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Richard Whorf
Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA
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, Mass…
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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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1965
The Wild Wild West
TV show Director
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1965
Mona McCluskey
TV show Director
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1965
Branded
TV show Director
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1964
Mickey
TV show Director
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1963
Petticoat Junction
TV show Director
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1963
Vacation Playhouse
TV show Director
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1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV show Director
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1961
Father of the Bride
TV show Director
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1960
My Three Sons
TV show Director
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1960
Outlaws
TV show Director
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1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TV show Director
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1960
Tate
TV show Director
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1959
Law of the Plainsman
TV show Director
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1959
Johnny Staccato
TV show Director
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1959
Rawhide
TV show Director
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1958
The Ann Sothern Show
TV show Director
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1958
The Rifleman
TV show
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1957
Bombers B-52
Movie Producer
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1957
Perry Mason
TV show Director
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1957
Wagon Train
TV show Director
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1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV show Director
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1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV show Director
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1957
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
Movie Producer
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1956
The Burning Hills
Movie Producer
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1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV show Director
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1955
Gunsmoke
TV show Director
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1952
Four Star Playhouse
TV show Poet
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1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV show Director
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1951
The Groom Wore Spurs
Movie Director
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1950
Champagne for Caesar
Movie Director
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1950
Chain Lightning
Movie Carl Troxell
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1948
Luxury Liner
Movie Director
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1947
Love from a Stranger
Movie Director
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1947
It Happened in Brooklyn
Movie Director
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1946
Till the Clouds Roll By
Movie Director
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1945
The Sailor Takes a Wife
Movie Director
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1945
The Hidden Eye
Movie Director
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1944
Blonde Fever
Movie Chef (uncredited)
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1944
Christmas Holiday
Movie Simon Fenimore
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1944
The Impostor
Movie Lt. Varenne
