William Milton Asher August 8 1921 July 16 2012 was an American television and film producer film director and screenwriter He was one of the most prolific early television directors producing or directing over two dozen series With television in its infancy he introduced the sitcom Our Miss Brooks which was adapted from a radio show He began directing I Love Lucy by 1952 As a result of his early success Asher was considered an early wunderkind of TVland and was hyperbolically credited in one magazine article with inventing the sitcom In 1964 he began to direct episodes of Bewitched which starred his wife Elizabeth Montgomery He produced the series from the fourth season He was nominated for an Emmy Award four times winning once for directing Bewitched in 1966 He was also nominated for the DGA Award in 1951 for I Love Lucy In 1951 he married actress Danny Sue Nolan with whom he had two children the couple divorced in 1961 He then married actress Elizabeth Montgomery in 1963 just before Bewitched began its run They had three children and divorced in 1973 His third marriage was to actress Joyce Bulifant and it lasted from 1976 to 1993 He adopted her son actor and director John Mallory Asher This marriage also ended in divorce In 1998 he married Meredith Coffin Asher his fourth and final wife Description above from the Wikipedia article William Asher licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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