Richard Whorf

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-06-04 (60 years old)

Deathday

1966-12-14

Place of Birth

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 becoming a director in 1944. He appeared in Christmas H...

Acting

1942

Yankee Doodle Dandy

as Sam Harris

1943

Keeper of the Flame

as Clive Kerndon

1941

Blues in the Night

as Jigger Pine

1944

Christmas Holiday

as Simon Fenimore

1934

Midnight

as Arthur Weldon

1944

The Impostor

as Lt. Varenne

1943

1950

Chain Lightning

as Carl Troxell

1942

Juke Girl

as Danny Frazier

1943

Assignment in Brittany

as Jean Kerenor

1943

For God and Country

as Arnold Miller

1944

Blonde Fever

as Chef (uncredited)

Production

1950

1947

1945

The Hidden Eye

as Director

1951

1944

Blonde Fever

as Director

1948

Luxury Liner

as Director

1956

1942

1957

Bombers B-52

as Producer

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