July 17, 2012 11:44 am | Updated 11:44 am IST - PALM DESERT (California)
The director and producer behind the television classics I Love Lucy and Bewitched has died. Bill Asher was 90.
Asher was best known for his work on I Love Lucy, where he directed Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz for 100 of the show’s 181 episodes between 1952 and 1957.
Asher brought Sally Field to TV screens in Gidget, and took the same sensibility to movies as director of the teen romps Beach Blanket Bingo ” and Beach Party , starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.
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