William Asher
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William Milton Asher (August 8, 1921-2012) was an American television and film producer, film editor, and screenwriter.
Asher introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks, which was based on a radio show, making or directing over two dozen series in its early television days.
By 1952, I Love Lucy had begun.
He created and directed Bewitched, starring his then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery, in 1964.
As a result of his early fame, Asher was credited in one magazine article with "inventing" the sitcom. She had been nominated for an Emmy Award four times, twice for directing Bewitched in 1966.
In 1951, he was also selected for the DGA Award for I Love Lucy.
Early life
Asher was born in New York City to stage actress Lillian Bonner and producer Ephraim M. Asher (1887-1937), whose film credits were mainly as an associate producer. Betty Asher, his sister, was an MGM publicist for Judy Garland. His father was Jewish, and his mother was Catholic. When Asher was about 3, his family moved to Los Angeles, where he often took his father to the movie theater.
When Asher's parents divorced at the age of 11, he and his mother returned to New York. He later recalled that this period in his life was tumultuous because his mother was an alcoholic. He dropped out of school and joined the Army in 1941 after being forced to live in New York with his mother. He was stationed in Astoria, Queens, as a unit photographer in the Army Signal Corps for four years.
Personal life
Asher married Danny Sue Nolan, with whom he had two children in 1951, and the pair divorced in 1961. Elizabeth Montgomery was married in 1963 by Asher Montgomery, right before Bewitched took over the world. In 1973, the three children and divorced. Joyce Bulifant's third marriage was to Joyce Bulifant, and it lasted from 1976 to 1993. He adopted her son, actor John Mallory Asher. This union also ended in divorce. Asher lived in Palm Desert, California, with Meredith Coffin Asher, his fourth and final wife, in his later years.
Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, and Sammy Davis Jr. were all his friends, and at times, he drove them in Las Vegas, flewing from Hollywood to Sanatra's plane and back in order to be at work at 5 a.m.
Career
Asher returned to California to direct Leather Gloves (1948), a low-budget film. He eventually adapted to television (then a new medium) and obtained a job writing short story "fillers" for various platforms, which later developed into a series called Little Theatre. He went from this position to work on a film musical for Harry Cohn.
Asher was given the opportunity to direct Our Miss Brooks, starring Eve Arden, a television version of the radio show. Desi Arnaz asked Asher to produce an episode of his series I Love Lucy in 1952; Asher later said that although the creators knew the show was good, they did not expect it to become a national icon. "We thought, 'We're done with it,' we're done with it,'" says the show's producer. We never thought it would last this long. Lucille Ball, "uniquely" was one of television's true pioneers.
Asher was described as a "early wunderkind of televisionland," blaming a path in television's new medium. Asher was a "hyphenate of a different stripe, a producer," according to writer and producer William Froug, who said he was one of many "restless Hollywood professionals" who, like nomads, moved from job to job, always delivering quality, if not inspired work.
Asher produced episodes of Our Miss Brooks and I Love Lucy, Make Room for Daddy, The Twilight Zone (1959 television series), The Patty Duke Show, Gidget, The Dukes of Hazzard, and Alice, in addition to Our Miss Brooks and I Love Lucy. President John F. Kennedy befriended Asher and Montgomery, and the 1961 inaugural service was hosted by Frank Sinatra and his colleague John F. Kennedy.
Asher's most well-known production was Bewitched, which he directed regularly for the entire eight years, although he was only recognized as a producer for the last five seasons. He was married to Elizabeth Montgomery, the show's actress, at the time. They divorced soon after the series' cancellation in 1972. He attempted to return to television in 1986, this time with Fred Whitehead, Orion Television executive, to produce Asher/Whitehead Productions, but Kay O'Brien's was the only TV show to go out, and it was cancelled after only one season was on the air.
Asher has produced a number of theatrical film, including Beach Party, Muscle Beach Party, Bikini Beach, Beach Blanket Bingo, and How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, for which he served as a co-writer. Winston Dixon, a critic, later said that the Beach Party films were not only "visions of heaven" for the audience, but also for Asher, who said they were used "to create a fantasy world to replace his own unhappy childhood."
Asher has also produced television shows.He later recalled his directorial years:
In November 2003, Asher appeared on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars.