Hollywood Flashback: ‘Bewched’ Has Been a Gay Favore Sce 1964 – The Hollywood Reporter

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• SARGENT/YORK — A TALE OF TWO “DARRS”HERBIE J PILATO·FOLLOWPUBLISHED HERBIE J’S HOE·7 M READ·FEB 12, 2020--2SHARETHE DYNAMIC TW ASPECTS OF “BEWCHED” ACTORS DICK YORK AND DICK SARGENTDICK YORK (LEFT) AND DICK SARGENT SHARED THE ROLE OF DARR STEPHENS ON “BEWCHED”“I THOUGHT DICK SARGENT DID A MARVELO JOB AS DARR ON BEWCHED.”— DICK YORKIT IS WHOUT A DOUBT THE BIGGT DOUBLE-STG NTROVERSY THE HISTORY OF CLASSIC TELEVISN: DICK YORK AND DICK SARGENT’S DUAL TURN AS MORTAL AD-MAN DARR STEPHENS, MARRIED TO ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY’S ADORABLE WCH-WH-A-TWCH SAMANTHA ON TV’S CLASSIC WUATN EDY, BEWCHED, WHICH ORIGALLY AIRED ON ABC OM 1964 TO 1972.THE ACTORS REMBLED ONE OTHER, ACTED LIKE THE OTHER, AND YET WERE VERY DIFFERENT. CAST AS DARR BEFORE SARGENT, YORK PLAYED THE CHARACTER WH ANIMATED APLOMB WHILE MANY VIEWERS BELIEVED THAT SARGENT, WHO JT SO HAPPENED TO BE GAY, PORTRAYED A KR-GENTLER DARR. MONTGOMERY EXPLAED ALL QUE DIPLOMATILLY THE BEWCHED BOOK, WHICH WAS LATER REVISED AS BEWCHED FOREVER. BY THE TIME SARGENT ME TO PLAY DARR, MONTGOMERY SAID, THE CHARACTER WAS NOT AS STARTLED BY SAMANTHA’S MAGIC (OR HER OTHER-WORLDLY CHARACTERS):“DARR WAS BEG A MORE EASYGOG PRENCE. THE SHOW’S SUATN ALMOST BEME FUNNIER. HE WOULD LAPSE TO THIS KD OF PLACENCY AND MAYBE TO SOMETHG THAT HE JT MIGHT ENJOY FOR A MUTE OR TWO. IT WAS ALMOST AS IF DARR GREW AS THE RELATNSHIP VELOPED. HE DIDN’T HAVE TO BE ON HIS GUARD AS MUCH. SO, WHEN HE WAS SUDNLY NONTED BY WCHCRAFT, THE NEWNS OF THE MARRIAGE WAS GONE. IT WASN’T AS SHOCKG AN EXPERIENCE — AS [HAD BEEN FOR YORK’S DARR] WAS THE SHOW’S FIRST SEASON.”DOUBLE INTY
• WAS DICK YORK GAY
• HOLLYWOOD FLASHBACK: ‘BEWCHED’ HAS BEEN A GAY FAVORE SCE 1964

SARGENT/YORK — A TALE OF TWO “DARRS”HERBIE J PILATO·FOLLOWPUBLISHED HERBIE J’S HOE·7 M READ·FEB 12, 2020--2SHARETHE DYNAMIC TW ASPECTS OF “BEWCHED” ACTORS DICK YORK AND DICK SARGENTDICK YORK (LEFT) AND DICK SARGENT SHARED THE ROLE OF DARR STEPHENS ON “BEWCHED”“I THOUGHT DICK SARGENT DID A MARVELO JOB AS DARR ON BEWCHED.”— DICK YORKIT IS WHOUT A DOUBT THE BIGGT DOUBLE-STG NTROVERSY THE HISTORY OF CLASSIC TELEVISN: DICK YORK AND DICK SARGENT’S DUAL TURN AS MORTAL AD-MAN DARR STEPHENS, MARRIED TO ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY’S ADORABLE WCH-WH-A-TWCH SAMANTHA ON TV’S CLASSIC WUATN EDY, BEWCHED, WHICH ORIGALLY AIRED ON ABC OM 1964 TO 1972.THE ACTORS REMBLED ONE OTHER, ACTED LIKE THE OTHER, AND YET WERE VERY DIFFERENT. CAST AS DARR BEFORE SARGENT, YORK PLAYED THE CHARACTER WH ANIMATED APLOMB WHILE MANY VIEWERS BELIEVED THAT SARGENT, WHO JT SO HAPPENED TO BE GAY, PORTRAYED A KR-GENTLER DARR. MONTGOMERY EXPLAED ALL QUE DIPLOMATILLY THE BEWCHED BOOK, WHICH WAS LATER REVISED AS BEWCHED FOREVER. BY THE TIME SARGENT ME TO PLAY DARR, MONTGOMERY SAID, THE CHARACTER WAS NOT AS STARTLED BY SAMANTHA’S MAGIC (OR HER OTHER-WORLDLY CHARACTERS):“DARR WAS BEG A MORE EASYGOG PRENCE. THE SHOW’S SUATN ALMOST BEME FUNNIER. HE WOULD LAPSE TO THIS KD OF PLACENCY AND MAYBE TO SOMETHG THAT HE JT MIGHT ENJOY FOR A MUTE OR TWO. IT WAS ALMOST AS IF DARR GREW AS THE RELATNSHIP VELOPED. HE DIDN’T HAVE TO BE ON HIS GUARD AS MUCH. SO, WHEN HE WAS SUDNLY NONTED BY WCHCRAFT, THE NEWNS OF THE MARRIAGE WAS GONE. IT WASN’T AS SHOCKG AN EXPERIENCE — AS [HAD BEEN FOR YORK’S DARR] WAS THE SHOW’S FIRST SEASON.”DOUBLE INTY

Cast as Darr before Sargent, York played the character wh animated aplomb while many viewers believed that Sargent, who jt so happened to be gay, portrayed a kr-gentler Darr. Subjects>Travel & Plac>Travel DtatnsUpdated: 11/10/2022Wiki User ∙ 13y agoBt AnswerCopy"No, Dick Seargent was gay, Seargent was the send Darr York was married for 40 yrsHe was married 1951 to Joan User ∙ 13y agoThis answer is:Study guisAdd your answer:Earn +20 ptsQ: Was dick york gayWre your answer... For a 1960s s that on the surface was about as straight as you n get — attractive woman who happens to be a wch wants to be normal hoewife, so she marri a high-stng ad exec — a lot of gay magic lurks jt beneath the surface of ABC’s Bewched.

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WAS DICK YORK GAY

Sargent announced he was gay.

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HOLLYWOOD FLASHBACK: ‘BEWCHED’ HAS BEEN A GAY FAVORE SCE 1964

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