Richard Whorf (June 4, 1906 – December 14, 1966) was an American actor, writer and film director.

[2] Whorf began his acting career on the Boston stage as a teenager, then moved to Broadway at age 21, debuting there in The Banshee (1927).

[3] He played a famous painter who had resorted to drinking in the 1960 episode "The Illustrator" of The Rifleman, starring Chuck Connors and Johnny Crawford.

In the summer of 1960, he guest-starred in one episode and directed other segments of the short-lived western series Tate, and he directed episodes of the 1961–1962 CBS sitcom Father of the Bride, starring Leon Ames.

Whorf directed the unsuccessful 1961 stage comedy Julia, Jake and Uncle Joe.