Richard Whorf

Richard Whorf

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.

  • Title : Richard Whorf
  • Popularity : 6.978
  • Known For : Directing
  • Birthday : 1906-06-04
  • Place of Birth : Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA
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Richard Whorf Movies

  • 1942
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    Yankee Doodle Dandy

    Yankee Doodle Dandy

    7.02 1942 HD

    A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.

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  • 1943
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    Keeper of the Flame

    Keeper of the Flame

    6.6 1943 HD

    Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.

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  • 1941
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    Blues in the Night

    Blues in the Night

    6.2 1941 HD

    A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds and love affairs, as they try to stay together and find...

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  • 1944
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    Christmas Holiday

    Christmas Holiday

    6.2 1944 HD

    Don't be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It's a Wonderful Life. Told in flashback, the story begins as Abigail Martin...

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  • 1934
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    Midnight

    Midnight

    5 1934 HD

    Jury foreman Edward Weldon's questioning leads to the death sentence for Ethel Saxon. His daughter Stella claims to have killed her lover, the...

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  • 1944
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    The Impostor

    The Impostor

    6 1944 HD

    The story concerns a condemned murderer named Clement (Jean Gabin), who is "liberated" when the Nazis bomb the French jail that holds him. During his...

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  • 1943
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    The Cross of Lorraine

    The Cross of Lorraine

    6.2 1943 HD

    French soldiers (Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly) surrender to lying Nazis and are herded into a barbaric prison camp.

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  • 1950
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    Chain Lightning

    Chain Lightning

    6.2 1950 HD

    Former World War II flying ace Matt Brennan takes a position as a test pilot for a commercial aircraft corporation and bumps into his old girlfriend,...

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  • 1942
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    Juke Girl

    Juke Girl

    6.5 1942 HD

    During the depths of the Great Depression a hitch-hiker Steve Talbot and jukebox-joint hostess Lola Mears stumble into Cat-Tail Florida where farmers...

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  • 1943
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    Assignment in Brittany

    Assignment in Brittany

    6.6 1943 HD

    A French Resistance fighter discovers he's a dead ringer for a Nazi official.

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  • 1943
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    For God and Country

    For God and Country

    1 1943 HD

    The story of the U.S. Army Chaplain Service as dramatized in the stories of three chaplains, Father Michael O'Keefe, Arnold Miller, and Tom Manning.

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  • 1944
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    Blonde Fever

    Blonde Fever

    4.4 1944 HD

    Peter and Delilah are a married couple running a roadside café in Nevada. Their stable partnership turns rocky, though, with the arrival of...

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  • 1942
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    Breakdowns of 1942

    Breakdowns of 1942

    6 1942 HD

    Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.

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  • 1950
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    Champagne for Caesar

    Champagne for Caesar

    7.1 1950 HD

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  • 1946
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    Till the Clouds Roll By

    Till the Clouds Roll By

    5.6 1946 HD

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  • 1947
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    It Happened in Brooklyn

    It Happened in Brooklyn

    6.1 1947 HD

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  • 1947
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    Love from a Stranger

    Love from a Stranger

    5.7 1947 HD

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  • 1945
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    The Hidden Eye

    The Hidden Eye

    7.6 1945 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Groom Wore Spurs

    The Groom Wore Spurs

    4.778 1951 HD

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  • 1944
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    Blonde Fever

    Blonde Fever

    4.4 1944 HD

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  • 1945
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    The Sailor Takes a Wife

    The Sailor Takes a Wife

    6 1945 HD

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  • 1948
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    Luxury Liner

    Luxury Liner

    5.2 1948 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Burning Hills

    The Burning Hills

    6 1956 HD

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  • 1957
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    Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

    Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

    6.1 1957 HD

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  • 1942
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    March On, America!

    March On, America!

    4.7 1942 HD

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  • 1957
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    Bombers B-52

    Bombers B-52

    5.6 1957 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

    7 1958 HD

    The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It...

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  • 1952
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    6.125 1952 HD

    Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer...

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    5.871 1970 HD

    The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    1 1970 HD

    Mickey is an American situation comedy that aired on ABC from September 1964 to January 1965. Created and produced by Bob Fisher and Arthur Marx, the...

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    5.6 1970 HD

    Johnny Staccato is an American private detective series which ran for 27 episodes on NBC from September 10, 1959 through March 24, 1960.

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    6.5 1970 HD

    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take...

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    6.2 1970 HD

    Outlaws is an NBC Western television series, starring Barton MacLane as U.S. marshal Frank Caine, who operated in a lawless section of Oklahoma...

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    6.9 1970 HD

    Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of...

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    7.7 1970 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    7.6 1970 HD

    The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show...

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    7.1 1970 HD

    The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with...

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    7.4 1970 HD

    Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number...

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    7 1970 HD

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was...

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    6.2 1970 HD

    Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960.

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    6.5 1970 HD

    A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and later the boys' great-uncle. An...

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    7.7 1970 HD

    A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    10 1970 HD

    Father of the Bride is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1961-62 season. Produced by MGM Television, the series was based on the 1950...

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    6.4 1970 HD

    Branded is an American Western series which aired on NBC from 1965 through 1966, sponsored by Procter & Gamble in its Sunday night 8:30 p.m. Eastern...

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    5 1970 HD

    Mona McCluskey is an American sitcom that aired on NBC as part of its 1965-1966 schedule. The series stars Juliet Prowse in the title role, and aired...

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    4.5 1970 HD

    Tate is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from June 8 until September 14, 1960. It was created by Harry Julian Fink, who wrote...

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    6 1970 HD

    Law of the Plainsman is a Western television series starring Michael Ansara that aired on the NBC television network from October 1, 1959, until May...

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    6.5 1970 HD

    The Ann Sothern Show is an American sitcom starring Ann Sothern that aired on CBS for 93 episodes. The series began on October 6, 1958, and ended on...

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    1 1970 HD

    The concept of the series was the showing of unaired and unsold television pilots that did not make the television lineup for CBS. The show was...

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  • 1970
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    Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

    6.2 1970 HD

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show is an American anthology drama television series which ran on NBC from September 1960 to September 1961. Barbara Stanwyck...

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