Dick York

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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 for playing Darrin Stephens, wife of Samantha, on the series Bewitched from 1964 to '69; was forced to leave the show due to a debilitating back injury he suffered while filming the 1959 western They Came to Cordura; was replaced on the sitcom by Dick Sargent.
Although bedridden and broke late in life due to emphysema and back problems, he 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
Joan Alt - Wife
Kim - Daughter
Vicki - Sister
Stacie - Daughter
Mandy - Daughter
Christopher York - Son
Matthew York - Son
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