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The Best Episodes Directed By Richard Whorf

Every TV Episode Directed by Richard Whorf Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Richard Whorf Ratings Summary

"Incident at Alabaster Plain" is the best rated episode directed by Richard Whorf. It scored 7.667/10 based on 3 votes. It was written by David Swift. It aired on 1/16/1959 and is rated 0.7 points higher than their second-best episode, "Home for Christmas".

  • Incident at Alabaster Plain
    7.7/10(3)

    #1 - Incident at Alabaster Plain

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 1/16/1959

    Rowdy's wartime friend, they spent time in a POW camp, is getting married. The bride's stepbrother, a murderer sixteen times over, has returned to claim his share of the family fortune.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: David Swift

  • Home for Christmas
    7.0/10(1)

    #2 - Home for Christmas

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 12/19/1962

    The Clampetts take their first plane flight back home for Christmas to visit cousin Pearl, who is busy cooking up a feast to win Mr. Brewster's unwilling heart. Mr. Brewster insults Pearl when he asks her to be his housekeeper, while she thought it was going to be a proposal.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: Paul Henning

  • Spur Line to Shady Rest
    6.0/10(1)

    #3 - Spur Line to Shady Rest

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 9/24/1963

    Homer Bedloe, trouble-shooter for the C&F W Railroad, is sent by railroad president Norman P. Curtis to the little community of Hooterville to find out why a branch line doesn't connect with the main line. The branch line carries the "Cannonball" train, and is vital to the Shady Rest Hotel, run by Kate Bradley, her three grown daughters and "Uncle Joe" Carson. If Bedloe succeeds in shutting down the Cannonball, Kate faces ruin. John Ashley appears as passenger Fred.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: Paul Henning

  • Robber Bridegroom
    6.0/10(1)

    #4 - Robber Bridegroom

    Season 4 Episode 14

    Aired 12/13/1958

    Financially desperate Jack Fitch robs a stagecoach and abducts passenger Laura Church, unaware that she is "engaged" to an unscrupulous businessman who threatened to ruin her father if he did not agree to the marriage.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • Incident of the Tumbleweed
    6.0/10(3)

    #5 - Incident of the Tumbleweed

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 1/9/1959

    After a marshal and deputy are wounded and killed, Gil and Rowdy volunteer to finish the delivery of the prison wagon with seven dangerous prisoners to Ft Craig for trial, while the outlaw husband of one prisoner is in pursuit to free her.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • Getting Settled
    5.5/10(1)

    #6 - Getting Settled

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 10/3/1962

    The Clampetts begin to settle in their new home in Beverly Hills. They are having to adjust to things such as refrigerators, ovens and the "cement pond" (swimming pool). Jethro also encounters a flamingo that he thinks is a chicken (which causes Jed to suspect Jethro has been sneaking drinks of moonshine). Meanwhile, Miss Hathaway, executive secretary to banker Milburn Drysdale, mistakes the Clampetts for "domestic" help. She thinks Granny is a cook and Elly a maid.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: Paul Henning

  • Jed Buys the Freeway
    4.0/10(1)

    #7 - Jed Buys the Freeway

    Season 1 Episode 23

    Aired 2/27/1963

    The conman Harry Jones, who pretends to be an old friend, gives Jed a "bargain" when he offers to sell Griffith Park, the Hollywood Bowl, and the freeway to the millionaire.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: Paul Henning

  • Jethro's First Love
    1.0/10(1)

    #8 - Jethro's First Love

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 10/30/1963

    Jethro decides he wants to go a courtin', so Jed gives him a little education. Jethro develops feelings for an exotic dancer named Chickadee Laverne and brings her home to meet the folks. As usual, neither she or the Clampetts know what the other is really saying.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: Paul Henning

  • Chickadee Returns
    1.0/10(1)

    #9 - Chickadee Returns

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 11/6/1963

    Jethro thinks he's in love with Chickadee Laverne. She and the Clampetts still have a different idea about what an "engagement" is. Meanwhile, Miss Jane tries to woo Jethro away from Chickadee. As marriage seemingly draws nearer, Jethro discovers a deal-breaking secret about Chickadee: she can't cook.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: Paul Henning