Dick Sargent
Biography
Dick Sargent was an American actor whose best-known role was Darrin Stephens on the ABC sitcom Bewitched. Born in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, he studied drama at Stanford University and appeared in plays with the Stanford Players Theater. After his film debut in Prisoner of War (1954), he took parts in features including Operation Petticoat (1959) and The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966). He was a regular in the short-lived comedies One Happy Family, Broadside, and The Tammy Grimes Show, then played Darrin Stephens from 1969 to 1972, replacing Dick York. Later films included Hardcore (1979), Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979), Live a Little, Love a Little (1968), and Teen Witch (1989). On television he had a steady role as Richard Preston in the TBS sitcom Down to Earth and made many guest appearances, including as Sheriff Grady Byrd on The Dukes of Hazzard.
64years old at death
- Born Carmel-by-the-Sea
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: AriesLast day of the sign, on the Taurus cusp
- Also credited as Richard Stanford Cox, Richard Sargent, Richard Cox and Dick Cox
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 34 years1955 to 1989
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About the name
Dick Sargent took his professional name from a Saturday Evening Post illustrator and artist who had the same name as him.
Early training
Sargent went to the San Rafael Military Academy in San Rafael, California, then majored in drama at Stanford University. With the Stanford Players Theater he appeared in two dozen plays.
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Tony Curtis appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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