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Herbert L. Strock

Herbert L. Strock

Known For Directing
Birthday Jan 13, 1918
Died Nov 30, 2005 (87)
Birthplace Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Apr 13, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Herbert L. Strock (January 13, 1918 - November 30, 2005) was an American television producer and director, and a B-movie director of titles such as I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957), How to Make a Monster (1958) and The Crawling Hand (1963). Strock was born ... in Boston, and moved with his family to Los Angeles when he was 13. By 17, while a student at Beverly Hills High School, Strock was director of gossip columnist Jimmy Fidler's Hollywood segments for Fox Movietone News. Strock graduated in 1941 from USC, where he studied journalism and film. During World War II, he served in the Army's Ordnance Motion Picture Division. He was assistant editor on the 1944 film Gaslight for MGM. In a "pioneering" television career that began in the 1940s, Strock was involved with many television series including Highway Patrol, Sky King, Sea Hunt and Maverick. Other directorial efforts included Blood of Dracula (a 1957 film in which a disturbed teenage girl at a boarding school becomes a vampire through hypnosis) and Ivan Tors' "Office of Scientific Investigation" trilogy, which included The Magnetic Monster, Riders to the Stars and Gog, shot in 3-D. In 2000, Strock published a memoir, Picture Perfect. Description above from the Wikipedia article Herbert L. Strock, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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You Snooze You Lose

You Snooze You Lose

1995

Editor

Summer Seductions

Summer Seductions

1988

Editor

Night Screams

Night Screams

1987

Editor

Appointment with Fear

Appointment with Fear

1985

Editor, Second Unit Director

Witches' Brew

Witches' Brew

1980

Editor

Hurray for Betty Boop

Hurray for Betty Boop

1980

Editor, Screenplay

UFO Syndrome

UFO Syndrome

1980

Writer

Monstroid

Monstroid

1980

Screenplay

UFO Journals

UFO Journals

1979

Editor

Psycho Sisters

Psycho Sisters

1974

Editor

The Crawling Hand

The Crawling Hand

1963

Editor, Screenplay

Carnival of Souls

Carnival of Souls

1962

Editor

Gog

Gog

1954

Editor

Riders to the Stars

Riders to the Stars

1954

Editor

The Magnetic Monster

The Magnetic Monster

1953

Supervising Editor

The Glass Wall

The Glass Wall

1953

Editor

Donovan's Brain

Donovan's Brain

1953

Production Assistant, Editor

Monstroid

Monstroid

1980

Director

Witches' Brew

Witches' Brew

1980

Director

Brother on the Run

Brother on the Run

1973

Director

The Crawling Hand

The Crawling Hand

1963

Director

Rider on a Dead Horse

Rider on a Dead Horse

1962

Director

The Devil's Messenger

The Devil's Messenger

1961

Director

Destination Nightmare

Destination Nightmare

1958

Director

How to Make a Monster

How to Make a Monster

1958

Director

Blood of Dracula

Blood of Dracula

1957

Director

Battle Taxi

Battle Taxi

1955

Director

Gog

Gog

1954

Director

Riders to the Stars

Riders to the Stars

1954

Director

The Magnetic Monster

The Magnetic Monster

1953

Director

UFO Journals

UFO Journals

1979

Producer

Decisions! Decisions!

Decisions! Decisions!

1971

Producer

Riders to the Stars

Riders to the Stars

1954

Associate Producer

Organization Category Movie
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