I watched Bew. on Nick at Nite as a kid, I had no idea Sargent was a fagolo, I’m not sure if I new what a fagolo was yet. But I could tell he had NO chemistry with Samantha, it was night and day compared to York.
It’s baffling they wanted Sargent initially to play Darrin. If he had, I think the series would’ve only lasted a year. It’s not that Sargent was a bad actor, merely miscast here. He was actually fine if he played a single man or even a widower.