Herbert L. Strock (1918-2005)

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Birthplace:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Born:
January 13, 1918

Died:
November 30, 2005

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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Associate Producer:
1954  Riders to the Stars

Director:
1953  The Magnetic Monster
1954  Gog
1954  Riders to the Stars
1955  Battle Taxi
1957  Blood of Dracula
1957  I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
1958  Destination Nightmare
1958  How to Make a Monster
1961  The Devil's Messenger
1962  Rider on a Dead Horse
1963  The Crawling Hand
1973  Brother on the Run
1980  Monstroid
1980  Witches' Brew
1991  The Crawling Hand

Editor:
1953  Donovan's Brain
1953  The Glass Wall
1953  The Magnetic Monster
1954  Gog
1954  Riders to the Stars
1955  Battle Taxi
1957  Blood of Dracula
1957  I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
1958  Destination Nightmare
1958  How to Make a Monster
1961  The Devil's Messenger
1962  Carnival of Souls
1962  Rider on a Dead Horse
1963  The Crawling Hand
1973  Brother on the Run
1974  Psycho Sisters
1979  UFO Journals
1980  Hurray for Betty Boop
1980  Monstroid
1980  Witches' Brew
1985  Appointment with Fear
1987  Night Screams
1988  Summer Seductions
1991  The Crawling Hand
1995  You Snooze You Lose

Producer:
1953  Donovan's Brain
1953  The Glass Wall
1953  The Magnetic Monster
1954  Gog
1954  Riders to the Stars
1955  Battle Taxi
1957  Blood of Dracula
1957  I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
1958  Destination Nightmare
1958  How to Make a Monster
1961  The Devil's Messenger
1962  Carnival of Souls
1962  Rider on a Dead Horse
1963  The Crawling Hand
1971  Decisions! Decisions!
1973  Brother on the Run
1974  Psycho Sisters
1979  UFO Journals
1980  Hurray for Betty Boop
1980  Monstroid
1980  Witches' Brew
1985  Appointment with Fear
1987  Night Screams
1988  Summer Seductions
1991  The Crawling Hand
1995  You Snooze You Lose

Production Assistant:
1953  Donovan's Brain
1953  The Glass Wall
1953  The Magnetic Monster
1954  Gog
1954  Riders to the Stars
1955  Battle Taxi
1957  Blood of Dracula
1957  I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
1958  Destination Nightmare
1958  How to Make a Monster
1961  The Devil's Messenger
1962  Carnival of Souls
1962  Rider on a Dead Horse
1963  The Crawling Hand
1971  Decisions! Decisions!
1973  Brother on the Run
1974  Psycho Sisters
1979  UFO Journals
1980  Hurray for Betty Boop
1980  Monstroid
1980  Witches' Brew
1985  Appointment with Fear
1987  Night Screams
1988  Summer Seductions
1991  The Crawling Hand
1995  You Snooze You Lose

Screenplay:
1953  Donovan's Brain
1953  The Glass Wall
1953  The Magnetic Monster
1954  Gog
1954  Riders to the Stars
1955  Battle Taxi
1957  Blood of Dracula
1957  I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
1958  Destination Nightmare
1958  How to Make a Monster
1961  The Devil's Messenger
1962  Carnival of Souls
1962  Rider on a Dead Horse
1963  The Crawling Hand
1971  Decisions! Decisions!
1973  Brother on the Run
1974  Psycho Sisters
1979  UFO Journals
1980  Hurray for Betty Boop
1980  Monstroid
1980  Witches' Brew
1985  Appointment with Fear
1987  Night Screams
1988  Summer Seductions
1991  The Crawling Hand
1995  You Snooze You Lose

Second Unit Director:
1953  Donovan's Brain
1953  The Glass Wall
1953  The Magnetic Monster
1954  Gog
1954  Riders to the Stars
1955  Battle Taxi
1957  Blood of Dracula
1957  I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
1958  Destination Nightmare
1958  How to Make a Monster
1961  The Devil's Messenger
1962  Carnival of Souls
1962  Rider on a Dead Horse
1963  The Crawling Hand
1971  Decisions! Decisions!
1973  Brother on the Run
1974  Psycho Sisters
1979  UFO Journals
1980  Hurray for Betty Boop
1980  Monstroid
1980  Witches' Brew
1985  Appointment with Fear
1987  Night Screams
1988  Summer Seductions
1991  The Crawling Hand
1995  You Snooze You Lose

Supervising Editor:
1953  Donovan's Brain
1953  The Glass Wall
1953  The Magnetic Monster
1954  Gog
1954  Riders to the Stars
1955  Battle Taxi
1957  Blood of Dracula
1957  I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
1958  Destination Nightmare
1958  How to Make a Monster
1961  The Devil's Messenger
1962  Carnival of Souls
1962  Rider on a Dead Horse
1963  The Crawling Hand
1971  Decisions! Decisions!
1973  Brother on the Run
1974  Psycho Sisters
1979  UFO Journals
1980  Hurray for Betty Boop
1980  Monstroid
1980  Witches' Brew
1985  Appointment with Fear
1987  Night Screams
1988  Summer Seductions
1991  The Crawling Hand
1995  You Snooze You Lose

Writer:
1953  Donovan's Brain
1953  The Glass Wall
1953  The Magnetic Monster
1954  Gog
1954  Riders to the Stars
1955  Battle Taxi
1957  Blood of Dracula
1957  I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
1958  Destination Nightmare
1958  How to Make a Monster
1961  The Devil's Messenger
1962  Carnival of Souls
1962  Rider on a Dead Horse
1963  The Crawling Hand
1971  Decisions! Decisions!
1973  Brother on the Run
1974  Psycho Sisters
1979  UFO Journals
1980  Hurray for Betty Boop
1980  Monstroid
1980  UFO Syndrome
1980  Witches' Brew
1985  Appointment with Fear
1987  Night Screams
1988  Summer Seductions
1991  The Crawling Hand
1995  You Snooze You Lose

Director:
1953  I Led Three Lives
1953  Your Favorite Story
1955  Cheyenne
1955  Highway Patrol
1955  Science Fiction Theatre
1956  Man Called X
1957  Harbor Command
1957  Maverick
1958  77 Sunset Strip
1958  Bronco
1958  Sea Hunt
1958  The Veil

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