Whorf, Richard (1906–66), actor and designer. A sullen‐looking but versatile theatrical figure, he was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts, and made his debut in Boston in 1921 as the Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist. In the 1930s and early 1940s he was a principal supporting player to the Lunts in such plays as The Taming of the Shrew (1935), Idiot's Delight (1936), Amphitryon 38 (1937), The Seagull (1938), and There Shall Be No Night (1940). However, he is best remembered as George Crane, the writer looking for a peaceful place to work, in Season in the Sun (1950), and the irresponsible business partner Johnny Goodwin in The Fifth Season (1953). In 1949 Whorf played Richard III, also designing sets and costumes for the production. He designed numerous other productions, including Old Acquaintance (1940), There Shall Be No Night, and Ondine (1954). Furthermore, he also directed several plays, including the musical Seventeen (1951), and many television shows.
Richard Whorf
| American Theater Guide: Richard Whorf |
| Director: Richard Whorf |
- Born: Jun 04, 1906 in Winthrop, Massachusetts
- Died: Dec 14, 1966 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California
- Occupation: Director, Actor
- Active: '40s-'60s
- Major Genres: Comedy
- Career Highlights: Yankee Doodle Dandy, Bombers B-52, Champagne for Caesar
- First Major Screen Credit: Blues in the Night (1941)
Biography
At 15 he quit school to join a Boston stage company; by 21 he had reached Broadway. He went on to a substantial career in theater as an actor, director, and set designer. In the late '30s he enhanced his reputation by working with the Lunts in Theater Guild productions. He appeared in one film in the '30s, then moved to Hollywood in 1940 as a contract player; he was busy onscreen until 1944, when he began a new career as a film director, averaging a film a year through 1951. Later he produced three films, then switched to TV, for which he directed many episodes of a number of different series. ~ All Movie Guide| Filmography: Richard Whorf |
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| Wikipedia: Richard Whorf |
Richard Whorf (June 4, 1906 – December 14, 1966 in Santa Monica, Calif.) was an American actor, author, director, and designer.
Born in Winthrop, Massachusetts, 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.
Whorf 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 1964-1965 ABC sitcom, Mickey starring Mickey Rooney.
Whorf directed a 1961 comedy stage play Julia, Jake and Uncle Joe, the Broadway show closed after only one performance at the Booth Theatre.[1]
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?"
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Mentioned in
- The Fifth Season (American Theater)
- Season in the Sun (American Theater)
- Blues in the Night (1941 Drama Film)
- Chain Lightning (1950 Drama Film)
- Blonde Fever (1944 Drama Film)
- The Impostor (1944 War Film)
- William Windom (Actor, Mystery/Drama)
- Call it Murder (1934 Drama Film)
- Juke Girl (1942 Crime Film)
- Paul Ivano (Cinematographer, Drama/Comedy)
- Blues in the Night, film score (Classical Work)
- Season 07: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Episode) (1961 TV Episode)
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942 Musical Film)
- Season 03: The Rifleman (TV Episode) (TV Episode)
