Dick York

Date of Birth: 04 Sep 1928
Country: USA
Biography: The gangly York is best remembered as the first and most frustrated "Darrin Stephens" on the long-running TV series "Bewitched" (1964). He left the series in 1969 due to a chronic back ailment. He later founded Acting for Life, a private fund-raising effort for the homeless, which he managed from his home where he was bedridden with a degenerative spine injury.
York first injured his back while working on the 1959 film They Came to Cordura (1959).
At the age of 15, York was the star of the
Total Credits at Criticker: 16 (Actor)
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Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution. (imdb)
An army major, himself guilty of cowardice, is asked to recommended soldiers for the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Mexican Border Incursion of 1916. (imdb)
Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for. (imdb)
Private Hogan must raise his ability to scheme and plot to a new level to put on a madcap dance to celebrate the closing of an Army surgical hospital in post WWII France while evading the stickler-for-details Captain Locke - and win the heart to the beautiful nurse Lieutenant Betty Bixby. (imdb)
Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame, fortune and a 'For Rent' sign on Barrow Street". They find an apartment (such as it is), but fame and fortune are a lot more elusive. Ruth gets the attention of playboy publisher Bob Baker when she submits a story about her gorgeous sister Eileen. She tries to keep his attention by convincing him that she, (a "spinsterish old-maid writer") and the gorgeous, man-getting Eileen are one and the same person. (imdb)
Shy Guy (1947) - Short Film
Phil, a student who recently transferred into his high school, keeps to himself a lot, spending time in his basement building radios and record players... (imdb)
The son of a high-ranking Nazi official, Kroner is called upon to lead a dangerous mission in the waning days of the war. He and several other English-speaking Germans are dressed in American uniforms and ordered to infiltrate the Allied troops for sabotage purposes. Kroner does what is expected of him, though it is clear that he has become disillusioned with the "glories" of the Third Reich. (allrovi.com)
Bewitched (1964) - TV Series
A witch married to an ordinary man cannot resist using her magic powers to solve the problems her family faces. (imdb)
Army Master Sergeant Hugh O'Reilly is stationed in Japan after World War II. He hates the Japanese. He meets a pretty young Japanese woman, an interpreter for the Army, and through her learns of an orphanage in need of help. He enlists other soldiers in an effort to rebuild the orphanage, and in doing so, begins to soften in his attitude toward the Japanese people.
Buzz and Lucky are two sailors. Buzz suffers from severe insomnia, and his attitude and moral are increasingly poor as a result. His friend Lucky tries to help him overcome the problem, to no avail. Various methods for overcoming sleeplessness are described.
The Twilight Zone (1959) - TV Series
- The Purple Testament (S01 E19)
- A Penny for Your Thoughts (S02 E16)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) - TV Series
- The Dusty Drawer (S04 E33)
- The Blessington Method (S05 E08)
- The Doubtful Doctor (S06 E02)
- You Can't Be a Little Girl All Your Life (S07 E07)
- The Twelve Hour Caper (S07 E34)
How Friendly Are You? (1951) - Short Film
Ray thinks that being friendly to people shows that you're a "sissy." His older brother Phil decides to teach Roy how to be more friendly, and to show him that it's not in the least "sissy"-like.
Rest and Health (1949) - Short Film
Dick York plays a high-school track star whose running lags because of his lack of sleep.