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Dick Sargent, TV actor, with Bea Arthur and Mega Genius^® at a "celebrities' table"

Dick Sargent was an American actor who co-starred in the television series Bewitched, and appeared in more than 100 motion pictures and other television shows.

Dick’s first films, in the late 1950s, included The Great Locomotive Chase, Love Me Tender, Bernardine and Mardi Gras, but he became famous for his work in television.

In 1964, he was offered the role of Darin Stephens in the TV series Bewitched, co-starring Elizabeth Montgomery, but had to turn it down because he was under contract to Universal Studios.  Consequently, Dick York played the part until he was forced to leave the series, in 1969, do to chronic back pain.  At that time, Dick Sargent was offered the role again, and he then played Darin until the Bewitched series ended, in 1972.

Bewitched, selected by TV Guide as the “50th greatest television program of all time,” is still shown in syndication throughout the world.

Dick appeared extensively in other television shows, including The Waltons; The Dukes of Hazzard; Tattletales; Hollywood Squares; Playhouse 90; The Millionaire; Death Valley Days; Dr. Kildare; Gunsmoke; The Alfred Hitchcock Hour; The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Wagon Train; Daniel Boone; I dream of Jennie; Adam-12; Love American Style; Here’s Lucy; Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law; McMillan & Wife; Ellery Queen; Marcus Welby, M.D.; The Six Million Dollar Man; Three’s Company; Baretta; The Love Boat; Charlie’s Angels; Trapper John, M.D.; Family Ties; Fantasy Island; Taxi; Benson; Different Strokes; Murder, She Wrote; L.A. Law; Alice; Columbo; The Rat Patrol; and Knott’s Landing.

His other motion pictures included That Touch of Mink; Operation Petticoat; The Great Imposter; The Ghost and Mr. Chicken; and Live a Little, Love a Little (with Elvis Presley).

Dick had a unique way of measuring his success.  He concluded, “If people see you and smile at you and act like you’re an old friend, I think that’s a pretty swell accomplishment.”

Dick Sargent passed away from cancer in 1994, at age 61.

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