him with chills and a fever, and he passed out and fell. That could have happened even if it weren't for his back injury, though the back pain and the painkiller addiction were probably factors that caused his fall to be the final straw. He stayed out of the limelight for 18 years, battling his pain-killer addiction, then did two guest appearances on TV shows inn1983 and '84, before retiring from acting completely and spending his last years running a charity.
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@@margiewhitten4343 What?
SeikiBrian I’m sorry. I don’t know what happened. Must have touched the text by mistake.
Always cracked me up when Sam`s Mother (Endora) called him Derwood. lol Another happy childhood memory classic T.V. show. T.V. Guide on every coffee table or couch. FREE TOYS in the cereal boxes!! (
Les Rosin it was a good running joke. I like the early episode when they go to Santa’s workshop and even Santa says his name wrong. Funny stuff!
Derwood or Dobbin, etc. Endora's changing what she called Darin, was funny. Great chemistry bet. York & Morehead.
This show made many of our childhoods. Bewitched was funny. Great actors and situations. TV was worth watching then. Unlike the shows today!
I used to work with a Darren. One of my co-workers would only call him Derwood :D
I loved Dick York!!❤ he's the best, I even watched the reruns I make sure that he was on not the other one!!
Dick York was the better Darren. He fit the part great. If he didn't leave the show, I am sure that it would have done better and better rating.
York and Elizabeth had better chemistry than Sargeant and Elizabeth.
@@josephclegg3562 I will definitely agree on that. They worked great together 👍. I just wish that Dick York didn't have to leave the show.
@@snake9911 I mean... if he hadn't, he probably eventually would've DIED on the set. It was reaching a breaking point, poor man.
@@blofeld39 You are absolutely correct about Dick York. He had to leave the show because of injurys. He had no choice. It was for his health and safety. He definitely was the better Darren. That is what I was only saying.
I liked Dick York's Darrin better. But I'm not sure it was totally Dick Sargent's fault that ratings went down... There's only so many storylines you can do with the premise of a businessman who's wife is a witch - the show had run its course, and I have doubts it would have lasted that much longer even had Dick York been able to continue - for one thing, Elizabeth Montgomery and Dick York weren't getting along well at all by this time, and she was uncomfortable working with him...
Mr. York was in terrible agony from back pain. The pain left him unable to work as standing was excruciating. RIP.
Great serie.
Great actors.
York was incredible on set.
I still have all seasons on my PC.
Thanks for all the Joy you gave us.
R.I.P. all of you.
He and Agnes Moorehead were actually good friends.
I was around 10 in the mid 60s..I loved this show..I can remember watching every episode on tv when Dick York was Darren....over 50 years later it brings back my youth when I watch them now......my favorite show!
Dick York was half the show, it’s tragic that he couldn’t continue with the show because Sargent just looked uncomfortable in the part as if he hated being Darrin or didn’t want anything to do with Sam.
His back is gone and he can’t stand upright in pain but he carries on . A great guy apparently ignored by his co stars until his death ☹️
Him and Elizabeth Montgomery talked on a regular basis until his death.
Z Lopez-steele actually, they didn’t. He called her but she was too busy to talk and never returned his call. His very words from a rare interview. th-cam.com/video/pGFVYkzb9Ic/w-d-xo.html
@@zlopez-steele3362 He not Him Fix it!!
I believe him and Agnes were close. She was not keen on Sargent joining the cast.
@@zlopez-steele3362 really, did not know that, wow Elizabeth Montgomery was sweet and pretty
Sargent was completely unlikeable.
He turned the character of Darren around completely--and not in a good way.
He was whiney and irritating and had no personality whatsoever. Impossible to believe Sam could have fallen in love with him!
John L..Watching Sargent act was like eating a pizza loaded with artificial cheese on top of a cardboard crust.
He just seemed angry all the time. Not to mention completely incompetent, both as a husband and as an advertising agent.
Elizabeth Montgomery and Dick Sargent were close friends long before bewitched was on tv.
"I think you picked a Lemon, in the Garden of Love".....😅🤣😂. I'm totally going to use this quick-wit quote at some point.
Very sad his biography. He was a great actor and he was the perfect character to perform Bewitched serials beside Elisabeth Montgomery. I remember all episodes that I saw during my childhood.
He had a fever of 105 here. And there were lights blinking above him to give the effect of the spell. No wonder the poor guy had a seizure. He tried so hard.
Dick York collapsed from his back issues - I wish that was mentioned by Dan ZC. It is true he left the show mid-season - but it was because of his bad back, no other reason. The addiction was later because his back pain essentially killed the rest of his life.
After Dick York left there was no more bewitched for me. . .he will always be the beloved Darren Stevens.
RIP to Dick York. You are, were and will always be my favorite "Darwin". Lol.
Dick York was perfect as Darren, the hapless, harried and harassed mortal in a house full of magical in-laws. He portrayed the character with just the right blend of pride and irritability, but always tempered with love and warmth. He always showed how much he adored Samantha. Dick Sargent never achieved that balance in his portrayal of the character. His Darren was one-dimensional: irtitated, snarky, sarcastic, and completely devoid of love, warmth, and charm.
Great actor, great person. RIP you will be remembered.
Great Show . All Actors were Perfect, still watch the show and enjoy it. Bring back memories.
Let’s give each actor and actress some credit for making Bewitched an iconic show. Please don’t criticize Dick Sargent or compare him to Dick York. They were both great and made each episode a great memory for all of us. May each performer on the show Rest In Peace.
I would bet money that had Dick Sargent played Darrin originally and Dick York been the one who took over, everyone would be saying how York's high energy performance was totally wrong for the role. Whoever plays it first, sets the bar.
@@stevequinn1424 I may lose the bet 😁. I believe if Dick Sargent originated the part of Darrin, I don't think Bewitched would have lasted 2 seasons.
I grew up in the 60s when Bewitched originally aired. When the "new Darrin" was cast, I stopped watching the program. There was zero chemistry between Sam & the replacement Darrin, IMHO.
Oh, please Dick York was a superior actor. If I was to say that Dick Sargent was just as good as York, people will instantly know that I'm a liar. No, Sargent was not great and I won't lie about it.
@DonSancho15 in some of the other roles he was cast in, Dick Sargent was pretty solid... He just wasn't right for the role of Darrin
Bewitched was never the same after Dick York left. I am surprised it lasted as long as it did afterwards. Rest In Peace to all the people from the show who have passed away.
He was rushed to the hospital so they had to shoot around him. Dick York never returned to the set of Bewitched.
Bewitched never recovered without him.
What do you mean around him?
@@alexandraanderson3988 Shooting “around” someone who is gone from the set means that the script may be changed and the sequence of shots altered to account for the missing actor’s absence.
I loved Dick York, he was so funny and played the part of Sams husband so good. It was the only way a show like this could make us feel it was real. When he left the show he took a lot of quality with him. He was half of what made Bewitched great! I wish they made him and Endora friends during the show and had more shows in places that were in the witch world. The colors, glitter, clouds.. I loved the shows that had that. I disliked the ones where they went back in time. But Sargent was not enjoyable to watch. He wasnt funny or loving, he wasnt believable. Maybe he had a hard time playing Samanthas husband because he was Gay. It crossed my mind. And I wonder why Elizabeth never called Dick york after he had to leave the show, she never talked about him in the few interviews she did too. He said he tried to call her but she never answered. Never called him back. I dont understand that.
Anyhow, im watching the boxed set now. A wonderful marathon of Bewitched. I love this show so much!!
York always brought muscle to the part and when he kissed Montgomery you felt it. Sargent always came across like a fussy old aunt.
Gay Sargent was not good at playing a heterosexual husband.
@@harperstacey9604 Sargent wasn't good at playing a heterosexual boyfriend in "The Ghost & Mr. Chicken", either.
Loved him as Darren.....Rest in peace Dick York
It still tickles me when Endora and Maurice call him everything but Darren. Just shady😂
He looks like he is in a lot of pain standing there
Maurice liked Darrin deep down. Darrin made Sam happy, which all that mattered to him. He even said, "No trouble my boy" when Darrin thanked him.
This episode was rewritten into "Daddy Does His Thing" (most of which consisted of Darrin being a mule after the necessary rewrite due to York's seizure- Darrin was only supposed to be a mule briefly, and the backwards film looked like filler to kill time and pad out the episode). During filming in January 1969, it was originally supposed to be a two-parter called "Samantha's Surprise," presumably where Samantha tells Darrin she's pregnant again. That's why in this episode she says she has a surprise "for both of us."
Instead, she just has to tell "him" over the phone in "Samantha's Good News" filmed later. Much of this two-parter script was later reused with Dick Sargent as "Daddy Comes for a Visit/Darrin the Warlock." The mule jokes were changed to dog jokes. It contains the scene with Maurice and Darrin on scaffolding, which is where York had his seizure.
Dick York was the best Darrin, and it's so sad that his health forced him to leave the show.
He was also addicted to pain pills.
Thanks for that. Great show.
I read that they built Dick York a sort of vertical bed on the set so that he could rest in between the very long days of filming...because he was in terrible back pain...
Interesting trivia...Dick Sargent was actually the original choice by producer/director William Asher (and to a certain extent, his wife and star of the show Elizabeth Montgomery) for Darrin all along. While it is true that Sargent was considered initially for the show, but was under contract to another studio at the time and thus was unavailable to accept the role, he was considered for the role back when production of the show was under different people and was drastically different (for starters, it was considering Tammy Grimes for the main female role, named Cassandra; Grimes and Sargent starred in The Tammy Grimes Show a couple of years later instead). When that project fell apart and then landed on Asher and Montgomery, Dick York was always their first pick. Reportedly, Sargent and Elizabeth Montgomery had been good friends prior to the show's start, which may have led to the mistaken rumors.
I never liked the attitude of Dick Sargeant. He wasn't warm or carting.
York will always be the better Darrin.
and the chemistry between him and Elizabeth Montgomery was just not there.
Not only could Mr. Sargeant not cart, he didn't care, either.
York"s Darrin loved her. He always seemed to appreciate her beauty and wit. Sargeant"s Darrin wanted to beat the witch out of her and would have divorced her if it wouldn't cost him everything. Totally different vibe.
According to Liz, Sargent was "the better kisser".
Dick York was so awesome. I also loved the dress that Samantha was wearing in the scene when Darrin was turned into a Jack Ass.
It appears to be a split screen. Darren shot at a different time you don’t see the two together.
RIP Dick York
little did they know people would actually hang their tv's above the fireplace
Ive always had a crush on Elizabeth Montgomery, she was gorgeous.
It's a shame he died aged 63 and Elizabeth Montgomery aged 62.
Kinda young :/ wow
Very sad indeed. Loved this show.
@@hannahwalmer1124 very young! I'm 63! :)
@@hannahwalmer1124 Wow and here I was thinking 40 was kinda of young🥴
@@alexandraanderson3988 40 is young. Actor Zachary Levi is 40 currently. If he were to die today, there wouldn't be one person saying "He lived such a long life" They would say "He had much more life to live. He was only 40"
Dick York never completed this episode, which probably explains the silly recap of the earlier scene on the wall. They had to fill time because York was in the hospital and never filmed the rest of his scenes. And Samantha and her father are alone in their shot, without Darrin. They must have filmed their bit after York had departed, giving reactions to a scene that he had filmed earlier, which was then all edited together. Such a sad way for him to end his run as Darrin after five seasons. RIP, Mr. York, and thank you for the years of entertainment in my childhood.
I loved this show so much I purchased the series on DVD‼️‼️‼️‼️
He died in poverty. So sad.
Really?
Elizabeth Montgomery refused to help Dick York in his time of need.
@@staceyharper7827 That's so sad.
@@ronkali5365 Elizabeth Montgomery blamed Dick York for the decline of Bewitched.
@Sweetest One Elizabeth Montgomery never liked Dick York from the beginning. She hated him even more when he told her that he had a crush on her. She did all she could to get him fired.
You can tell he was wearing a back brace here.
Dick York fue realmente mágico. Como decía su esposa, York personificó a un mortal pero su talento fue verdadera magia.
Wonder if John O’Hurley from Seinfeld drew inspiration from the cadence of Maurice Evans’ voice here for his portrayal of Mr. Peterman.
Probably very doubtful - but what an amazing similarity.
My parents would go to my aunt and uncles to play cards and I would sit on the floor in the living room watch this show on their 25" color console, like being at the theater, lol.
Dick York was the best, it was torture after he left- couldn’t recover
Elizabeth Montgomery had no sympathy for him.
@@harperstacey9604 cold, hard person...even though we watched it as kids, she was pretty much always annoying. He made the show what it was. The other guy was pathetic, so I hope she was happy
This final scene was just a reuse of the same scene earlier in the episode. The reuse was obviously necessitated by Dick's inability to film the originally intended scene. Poor guy ❤️
You picked a lemon in the garden of love. I love that line
Thanks for the informative n interestingg video. And thanks for the narrative in the description section. Many videos do not provide this info.
Watched Bewitched when it was originally broadcasted. Love the show n missed seeing Dick York. He can also be seen in an earlier episode of The Twilight Zone, The Purple Testament.
Kudos to you, Dick York, we miss your acting abilities
Dick York was absolutely the best at that role. After he left, I didn't enjoy it half as much.
Maurice Evans (Daddy) was actually a very experienced stage actor who specialized in performing Shakespeare’s plays in real life, so he gets to recite some of those lines at the end of this scene. Of course he gets to claim that Shakespeare himself spoke to him, since as a warlock he’s immortal and was alive centuries ago.
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I bet he never played Portia in Merchant of Venice, though. That’s where the speech comes from.
He also played “Hutch” in “Rosemary’s Baby”, but he wasn’t a warlock in that. Instead, he was a victim of a curse put on him by a coven of Satanists who were definitely not comedic.
He looked really out of it health wise in this last episode. Yes Endora loved him they had a connection. Never the same after that. I like Sam's daddy alot
Maurice Evans(Sam's dad), classic actor; Shakespeare-
@@johnerwin9024 I know he was one of my favorites on there
So sad what happened to Dick York, he tried but he simply couldn't get over his worsening back muscle injuries. Like for even the endless amount of painkillers and drugs going through him to no longer be able to keep him from doing simple things like stand and walk on tv sets it must have been horrible.
How sad, I just watched this about two hours ago. He was such a wonderful actor and back then I liked Dick Sargent better just because he didn't seem to get as angry at Samantha as Dick York did. But I'm watching the series again and the earlier episodes are definitely the best.
Yes! I wondered if anyone else felt this way. Dick York's Darrin kinda scared me when I was little because he was always yelling. I preferred the later ones back then for that reason and also I preferred the ones in color haha. As an adult, I prefer him to Dick Sargent who just seems kinda bland.
Dick York was the perfect individual for the character of Samantha's husband. When Dick Sargent awkwardly came on board he lacked the panache and charisma as Dick York possessed. I found him to be boring and dull and really not a very talented actor. When Mr. York left I think that show should have shut down when it was ahead.
I agree.
So many good memories of fellow actors made it worthwhile to continue watching after Dick York left. Lots of good stuff continued...
Boris S. Wort Agree.
I loved Dick York. He was brilliantly cast & played his role to perfection. The show was not nearly as fun & only moderately enjoyable after his sad (& far too early) departure. Im actually surprised the series lasted as long as it did after "Sam's" BEST husband left the show. Lets put it this way: Dick Sargent was to Dick York what the SECOND Gladys Kravitz was to the first...
N o t . . . e v e n . . . c l o s e ! ! !
"You've picked a lemon in the garden of love!" Ha ha ha! I could not agree more about Darrin.
However, Dick York was a gem of an actor and sorely missed. His exaggerated facial expressions and indignation was the stuff of comedy. So sad about his back which got injured on a set while filming. However, he smoked 3 packs of cigarettes a day and the emphysema killed him at a very young age of 63.
Season 5 is so uncomfortable to watch when he's doing anything, because I'm thinking that if he was suffering at that moment :(
Anyone feel like me?
I just got off watching season 5 and SAME!! :'(
Me too...so sad 😢
He really loved Sam their chemistry was so powerful they loved each other. No comment on the second Darrin.
Only in front of the camera, Elizabeth Montgomery didn't like Dick York.
@@richardedmiston3756 Yet loved and admired Dick Sargent. Friends until the end.
I totally agree. The first Darrin was hot and such an amazing actor his relationship with his fiction mother in law was great also. Evidently Agnes did not like the second Dorwood either. Hahaha.
Fond memories, the best thing on tv when I was a kid 🇬🇧❤️
Sad that Elizabeth Montgomery never missed Dick York or showed any sympathy towards his suffering, but she only had nice things to say about Dick Sargent, who, as an actor, was inferior to Dick York in every way...York loved Montgomery--even before "Bewitched". With Montgomery married to the show's director, William Asher, (the third of her four marriages) it seems they were both more comfortable with a gay man playing Darrin...Before the show ended, she fell in love with another director of "Bewitched": Richard Michaels. This affair ended her marriage and the series. Apparently, Montgomery failed continuously to be loyal to anyone (until she was diagnosed with cancer), and she never bothered to speak with Dick York after he left the set on his last day to go to the hospital. Given her history, it's difficult not to think of Montgomery as being anything other than a selfish, disloyal, untrustworthy, trampy ingrate. No wonder she was so convincing as Lizzie Borden (a distant relative).
She did have nice things to say about York (and she called it "a shame" what happened in the real version of one of the interviews posted on TH-cam), but that part was selectively edited out of "Dan Whit"'s TH-cam videos that seem to have some weird anti-Dick York agenda or something, but also end up making Elizabeth Montgomery look less compassionate than she was due to said edits. William Asher preferred Dick York (who he said was "always his first choice") as Darrin, as he didn't feel Sargent was "as effective." The cast and crew, including Liz and Bill, sent York a get-well card in the hospital, which his son Chris York shared.
Poor Dick York. I once joked that if he hadn't been in such poor health in the 1980's/1990's, he could've pulled off older George McFly, in the Back to the Future series.
J Wil , Jim Carey I believe was supposed to play the Darren role in the Bewitched movie
in the 90's, but either dropped out or turned it down, and Wil Farrel got the role.
In all the years of watching I didn't realize how they had to work their magic to edit him in but knowing what happened it's obvious they re-used footage from before he collapsed.
He must have been suffering in pain.
Dick, never really had strong health, was ill for years, and died in his early 60's. A great actor.
It's too bad he couldn't enjoy his golden years.
York, Sargent & Montgomery all died in their early sixties. My mom died at 60 too, six months before Montgomery.
This was the Best Darrin.
Dick Sargent had the personality and acting ability of a department store mannequin.
I agree. Dick Sargent was stiff as a board.
This is a perfect comparison.
He is part of the fond memories of my early days for sure.