
Although only David Lawrence's name is shown in the credits on Bewitched (1964), the role of Adam Stephens was actually played by David and his twin brother Greg. It was a convention in television shows that babies and toddlers were played by twins, since the law required that child actors can work for only a certain time on television, and having twins play one character meant that workload for each child was cut in half. David and Greg Lawrence were discovered by an enterprising agent who had called pediatricians in California to see if they knew of any six-month old twins for an episode of Get Smart (1965).A pediatrician in Sherman Oaks told the agent that he knew of "absolutely gorgeous, small-for-their-age, nine-month-old twins." He offered to call their adoptive mother to see if she would be interested in a meeting with the agent. The mother sent the agent pictures of the twins. Even though, "Get Smart" was canceled, the agent knew she could get work for the twins based o... [
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