Known For
Directing
Born
Jun 04, 1906
Died
Dec 14, 1966
Place of Birth
Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA
Credits
50 titles
Richard Whorf
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Wild Wild West
Director
Mona McCluskey
Director
Branded
Director
Mickey
Director
Petticoat Junction
Director
Vacation Playhouse
Director
The Beverly Hillbillies
Director
Father of the Bride
Director
My Three Sons
Director
Outlaws
Director
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Director
Tate
Director
Law of the Plainsman
Director
Johnny Staccato
Director
Rawhide
Director
The Ann Sothern Show
Director
The Rifleman
Bombers B-52
Producer
Perry Mason
Director
Wagon Train
Director
Have Gun, Will Travel
Director
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Director
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
Producer
The Burning Hills
Producer
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Director
Gunsmoke
Director
Four Star Playhouse
Poet
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Director
The Groom Wore Spurs
Director
Champagne for Caesar
Director
Chain Lightning
Carl Troxell
Luxury Liner
Director
Love from a Stranger
Director
It Happened in Brooklyn
Director
Till the Clouds Roll By
Director
The Sailor Takes a Wife
Director
The Hidden Eye
Director
Blonde Fever
Chef (uncredited)
Christmas Holiday
Simon Fenimore
The Impostor
Lt. Varenne
The Cross of Lorraine
François
For God and Country
Arnold Miller
Keeper of the Flame
Clive Kerndon
Assignment in Brittany
Jean Kerenor
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
March On, America!
Director
Juke Girl
Danny Frazier
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Sam Harris
Blues in the Night
Jigger Pine
Midnight
Arthur Weldon