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Rising young Advertising executive with "McMann and Tate" on Madison Avenue, Darrin Stephens' life would never be the same after "bumping" into Samantha one fateful day in Manhattan. On their wedding night Samantha told Darrin that she was a Witch. He reacted in typical style - he freaked ! After much soul searching he decided the only way to cope with life with a witch-wife was to lay down the rule of "love, honour and no Witchcraft". Very much a self made man, Darrin seriously resented his wife's occasional supernatural assists in his life and career. Prone to temperamental outbursts he nonetheless loved Sam and put up with all the magical shenanigans. Wanting only to provide for his family and live a normal life, Darrins idea of normalcy was often threatened by Endora. Resenting his glamorous, high living Mother in law , he was often quick to insult Endora, often getting himself into more trouble. A proud individual, the attaché toting ad man was often perplexed with the problems of witchdom and yearned for simpler problems such as the Mortgage, taxes and getting a pay rise. In later years Darrin changed, quite literally, but could still be as pig headed as ever. However through all their problems Darrin was devoted to Sam, Tabitha, and Adam and loved them dearly.. What "normal red blooded American man" would put up with being turned into a Chimp, sent back in time and being shrunk if he didn't? |
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Born September 4, 1928, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, York believed the seeds of his acting career were sown in his Depression-era childhood in Chicago, where his family later moved, and where he began his career in radio in the late 1930s.In his last years, he was an advocate for the homeless and the less fortunate. He appeared in many network and local shows, including Junior Junction (a children's program), Jack Armstrong: The All American Boy (in 1948), and That Brewster Boy. A student at St. Paul University, York moved to New York in 1950 and began acting on television in many live productions. When TV began the move to California, so did York. He started a commuting routine between New York and the West Coast that ended when he finally transferred his family to Hollywood in 1961
York appeared in numerous other television shows, including guest spots on Playhouse 90, The Twilight Zone (two episodes), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (as a hired killer), Route 66, Thriller, Rawhide, Wagon Train, Goodyear Playhouse (Visit to a Small Ylanel, 1955), The U.S. Steel Hour, Father Knows Best, and Kraft Theater. After Bewitched, he appeared on Simon and Simon, Fantasy Island, and Our Time, a mid-1980s NBC summer show hosted by Karen Valentine (of Room 222 fame), which would be his final on-air acting appearance on August 10, 1985. He lived in Rockford, Michigan, and suffered from a deteriorating spine and emphysema. Despite his physical condition, the actor cared for the homeless. He was a master of his craft, and his heart was filled with compassion for the less fortunate. |
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