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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...
Known for
Perry MasonSeries • 1957
Wagon TrainSeries • 1957
Petticoat JunctionSeries • 1963
Have Gun, Will TravelSeries • 1957
The RiflemanSeries • 1958
The Beverly HillbilliesSeries • 1962
My Three SonsSeries • 1960
Four Star PlayhouseSeries • 1952
The Wild Wild WestSeries • 1965
RawhideSeries • 1959
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955
GunsmokeSeries • 1955
BrandedSeries • 1965
Richard Diamond, Private DetectiveSeries • 1957
OutlawsSeries • 1960
The Barbara Stanwyck ShowSeries • 1960
Law of the PlainsmanSeries • 1959
Johnny StaccatoSeries • 1959
Chain LightningMovie • 1950
The Burning HillsMovie • 1956
Till the Clouds Roll ByMovie • 1946
Keeper of the FlameMovie • 1943
It Happened in BrooklynMovie • 1947
Yankee Doodle DandyMovie • 1942