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Dick York
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Dick York Biography
Birth Name:
Richard Allen York
Birth Place:
Fort Wayne, IN
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
09/04/1928, Virgo
Date of Death:
02/20/1992
Profession:
Actor
Dick York Fast Facts:
Professional career began on radio shows in Chicago as a teen (when he met his future wife, Joan), including
The Brewster Boy
and
Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy
, and in educational short films for adolescents that covered subjects such as dating etiquette and safe driving.
In 1950, moved to New York, where he got a break with a part in the 1953 Broadway premiere of Robert Anderson's
Tea and Sympathy
, directed by Elia Kazan.
Known (and beloved) for playing Darrin Stephens, wife of Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery), on the sitcom
Bewitched
from 1964-69, was forced to leave the show due to a debilitating back injury suffered while filming the 1959 western
They Came to Cordura
(which starred Gary Cooper, Tab Hunter and Rita Hayworth), and was replaced by Dick Sargent.
Although bedridden and broke late in life due to emphysema and back problems, was a fund-raiser for Acting for Life, a charity he founded in the late 1980s to help the homeless.
Author of a posthumously published autobiography,
The Seesaw Girl and Me: A Memoir
; the
Seesaw Girl
of the book's title referred to his wife, whom he called "Joey."
Dick York Relationships:
Bernard York - Father
Betty York - Mother
Christopher York - Son
Joan Alt - Wife
Kim - Daughter
Mandy - Daughter
Matthew York - Son
Stacie - Daughter
Vicki - Sister
Dick York Awards:
1968 Emmy: Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series - Nominee
College:
Attended DePaul University, Chicago, IL
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