Dick Sargent
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| Born |
Richard Stanford Cox April 19, 1930 Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, U.S. |
| Died | July 8, 1994 (aged 64) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Prostate cancer |
| Other names | Richard Sargent, Richard Cox, Dick Cox |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1954–1993 |
| Partner(s) | Albert Williams (1986–1994; Sargent's death) |
Richard Stanford Cox (April 19, 1930 – July 8, 1994), known professionally as Dick Sargent, was an American actor, notable as the second actor to portray Darrin Stephens on the television series Bewitched. The actor took the name Dick Sargent from a Saturday Evening Post illustrator/artist of the same name.
Born Richard Stanford Cox in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, on April 19, 1930, to Ruth McNaughton, daughter of John McNaughton who founded Los Angeles' famed Union Stockyards. She appeared under the 'nom-de-arte' (stage name) of Ruth Powell, and had important supporting bit roles in such screen classics as The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and Hearts and Trumps with the great Nazimova. Sargent's father, Colonel Elmer Cox, who served in World War I, later became a business manager to such Hollywood alumni as Douglas Fairbanks and Erich von Stroheim. Sargent attended the San Rafael Military Academy in Menlo Park, California before majoring in drama at Stanford University.
Sargent had appeared in films since his debut in Prisoner of War (1954). He appeared on the short-lived sitcom Broadside and the even shorter-lived Tammy Grimes Show. He appeared in The Great Locomotive Chase (1956) starring Fess Parker, Operation Petticoat (1959) starring Cary Grant, and The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) starring Don Knotts. Later, he played Darrin Stephens on Bewitched for three years between 1969 and 1972, replacing ailed actor Dick York. His later movies included the 1979 film Hardcore as Jake Van Dorn's straight-laced brother-in-law, Wes DeJong, and as Dr Jameson in the sci-fi horror film Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979). He also played Sheriff Grady Byrd on two 1979–1980 season episodes of The Dukes of Hazzard.
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