A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA
Born:
June 4, 1906
Died:
December 14, 1966
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.
Director:
1942 March On, America!
1944 Blonde Fever
1945 The Hidden Eye
1945 The Sailor Takes a Wife
1946 Till the Clouds Roll By
1947 It Happened in Brooklyn
1947 Love from a Stranger
1948 Luxury Liner
1950 Champagne for Caesar
1951 The Groom Wore Spurs
Producer:
1942 March On, America!
1944 Blonde Fever
1945 The Hidden Eye
1945 The Sailor Takes a Wife
1946 Till the Clouds Roll By
1947 It Happened in Brooklyn
1947 Love from a Stranger
1948 Luxury Liner
1950 Champagne for Caesar
1951 The Groom Wore Spurs
1956 The Burning Hills
1957 Bombers B-52
1957 Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
Director:
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 Gunsmoke
1957 Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 Perry Mason
1957 Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1958 The Ann Sothern Show
1959 Johnny Staccato
1959 Law of the Plainsman
1959 Rawhide
1960 My Three Sons
1960 Outlaws
1960 Tate
1960 The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1961 Father of the Bride
1962 The Beverly Hillbillies
1963 Petticoat Junction
1963 Vacation Playhouse
1964 Mickey
1965 Branded
1965 Mona McCluskey
1965 The Wild Wild West
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