Richard MichaelsFilmography

Father and Scout

Crew: Director

Actors: Bob Saget, Brian Bonsall, Troy Evans, Stuart Pankin, David Graf

Synopsis: A father gets a crash-course in the outdoors in this made-for-television comedy for kids. Comedian Bob Saget stars as an urban-living dad who decides to take his son Michael (Brian Bonsall) -- working his way to Eagle Scout -- on a camping trip. Poor dad is well-meaning, but fumbles his way Read More

Miss America: Behind the Crown

Crew: Director

Actors: Carolyn Sapp

Synopsis: Based on the true story of Carolyn Sapp, a Miss America pageant winner, this is a behind-the-scenes look not only at the goings-on of the pageant but also at the abusive relationship between Ms. Sapp and her boyfriend which led her to request police protection from him. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Read More

Backfield in Motion

Crew: Director

Actors: Tom Arnold, Roseanne, Johnny Galecki

Synopsis: Roseanne Arnold, her then-husband Tom Arnold and Shelley Duvall teamed up to produce the made-for-TV Backfield in Motion. Roseanne plays a widowed real-estate agent who lives with her teenaged son Johnny Galecki. Mother and son have moved to an upstate California town where high school Read More

A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story

Crew: Director

Actors: Mario Van Peebles

Synopsis: Mario Van Peebles stars as football play Ricky Bell in this made-for-TV biopic. The film touches upon Bell's gridiron accomplishments, then concentrates on the athlete's final years, when he falls victim to a terminal illness. As Bell's physical state deteriorates, he forges a strong friendship Read More

Lethal Charm

Crew: Director

Actors: Barbara Eden, Heather Locklear, Julie Fulton, David James Elliott

Synopsis: In this drama, a conniving reporter learns of a hostage crisis and uses the information to further a career in television news. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Leona Helmsley - The Queen of Mean

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Based on fact, this TV drama details the life of New York property magnate, Leona Helmsley, her personal ups and downs and her well publicised run in with the IRS. ~ Mark Hockley, All Movie Guide Read More

Love and Betrayal

Crew: Director

Actors: David Birney, Stefanie Powers

Synopsis: Stefanie Powers goes the wronged-wife route with Love and Betrayal. She is happily married to David Birney, and is also the blissful mother of two. Out of nowhere, her husband sues for divorce. He's found someone younger, and he's got all the legal pull to deny Ms. Powers such niceties as custody Read More

Red River

Crew: Director

Actors: Bruce Boxleitner, Gregory Harrison

Synopsis: Inasmuch as Gunsmoke star James Arness was the protégé of movie luminary John Wayne, it is altogether fitting and proper that Arness step into Wayne's role in the 1988 TV-movie remake of the film classic Red River (1948). The remake follows the original slavishly, at least during the first half. Read More

Indiscreet

Crew: Director

Actors: Robert Wagner, Lesley-Anne Down, Maggie Henderson, Robert McBain, Jeni Barnett

Synopsis: This is a TV remake of the Cary Grant/Ingrid Bergman vehicle, in which a British actress begins an affair with an American diplomat. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

I'll Take Manhattan

Crew: Director

Actors: Valerie Bertinelli, Francesca Annis, Perry King

Synopsis: This glitzy miniseries based on the Judith Krantz novel is a wicked soap opera about sex, power, and betrayal. Valerie Bertinelli stars as Maxi, whose mother (Francesca Annis) marries her father's hated brother Cutter (Perry King) after his death. Cutter had sworn to destroy everything his late Read More

Rockabye

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this drama, a desperate young woman gets help from a hard-working, aggressive reporter when law enforcement agencies remain indifferent to the abduction of her son. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Heart of a Champion: The Ray Mancini Story

Crew: Director

Actors: Robert Blake, Doug McKeon, Mariclare Costello, Tony Burton, Ray Buktenica

Synopsis: The career of boxer Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini is the subject of the made-for-TV biopic. Doug McKeon plays Mancini, while Robert Blake co-stars as his father, Lenny Mancini. An excellent pugilist in his own right, Lenny's career is cut short by his wartime service. Son Ray carries on the tradition Read More

Jessie

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The Tucson Police Department are astounded by a criminal psychiatrist who captures crooks by using her training. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Silence of the Heart

Crew: Director

Actors: Mariette Hartley, Howard Hesseman, Dana Hill, Chad Lowe, Charlie Sheen

Synopsis: A 17-year-old boy (Chad Lowe) is killed in an automobile accident. As the facts begin to assert themselves, it appears that the boy actually took his own life. His mother (Mariette Hartley) and sister (Dana Hill) try to learn the truth, even as his father (Howard Hesseman) digs in his heels and Read More

Blue Skies Again

Crew: Director

Actors: Harry Hamlin, Mimi Rogers, Kenneth McMillan, Dana Elcar, Robyn Barto

Synopsis: This is a baseball comedy with a twist. This time, the young player striving to make it big in the major leagues is a plucky, talented young woman who attends spring training camp. The team's wealthy owner is a male-chauvinist bachelor who finds himself attracted to the young second baseperson's Read More

Sadat

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Louis Gossett Jr. was nominated for an Emmy for his portrayal of Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat in this two-part made-for-TV biopic. With 4 hours at its disposal, Sadat is able to trace its protagonist from his formative years fighting against the British occupiers of his country. The second part of Read More

One Cooks, the Other Doesn't

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this lightweight made-for-television domestic comedy, a beautiful divorcee, who got the house and the kids, finds herself allowing her husband and his ditzy young fiancee to stay with them after he gets into financial dire straits. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Children Nobody Wanted

Crew: Director

Actors: Fredric Lehne

Synopsis: Frederic Lehne stars as the real-life Tom Butterfield, a college student distressed by the plight of homeless children. He'd like to adopt a few of these kids, but Missouri law prohibits such a circumstance for an unmarried man. At great personal cost to himself both financially and emotionally Read More

Berlin Tunnel 21

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In recognition of the 20th anniversary of the infamous Berlin Wall, CBS offered the made-for-TV drama Berlin Tunnel 21. Richard Thomas stars as Sandy Mueller, a former US army officer. Shortly after the erection of the Wall, Mueller masterminds a plan to unite five West Germans with their Read More

Once Upon a Family

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In this family drama, a man whose wife has just left him is faced with caring for his children by himself. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Scared Straight! Another Story

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Scared Straight! was a 1978 Oscar-winning documentary about the crime-deterring Juvenile Awareness Program set up by the Rahway (New Jersey) State Prison. In this program, incorrigible teenagers were escorted into the prison's maximum security facilities, where a team of "lifers," using the Read More

The Plutonium Incident

Crew: Director

Synopsis: This made-for-TV drama produced by David Susskind preceded the release of Silkwood by three years, but tells basically the same story. Janet Margolin is the nuclear plant employee who blows the whistle on hazardous conditions and finds herself intimidated, harassed and finally targeted for Read More

Homeward Bound

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Homeward Bound is the story of a dying teenager who spends the summer with his divorced father, who has been estranged from his own father for many a year. All three spend the summer at the grandfather's vineyard, learning about love and life. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

... And Your Name Is Jonah

Crew: Director

Actors: Sally Struthers, James Woods, Titos Vandis, Penny Santon

Synopsis: Jonah (Jeffrey Bravin) is a lonely deaf child who has been misdiagnosed as retarded. Jonah's mother (Sally Struthers) and father (James Woods) struggle to establish communication from their withdrawn son. As the specialists shake their heads and cluck their tongues, Jonah's parents finally manage Read More

My Husband is Missing

Crew: Director

Synopsis: As is customary, Sally Struthers cries buckets in My Husband is Missing (one gets the feeling that she cries buckets at card tricks). Struthers plays the wife of an MIA who is permitted to visit North Vietnam in search of her husband. She meets Canadian journalist Tony Musante, who's anxious to Read More

Leave Yesterday Behind

Crew: Director

Synopsis: At the height of his Three's Company popularity, John Ritter accepted an intensely dramatic role in the made-for-TV Leave Yesterday Behind. The carefree life of college athlete and veterinary student Paul Stallings (John Ritter) is grotesquely altered when he is paralyzed in an accident during a Read More

Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Nice Night for a Hanging was the feature-length pilot film for the never-sold TV series Charlie Cobb. Clu Gulager stars as Cobb, a private detective operating in the Old West. Our hero comes to California at the behest of a powerful rancher (Ralph Bellamy), and is hired to locate the rancher's Read More

Having Babies 2

Crew: Director

Actors: Rhea Perlman

Synopsis: Like 1976's "Part One," Having Babies, Part 2 is a multiplotted TV movie about the effect of parenthood on four couples. The first film concentrated on a natural childbirth class. This second film broadens the subject matter with glances at adoptions and unwanted pregnancies. Among the many new Read More

Once an Eagle

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Once an Eagle was a seven-part miniseries originally telecast December 2, 1976 through January 13, 1977; the first and last installments ran two hours each, while the interim episodes each ran 60 minutes. Based on the Anton Myrer novel, the series charts thirty years in the careers of two military Read More

How Come Nobody's on Our Side?

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Richard Michaels, who directed over 30 made-for-TV movies as well as episodes of The Brady Bunch and Love, American Style, gives an overly small-screen feel to this self-described "high-flying comedy caper" which remains hopelessly earthbound. Biker-movie refugees Adam Roarke and Larry Bishop Read More

Bewitched: Tabitha's First Day at School

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Nita Talbot

Synopsis: The board of education insists that Tabitha can no longer be home taught; thus, the girl is enrolled in Miss Vogel's second grade class. Annoyed by class bully Charlton Rollnick (Michael Hughes), Tabitha transforms the troublesome youngster into a frog, then "adopts" him as a pet. Maudie Prickett Read More

Bewitched: Samantha is Earthbound

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Bernard Fox

Synopsis: Darrin is perplexed when Samantha suddenly gains weight -- several tons, in fact -- while outwardly remaining her usual thin self. Dr. Bombay diagnoses the ailment as "Gravititis Inflammitis," then helpfully prescribes an antidote. As usual, the cure is worse than the disease; now Sam is so light Read More

Bewitched: Samantha's Magic Sitter

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Alice Ghostley

Synopsis: Bumbling Esmerelda is pressed into service to babysit young Ralph (Ricky Powell), the son of Darrin's new client, Mr. Norton (Richard X. Slattery). In the course of the evening, Esmerelda takes it upon herself to tell Ralph that she's a witch, performing several disastrous acts of witchcraft to Read More

Bewitched: George Washington Zapped Here

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Alice Ghostley

Synopsis: Will Geer guest stars as George Washington, who has been accidentally zapped into the 20th century by bumbling Esmerelda. Impressed at the progress made by the country which he fathered, Washington decides to exercise his right of free speech in a local park. As a result, he is arrested for Read More

Bewitched: Sam's Witchcraft Blows a Fuse

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Bernard Fox

Synopsis: Dining out at a Chinese restaurant, Samantha downs an exotic drink called "The Heavenly Himalayan," and as a result, her face breaks out in red stripes. Worse still, Sam loses all her powers, and the only antidote is the tail feather of the extinct dodo bird. The ensuing complications lead Sam and Read More

Bewitched: School Days, School Daze

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Charles Lane

Synopsis: Doting grandmother Endora transforms little Tabitha into a seven-year-old genius. Long-suffering Samantha and Darrin convince Tabitha's teacher, Mrs. Peabody (Maudie Prickett), and principal, Mr. Roland (Charles Lane), not to give the girl preferential treatment, but how will Sam handle the fact Read More

Bewitched: Father of Our Country

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Alice Ghostley

Synopsis: In the second episode of a two-part story, Esmerelda again accidentally causes George Washington (Will Geer) to materialize in the Stephens living room -- and this time George has brought along his wife, Martha (Jane Connell). As Mrs. Washington drinks in the wonders of Samantha's modern kitchen Read More

Bewitched: Money Happy Returns

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Arch Johnson

Synopsis: Darrin blows his stack at Endora for magically creating unaffordable luxuries for her grandchildren. Later on, Darrin finds an envelope full of money in a taxi. Assuming that the money was Endora's handiwork, Darrin launches into an argument with Samantha, which ends with Sam "zapping" the cash Read More

Bewitched: Out of the Mouths of Babes

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, David Huddleston

Synopsis: Up to her usual mischief, Endora transforms Darrin into a ten-year-old boy (Gene Andrusco). So as to avoid embarrassing questions, Samantha passes off little Darrin as his own nephew Marvin. While in his "reduced" state, Darrin gets into a stew-literally-with his new client, food manufacturer Read More

Bewitched: Samantha's Psychic Pslip

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Mabel Albertson

Synopsis: Samantha suffers guilt feelings when she uses witchcraft to do her housework, and her guilt is compounded when Darrin refuses to get mad. As a result, Sam comes down with a bad case of the hiccups, causing expensive gifts to magically appear in the Stephens household. A blessing in disguise? Not Read More

Bewitched: Darrin Goes Ape

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Sandra Gould

Synopsis: This time around, Endora has turned Darrin into a gorilla. As Samantha struggles to undo the spell, the now-hirsute Darrin is forced to evade a pair of crooked hunters named Alex (Allen Jenkins) and Pete (Milton Selzer), who are seeking a mate for their 400-pound female ape. Herb Vigran appears in Read More

Bewitched: The Return of Darrin the Bold

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Richard X. Slattery

Synopsis: Miffed that Darrin refuses to allow Samantha to use witchcraft, Endora dispatches Sam's lookalike cousin, Serena, to the 14th century, there to cast a spell on one of Darrin's ancestors. As a result, the modern-day Mr. Stephens is transformed into a warlock for a 24-hour period, and the havoc Read More

Bewitched: The House That Uncle Arthur Built

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Paul Lynde

Synopsis: Uncle Arthur has fallen in love with Aretha (Barbara Rhoades), a snobbish witch with no sense of humor whatsoever. So as not to scare off Artetha, Arthur "deposits" all of his practical jokes with Darrin and Samantha. Unfortunately, this overabundance of gags is visited upon Darrin's new client Read More

Bewitched: This Little Piggy

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Herb Edelman

Synopsis: Endora's latest spell transforms Darrin into an indecisive clod. Once this bit has been squeezed dry, Endora endeavors to prove that Darrin is quite literally pig-headed. The results: Neighbor Gladys Kravitz is all shook up and another ad campaign is placed in jeopardy until Samantha can bring the Read More

Bewitched: Samantha's Magic Mirror

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Alice Ghostley, David White, Tom Bosley

Synopsis: Esmerelda is in another funk and Samantha takes it upon herself to restore the maid/witch's confidence. To this end, Sam creates a magic mirror that makes Esmerelda seem younger and more attractive -- but only to herself. Even so, the results are quite surprising when Esmerelda is reunited with Read More

Bewitched: The Warlock in the Grey Flannel Suit

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Bernie Kopell

Synopsis: Endora tries her luck on Madison Avenue, but only to get Darrin fired so that he'll have time to attend an out-of-town wedding with Samantha. Her strategy involves passing off a hippie-like warlock named Alonzo (Bernie Kopell) as a brilliantly innovative copywriter, who aces Darrin out of his job Read More

Bewitched: The Eight Year Itch Witch

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Julie Newmar

Synopsis: Hoping to show Samantha that Darrin is a potentially unfaithful spouse, Endora enlists the aid of Ophelia (Julie Newmar), a glamorous witch who turns into a cat now and then. Coincidentally, Darrin and Larry are seeking out a spokeswoman for Tomcat Tractors. This little comedy of misunderstanding Read More

Bewitched: Three Men and a Witch on a Horse

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Tired of Darrin's conservatism, Endora casts a spell which turns him into a compulsive gambler. Endora's conduit is a toy horse which dispenses can't-lose racing tips. When Samantha finds out about Endora's scheme, the horse-hair really begins to fly. This episode ends on an offbeat note (even for Read More

Bewitched: Hansel and Gretel in Samanthaland

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Billie Hayes

Synopsis: Once again, Tabitha enters the magical world of her storybooks. This time, she takes the place of Hansel and Gretel (Eric Chase, Cindy Henderson), while they assume human form and pop up in the real world. Billie Hayes, the irrepressible Witchiepoo on H.R. Pufnstuf, essays a strikingly similar Read More

Bewitched: Samantha and the Antique Doll

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Mabel Albertson

Synopsis: It looks like the jig is up when Darrin's mother, Phyllis (Mabel Albertson), catches her grandson, Adam, in an act of magic. Using reverse psychology, Samantha manages to make it appear as if Phyllis is herself a sorceress. The problems that stem from this misapprehension culminate in a zany mock Read More

Bewitched: A Plague on Maurice and Samantha

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Maurice Evans

Synopsis: Because of her marriage to Darrin, Samantha is stripped of her powers by the Witches' Council. Unaware of Sam's plight, her father, Maurice, kisses her on the cheek and promptly loses his powers as well. Grudgingly resigning himself to the life of a mortal, Maurice makes a pest of himself Read More

Bewitched: Paul Revere Rides Again

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Alice Ghostley

Synopsis: In the sixth episode of an eight-part story arc, the Stephenses and the Tates continue their sightseeing tour of Salem, MA, where most of the episode was filmed. When she accidentally causes Larry's expensive Paul Revere teapot to vanish, she tries to make amends, only to conjure up the spirit of Read More

Bewitched: Samantha's Old Salem Trip

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Alice Ghostley

Synopsis: Filmed largely on-location in Salem, MA this lively episode of Bewitched was written by Richard Michaels. Misinterpreting her orders from the Witches Council, Esmerelda zaps Samantha back to 17th century Salem -- where she is promptly put on trial for witchcraft. Likewise hurtled back to the past Read More

Bewitched: Turn On the Old Charm

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: Samantha gives Darrin a magic amulet, which, when worn, forces Endora to be nice to him. When Endora discovers the source of her uncharacteristic good nature, she spitefully turns the tables on Sam and Darrin. Naturally, this fit of pique occurs just when Darrin is trying to curry favor with his Read More

Bewitched: The Corsican Cousins

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White

Synopsis: This week, Endora's spell transforms lookalike cousins Samantha and Serena into "two minds with but a single thought." In true Simon Says fashion, Sam begins mirroring Serena's words and actions, and vice versa. Will this confusing situation spell disaster for the ad firm of McMann and Tate -- and Read More

Bewitched: Serena Stops the Show

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: The singing/songwriting duo of Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, whose other Screen Gems TV credits included episodes of The Monkees and The Flying Nun, appear as themselves in this episode of Bewitched. When Boyce and Hart's agent, Chick Cashman (Art Metrano), turns down Serena's invitation to appear Read More

Bewitched: Samantha's Pet Warlock

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Edward Andrews

Synopsis: Back home after their eventful visit to Salem, MA, the Stephens family returns to business as usual when Darrin brings home a stray dog. It turns out that the mutt is actually a warlock in disguise, Samantha's ex-boyfriend, Ashley Flynn (Noam Pitlik). Worse still, Sam and Darrin are unable to rid Read More

Bewitched: Samantha's Old Man

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, David White, Ruth McDevitt

Synopsis: Endora's latest spell transforms Darrin into a 73-year-old man. Thinking quickly when the Tates arrive, Samantha passes off Darrin as his own grandfather, Gordon. But there's even more trouble ahead when Larry Tate tries to match up "Gordon" with Louise's Aunt Millicent (Ruth McDevitt), a Read More

Bewitched: Super Arthur

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: Dr. Bombay's new pills have a strange side effect on Uncle Arthur. His "power system" on the fritz, Arthur began transforming into whomever and whatever he happens to be thinking about -- a pony, a demon, a Native American, and finally Superman. Somehow or other, Arthur's out-of-control morphing Read More

Bewitched: The Phrase is Familiar

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: Endora's latest spell causes Darrin to speak in nothing but clichés. Normally, Samantha would come to the rescue, but she is saddled with a problem of her own: Tabitha's new warlock tutor Professor Phipps (Jay Robinson) has a disturbing habit of bringing storybook characters to life. A hint of the Read More

Bewitched: Samantha's Lost Weekend

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: When Tabitha won't eat, Esmerelda conjures up a glass of magic milk to improve her appetite. Unfortunately, the milk is downed by Samantha, who promptly goes upon an uncontrollable eating binge at a local supermarket. Can Dr. Bombay curb Sam's sudden insatiability? Bernie Kopell returns in the Read More

Bewitched: A Chance on Love

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: Jack Cassidy guest stars as George Dinsdale, Darrin's newest client. An unregenerate playboy, Dinsdale falls in love with Samantha's lookalike cousin, Serena, and refuses to believe that Sam and Serena are not one in the same. Before she is able to straighten out this mess, Sam is obliged to Read More

Bewitched: Okay, Who's the Wise Witch?

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: Samantha's temporary decision to curb her witchcraft causes the formation of a magical vapor lock, trapping Sam, Darrin, Endora, and Esmerelda in the Stephens' house. Normally, Dr. Bombay would be able to come up with a solution to the dilemma, but he is likewise locked in the house, with no means Read More

Bewitched: Just a Kid Again

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: Misinterpreting a chance remark, Tabitha transforms 32-year-old toy salesman Irving Bates (Ron Masak) into a nine-year-old boy (Richard Powell). Unable to undo the spell, Tabitha's parents, Samantha and Darrin, are forced to unofficially adopt the junior-sized Irving. The solution to the problem Read More

Bewitched: Samantha's Good News

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy, Maurice Evans

Synopsis: Samantha once again finds herself in the position of saving the 2,000-year-old marriage between her mother Endora and her father, Maurice. This time, the couple is squabbling over Maurice's attentions (and intentions) toward his pretty young secretary, Abigail Beecham (Janine Gray). Sam's Read More

Bewitched: Samantha the Sculptress

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: When Samantha takes up sculpting, Darrin insists that she avoid using witchcraft in her hobby. Reacting with her usual hostile impulsiveness, Endora causes Sam's impressionist statue of Darrin to come to life during a dinner party. The ubiquitous Cliff Norton appears as Darrin's latest client, Mr. Read More

Bewitched: Samantha the Bard

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: Samantha falls victim to "the Venetian Verbal Virus," which causes her to speak in nothing but rhymes. Unfortunately, her malady coincides with the arrival of Darrin's new client, Oscar Durfee (Larry D. Mann), a man who has grown sick and tired of rhyming jingles. Sara Seegar is featured in Read More

Bewitched: Going Ape

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy, David White

Synopsis: Samantha transforms a stray chimpanzee into a human named Harry (Lou Antonio). The trouble really begins when Harry refuses to be returned to ape-hood. And as if that wasn't enough of a dilemma, Harry is hired as a "perfect" model by Darrin's latest client, cologne manufacturer Evelyn Tucker (Gail Kobe Read More

Bewitched: Mrs. Stephens, Where Are You?

Crew: Director

Synopsis: During Samantha's temporary absence, her lookalike cousin, Serena, is left to her own devices in the Stephens household. Failing to recognize Sam's mother-in-law, Phyllis Stephens (Mabel Albertson), Serena takes umbrage at an offhand remark and transforms the old lady into a cat. The crisis Read More

Bewitched: Cousin Serena Strikes Again, Part One

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy

Synopsis: Nancy Kovack, who played Darrin Stephens' ex-girlfriend, Sheila, in earlier episodes of Bewitched, is here cast as Clio Vanita, Darrin's beautiful and flirtatious female client from Italy. Upset at Clio's blatant efforts to ensare Darrin, Samantha's lookalike cousin, Serena, transforms the sexy Read More

Turn on to Love

Actors: Sharon Kent, Richard Michaels, Jackie Riley

Synopsis: Filmmaker John Avildsen made a less-than-auspicious debut with this purportedly scathing look at the secret lives of flower children. The story centers on a hip young woman who tires of her super square hubby and returns to the wild life of Greenwich Village to be with her hippie pals. She attends Read More

Bewitched: One Touch of Midas

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: Thanks to a spell cast by warlock Professor MacAllister, Darrin becomes the lucky marketer of "the Fuzz," a cute little doll which is literally irresistible. Anticipating a huge financial windfall, Darrin embarks upon a shopping spree, while Samantha and Tabitha, both immune to the Fuzz's charms Read More

Bewitched: Cousin Serena Strikes Again, Part Two

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, a 500,000-dollar contract hangs in the balance as Samantha searches high and low for a runaway monkey -- actually Darrin's sexy Italian client Clio Vanita (Nancy Kovack), who has been "zapped" into simian form by Samantha's cousin, Serena. Along the way, Sam Read More

Bewitched: Daddy Comes to Visit

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: In this first episode of a two-part story, Samantha's father, Maurice, gives Darrin a most unusual birthday present: a pocket watch, which endows Darrin with the powers of a warlock. Mired in another troublesome ad campaign, Darrin figures that it wouldn't hurt to try out his new magical skills Read More

Bewitched: Samantha's Secret Spell

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: Believing that she's been insulted, Endora casts a spell that will turn Darrin into a mouse at midnight unless he apologizes. Samantha tries to head off the hex without violating the rules of witchcraft, and without appearing to break her "no magic" promise to Darrin. Alas, Sam's cure may be worse Read More

Bewitched: Santa Comes to Visit and Stays and Stays

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: Tabitha's little friend, Sidney, insists that there is no Santa Claus. To prove the boy wrong, Esmerelda conjures up Santa (Roland Long), and then can't send him back to the North Pole. With Christmas Eve rapidly approaching, it is up to Samantha to transform the Stephens household into a Read More

Bewitched: Darrin the Warlock

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, an enchanted pocket watch has endowed Darrin with the powers of a warlock. Alas, Darrin's newfound magical skills have gone to his head, delighting Endora and Maurice, while devastating Samantha. Clearly, Sam's parents will have to be convinced that Darrin Read More

Bewitched: Samantha and the Beanstalk

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: The first episode of Bewitched's sixth season, "Sam and the Beanstalk" also marked the series debut of Dick Sargent as the "new" Darrin Stephens. Written by Michael Morris, the story hinges on the jealousy of Samantha and Darrin's daughter, Tabitha, who is none too happy that Sam is about to have Read More

Bewitched: Samantha's Shopping Spree

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy, Steve Franken

Synopsis: Frequent Bewitched supporting actor Steve Franken shows up on this occasion in the role of Samantha's prankish cousin Henry. Accompanying Sam and Tabitha on a shopping trip, Henry causes trouble not only for his loved ones but also an overenthusiastic salesman named Joey Hinkley Jr. (Jonathan Read More

Bewitched: And Something Makes Four

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: Samantha's new baby son has been born, and no one is prouder than her father, Maurice. Determined that his will be the most beautiful grandson in the maternity ward, Maurice casts a special which causes everyone -- including other expectant fathers -- to go into paroxysms of delight when they see Read More

Bewitched: Samantha's Curious Cravings

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: Expectant mother Samantha is having the usual cravings for exotic foods. Unfortunately, these cravings are wreaking havoc on her magical powers, and as a result all manner of bizarre edibles continue to appear and disappear at the most inopportune times. In attempting to cure Sam, Dr. Bombay Read More

Bewitched: Samantha's Secret Saucer

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: Hoping to retrieve Tabitha's toy flying saucer, Aunt Clara accidentally summons a genuine spaceship from the dog star Sirius, bearing two canine-like aliens named Alpha (Hamilton Camp) and Orvis (Steve Franken). The crisis intensifies when a pair of Air Force officers (Larry D. Mann and Eldon Quick Read More

Bewitched: Samantha Fights City Hall

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Diane Murphy, David White

Synopsis: Samantha joins her neighbors in opposing a plan to build a new supermarket on the site of a children's playground. Alas and alack, Darrin has been hired to publicize the supermarket's owner, greedy Colonel Mossler (Arte Johnson). Sam refuses to resort to witchcraft until she realizes that Darrin Read More

Bewitched: Samantha On the Keyboard

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: In this episode, the spelling of the name of Darrin and Samantha's daughter changed from Tabatha to the more familiar Tabitha (though the role continued to be played by Erin Murphy). Doting grandmother Endora casts a spell to transform four-year-old Tabitha into a piano prodigy, much to the Read More

Bewitched: I Don't Want to Be a Toad

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: Despite her trepidations that Tabitha may try out her witchcraft on strangers, Samantha enrolls her daughter in nursery school. Though Tabitha tries to rein in her powers, the jig is up when her classmate, Amy (Maralee Foster), refusing to imitate a toad in a school play, insists she'd rather be a Read More

Bewitched: Mirror, Mirror On the Wall

Crew: Director

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: Still determined to prove that Darrin is unworthy of Samantha, Endora casts a spell which transforms Darrin into a narcissistic fop, replete with love beads and Nehru jacket. Darrin's "new look" nearly costs him his job when he incurs the wrath of conservative client Mr. Hascomb (Herb Voland). On Read More