The third husband of Elizabeth Montgomery was a famous film producer and director named Bill Asher. She married Bill in 1963. A year later in 1964, Bill became the producer and director of “Bewitched.” this happened after he had huge success with the show “I Love Lucy.” In 1966 he even won an Emmy for “Bewitched.”
Elizabeth was Asher’s second wife. Similar to Montgomery, Asher was also married four times. They were divorced in 1973, shortly after “Bewitched” was over. At that time, Elizabeth Montgomery had fallen in love with another director, Richard Michaels. Richard was also a director for “Bewitched.” It is not known if they had an affair while she was still married to Asher.
Darrin’s Perspective
While we may not have known that the theme song to “Bewitched” actually had lyrics, There is a version of the theme song sound on YouTube song by Steve Lawrence. Apparently, Steve was not able to record the lyrics fast enough to the theme song. The studio was really concerned about the pilot episode having a theme song, so they just went with the version that had only instruments and no lyrics.
The lyrics of the song are actually quite interesting. The theme song is written as if it was Darrin singing it. It is from his perspective. The lyrics suggest what it would be like if he knew that his wife, Samantha, was really a witch.
Together Forever
David tragically lost his wife due to complications during pregnancy. All that was left of his family was his son, Jonathan. Sadly, his son Jonathan was on the deadly Pan Am flight 103. This flight exploded in 1988 directly over Scotland.
David’s heart was quite literally broken, and just two short years after his son Jonathan’s death, he had a heart attack. David’s heart attack was fatal, and he died in 1990. David and his son Jonathan are buried side by side at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Such a sad series of events for this family.
More Liberal Than Many
While Elizabeth Montgomery may have been private about her personal life, Elizabeth Montgomery did not keep her political views a secret. It was common knowledge that she was very liberal. She used her Celebrity Status to bring awareness to causes that she felt strongly about. She was an activist of women's rights, the AIDS movement, and gay rights.
She was a frequent volunteer at the Los Angeles Unit of Learning Ally. She also recorded their best selling poetry book entitled “When We Were Very Young.” In addition to recording the book, she produced TV and radio PSA is for them as well. The organization is known for recording books, CDs, etc for disabled people.
Richard Crenna Admits He Almost Was Darrin
Before the show, Bewitched even came to air, and they were doing the casting for it, a young actor by the name of Richard Crenna auditioned for the role of Darrin. It was said that he was very close to being cast as Darrin, but he ended up accepting another role. They were still trying to cast the role of Samantha, and it was taking longer than anticipated, so Crenna decided to move on.
It is not noted how serious a consideration it was to hire him for the role, but we do know for sure that the show would not have been the same without Dick York. However, perhaps we would have been able to avoid the Darrin Syndrome! The world may never know.