William Asher (born August 8, 1921) is an American television and film producer, film director, and screenwriter.
Born in New York City, his mother was actress Lillian Bonner and his father was Jewish American producer E.M. Asher (who produced films for Mack Sennett).
His most famous works include directing episodes of The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950), I Love Lucy (1951), Our Miss Brooks (1952), General Electric Theater (1953), Make Room for Daddy ...
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William Asher (born August 8, 1921) is an American television and film producer, film director, and screenwriter.
Born in New York City, his mother was actress Lillian Bonner and his father was Jewish American producer E.M. Asher (who produced films for Mack Sennett).
His most famous works include directing episodes of The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950), I Love Lucy (1951), Our Miss Brooks (1952), General Electric Theater (1953), Make Room for Daddy (1953), December Bride (1954), The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956), Sally (1957), The Twilight Zone (1959), The Patty Duke Show (1963), Bewitched (1964), Gidget (1965), The Dukes of Hazzard (1979), Private Benjamin (1981) and Alice (1976-85).
Asher directed 110 out of the 179 episodes of I Love Lucy (1951 - 1957), and produced and directed all 218 episodes of Bewitched, which ran for eight seasons (1964 to 1972). Both series still run in syndication in dozens of languages today. He was married to the star of Bewitched, Elizabeth Montgomery from...
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