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Erin Murphy is remembering Dick Sargent on what would have been his 96th birthday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
Sargent took over the role of Darrin Stephens from 1969 to 1972<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
Murphy has shared fond memories of her Bewitched <\/em>family in recent years, over four decades after it first aired<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Erin Murphy<\/a> still has a lot of love for her TV dad.<\/p>\n On April 19, the Bewitched<\/em> actress, 61, shared a photo from the show of herself with Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent and Agnes Moorhead. In the caption, she remembered Sargent on what would have been his 96th birthday.<\/p>\n “Happy Birthday, Darrin Daddy! I love and miss you Dick Sargent.”<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/strong>PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a><\/strong> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n Known professionally as Dick Sargent, Richard Stanford Cox joined the show in its sixth season. Taking over for Dick York, he became the new face of Darrin.<\/p>\n Speaking with PEOPLE in October 2024, Murphy told PEOPLE where she stands in the great debate on who was the better Darrin.<\/p>\n Noting that York was \u201clike a dad\u201d to her, Murphy shared, \u201cDick York was a dad and he had a lot of kids and he was just more paternal, so he was more like a dad.\u201d<\/p>\n “Dick Sargent was a great guy and we were in touch up until he passed away. But I’m going with Dick York on this one,” she said.<\/p>\n Sargent continued to work in film following the end of Bewitched<\/em>. His credits include crime drama Hardcore<\/em> and the sci-fi horror film Parts: The Clonus Horror<\/em>. In 1984, he became a TV dad again, playing a widowed father in the sitcom Down to Earth<\/em>.<\/p>\n At the same time, Sargent advocated for Christian Children’s Fund, Special Olympics, World Hunger, AIDS Project Los Angeles and the American Foundation for AIDS Research.<\/p>\n Then, in 1991 on National Coming Out Day, Sargent announced that he was gay, calling himself a \u201cretroactive role model,\u201d The Washington Post<\/a><\/em> reported. The next year, Sargent and costar Montgomery served as grand marshals of the Los Angeles Gay Pride parade, the Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/em> shared.<\/p>\n