Richard Whorf was an American actor, writer and film director.
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10 Facts About Richard Whorf
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Richard Whorf was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts to Harry and Sarah Richard Whorf.
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Richard Whorf began his acting career on the Boston stage as a teenager, then moved to Broadway at age 21, debuting there in The Banshee .
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Richard Whorf had a role in a production of Taming of the Shrew at the Globe Theatre in New York City.
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Richard Whorf moved to Hollywood and became a contract player in films of the 1930s and 1940s before becoming a director in 1944.
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Richard Whorf played a famous painter who had resorted to drinking in the 1960 episode "The Illustrator" of The Rifleman, starring Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford.
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Richard Whorf began his film directing career with the 1942 short subject March On, America and the 1944 feature film Blonde Fever.
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Richard Whorf directed a number of television programs in the 1950s and 1960s, including early episodes of Gunsmoke, the entire second season of My Three Sons and 67 episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies.
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Richard Whorf directed the unsuccessful 1961 stage comedy Julia, Jake and Uncle Joe.
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Richard Whorf's hobby was painting; he sold his first painting at the age of 15 for $100.
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