Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/4/1906
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 becomi...
Known For
Christmas Holiday
as Simon Fenimore
The Impostor
as Lt. Varenne
Chain Lightning
as Carl Troxell
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
Midnight
as Arthur Weldon
Assignment in Brittany
as Jean Kerenor
The Cross of Lorraine
as François
Keeper of the Flame
as Clive Kerndon
Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Sam Harris
For God and Country
as Arnold Miller
Blonde Fever
as Chef (uncredited)
Juke Girl
as Danny Frazier
Blues in the Night
as Jigger Pine