Richard Stanford Cox

 Richard Stanford Cox (April 19, 1930 – July 8, 1994), known professionally as Dick Sargent.

He is widely known as second actor to portray Darrin Stephens on the TV series Bewitched, following Dick York. The actor took the name Dick Sargent from a Saturday Evening Post illustrator/artist of the same name. He had first been offered the role of Darrin in 1964 after William Asher and Elizabeth Montgomery were involved and chose him but was under contract to Universal Studios and unable to accept it. His efforts were focused on the short-lived sitcom Broadside instead. He appeared in The Great Locomotive Chase starring Fess Parker, Operation Petticoat starring Cary Grant, and The Ghost and Mr. Chicken starring Don Knotts. Sargent played Darrin until Bewitched ended in 1972. Later in the 1970s, he appeared in the 1979 film Hardcore as Jake Van Dorn's straight laced brother in law, Wes DeJong. Throughout the 1980s, he joined actress Sally Struthers as an advocate for Christian Children's Fund, which brought relief to developing nations' children. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1989. Doctors were initially optimistic that it could be treated; however, the disease continued to spread. Sargent died from the disease on July 8, 1994 at age 64. Former Bewitched co-star Elizabeth Montgomery commented, "He was a great friend, and I will miss his love, his sense of humor and his remarkable courage." Montgomery herself died of cancer less than a year later.