Richard Whorf
Birthday
1906/06/04
Day of death
1966/12/14 (60 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Winthrop, Massachusetts, USA
Also know as
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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 Cit...Read more
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) The Cross of Lorraine
as François
(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)
(1942) Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
(1958) The Rifleman
as ---
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Poet