Dick Sargent (April 19, 1930 – July 8, 1994) was an American actor, best known for his portrayal of "the second Darrin Stephens" on the television series Bewitched. The actor took the name Dick Sargent from a Saturday Evening Post illustrator/artist of the same name.
Born Richard Stanford Cox in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, Sargent had appeared in films since his debut in 1956. When Dick York was forced to leave the Bewitched series owing to he...
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Dick Sargent (April 19, 1930 – July 8, 1994) was an American actor, best known for his portrayal of "the second Darrin Stephens" on the television series Bewitched. The actor took the name Dick Sargent from a Saturday Evening Post illustrator/artist of the same name.
Born Richard Stanford Cox in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, Sargent had appeared in films since his debut in 1956. When Dick York was forced to leave the Bewitched series owing to health problems in 1969, Sargent stepped into the role. He had first been offered the role in 1964 but was under contract to Universal Studios and unable to accept it. Sargent played Darrin until the show ended in 1972.
Sargent continued to work in film and made numerous guest appearances on various TV shows, including one episode of The Waltons (with the second John-Boy, Robert Wightman), and two early episodes of The Dukes of Hazzard as Sheriff Grady Byrd. He played himself in a 1993 Columbo episode as well as on an episode of Knots Landing....
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