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Richard Whorf

Richard Whorf

Actor, Director, Producer

Born June 4, 1906 in Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA

Died December 14, 1966

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Whorf (June 4, 1906 – December 14, 1966) was an American actor, author, director, and designer.

Richard was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts to Harry and Sarah (Lee) Whorf. Richards's older brother was the well-known American linguist, Benjamin Lee Whorf. Whorf began his acting career on the Boston stage as a teenager then moving to Broadway when he was 21. Early on, he was in a production of Taming of the Shrew at the Globe Theatre in New York City. He moved to Hollywood and became a contract player in movies of the 1930s and 1940s before becoming a director in 1944.

He appeared in Christmas Holiday (1944), Blues in the Night (1941), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), and Keeper of the Flame (1942). He directed a number of television programs in the 1950s and 1960s, the best known being the CBS hit comedy The Beverly Hillbillies. He also directed the short-lived 1959 syndicated adventure series, Border Patrol, and the 1964-65 television series, Mickey. Whorf directed the unsuccessful 1961 stage comedy, Julia, Jake and Uncle Joe. Whorf's hobby was painting - he sold his first painting at age 15 for US$100. Many of his small town landscape paintings reflected his American worldview and seemed to be inspired by painters like Grant Wood and Norman Rockwell. In the 17 March 1963 TV Channels syndicated rotogravure newspaper magazine, his painting career was profiled and his studio photographed. For the article, he told a reporter, "Who says that a man has to do one thing? Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Whorf, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Keeper of the Flame

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Filmography

Actor

19

Type

Year

Un Français nommé Gabin Poster

Un Français nommé Gabin Documentary2017Self

Tate TV Series1960Doc Ealy

The Rifleman Poster

The Rifleman TV Series1958Jeremiah Crowley

Four Star Playhouse Poster

Four Star Playhouse TV Series1952Poet

The Groom Wore Spurs Poster

The Groom Wore Spurs Feature Film1951Film Director Richard Whorf

Chain Lightning Poster

Chain Lightning Feature Film1950Carl Troxell

Showtime, U.S.A. TV Series1950Self

Blonde Fever Poster

Blonde Fever Feature Film1944Chef

Christmas Holiday Poster

Christmas Holiday Feature Film1944Simon Fenimore

Strange Confession Poster

Strange Confession Feature Film1944Lt. Varenne

Assignment in Brittany Poster

Assignment in Brittany Feature Film1943Jean Kerenor

For God and Country Poster

For God and Country Short Film1943Arnold Miller

The Cross of Lorraine Poster

The Cross of Lorraine Feature Film1943François

Breakdowns of 1942 Poster

Breakdowns of 1942 Short Film1942Self

Juke Girl Poster

Juke Girl Feature Film1942Danny Frazier

Keeper of the Flame Poster

Keeper of the Flame Feature Film1942Clive Kerndon

Yankee Doodle Dandy Poster

Yankee Doodle Dandy Feature Film1942Sam Harris

Blues in the Night Poster

Blues in the Night Feature Film1941Jigger Pine

Midnight Poster

Midnight Feature Film1934Arthur Weldon

Director

46

Type

Year

The Tammy Grimes Show Poster

The Tammy Grimes Show TV Series1966

Branded TV Series1965

Mona McCluskey Poster

Mona McCluskey TV Series1965

Please Don't Eat the Daisies Poster

Please Don't Eat the Daisies TV Series1965

The Wild Wild West Poster

The Wild Wild West TV Series1965

Mickey TV Series1964

East Side/West Side Poster

East Side/West Side TV Series1963

Petticoat Junction Poster

Petticoat Junction TV Series1963

Vacation Playhouse Poster

Vacation Playhouse TV Series1963

The Beverly Hillbillies Poster

The Beverly Hillbillies TV Series1962

Father of the Bride Poster

Father of the Bride TV Series1961

My Three Sons Poster

My Three Sons TV Series1960

Outlaws TV Series1960

Tate TV Series1960

The Barbara Stanwyck Show Poster

The Barbara Stanwyck Show TV Series1960

Border Patrol Poster

Border Patrol TV Series1959

Johnny Staccato Poster

Johnny Staccato TV Series1959

Law of the Plainsman Poster

Law of the Plainsman TV Series1959

Rawhide TV Series1959

The Detectives Poster

The Detectives TV Series1959

The DuPont Show with June Allyson Poster

The DuPont Show with June Allyson TV Series1959

The Man from Blackhawk Poster

The Man from Blackhawk TV Series1959

The Untouchables Poster

The Untouchables TV Series1959

Troubleshooters Poster

Troubleshooters TV Series1959

Rendezvous Poster

Rendezvous TV Series1958

The Ann Sothern Show Poster

The Ann Sothern Show TV Series1958

Have Gun - Will Travel Poster

Have Gun - Will Travel TV Series1957

Perry Mason Poster

Perry Mason TV Series1957

Richard Diamond, Private Detective Poster

Richard Diamond, Private Detective TV Series1957

Wagon Train Poster

Wagon Train TV Series1957

Alfred Hitchcock Presents Poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Series1955

Gunsmoke Poster

Gunsmoke TV Series1955

Norby TV Series1955

Death Valley Days Poster

Death Valley Days TV Series1952

My Friend Irma Poster

My Friend Irma TV Series1952

Schlitz Playhouse Poster

Schlitz Playhouse TV Series1951

The Groom Wore Spurs Poster

The Groom Wore Spurs Feature Film1951

Champagne for Caesar Poster

Champagne for Caesar Feature Film1950

Luxury Liner Poster

Luxury Liner Feature Film1948

It Happened in Brooklyn Poster

It Happened in Brooklyn Feature Film1947

Love from a Stranger Poster

Love from a Stranger Feature Film1947

Till the Clouds Roll By Poster

Till the Clouds Roll By Feature Film1946

The Hidden Eye Poster

The Hidden Eye Feature Film1945

The Sailor Takes a Wife Poster

The Sailor Takes a Wife Feature Film1945

Blonde Fever Poster

Blonde Fever Feature Film1944

March on, America! Poster

March on, America! Short Film1942

Producer

5

Type

Year

The Tammy Grimes Show Poster

The Tammy Grimes Show TV Series1966

Bombers B-52 Poster

Bombers B-52 Feature Film1957

Richard Diamond, Private Detective Poster

Richard Diamond, Private Detective TV Series1957

Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend Poster

Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend Feature Film1957

The Burning Hills Poster

The Burning Hills Feature Film1956

Writer

2

Mickey TV Series1964

My Three Sons Poster

My Three Sons TV Series1960

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