Directing · b. 1906 · Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA

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 becomi...

Directed
The Groom Wore Spurs 1951 Champagne for Caesar 1950 Luxury Liner 1948 It Happened in Brooklyn 1947 Love from a Stranger 1947 Till the Clouds Roll By 1946 The Hidden Eye 1945 The Sailor Takes a Wife 1945 Blonde Fever 1944 March On, America! 1942
Acting
Chain Lightning Carl Troxell 1950 Christmas Holiday Simon Fenimore 1944 The Impostor Lt. Varenne 1944 Keeper of the Flame Clive Kerndon 1943 The Cross of Lorraine François 1943 Assignment in Brittany Jean Kerenor 1943 For God and Country Arnold Miller 1943 Yankee Doodle Dandy Sam Harris 1942 Juke Girl Danny Frazier 1942 Breakdowns of 1942 Self 1942 Blues in the Night Jigger Pine 1941 Midnight Arthur Weldon 1934
Other Credits
Bombers B-52 Producer 1957 Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend Producer 1957 The Burning Hills Producer 1956
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