About

Known credits:
42
Birthday:
1918-01-13
Place of birth:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Website:
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Herbert L. Strock

Overview

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.

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Known for

Directing
1991 The Crawling Hand Directing Director N/A
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1985 Appointment with Fear Directing Second Unit Director 58
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1980 Witches' Brew Directing Director 58
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1980 Monstroid Directing Director 58
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1973 Brother on the Run Directing Director 58
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1963 The Crawling Hand Directing Director 57
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1962 Rider on a Dead Horse Directing Director 58
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1961 The Devil's Messenger Directing Director 58
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1958 How to Make a Monster Directing Director 58
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1958 Destination Nightmare Directing Director 59
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1957 I Was a Teenage Frankenstein Directing Director 58
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1957 Blood of Dracula Directing Director 58
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1955 Battle Taxi Directing Director 58
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1954 Gog Directing Director 58
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1954 Riders to the Stars Directing Director 58
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1953 The Magnetic Monster Directing Director 58
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Writing
1991 The Crawling Hand Writing Screenplay N/A
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1980 Hurray for Betty Boop Writing Screenplay 59
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1980 UFO Syndrome Writing Writer 59
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1980 Monstroid Writing Screenplay 58
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1963 The Crawling Hand Writing Screenplay 57
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Production
1979 UFO Journals Production Producer N/A
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1973 The Small Miracle Production Producer N/A
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1971 Decisions! Decisions! Production Producer N/A
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1954 Riders to the Stars Production Associate Producer 58
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1953 Donovan's Brain Production Production Assistant 59
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Crew
1969 Shark Crew Post Production Supervisor 58
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Editing
1995 You Snooze You Lose Editing Editor N/A
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1988 Summer Seductions Editing Editor N/A
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1987 Night Screams Editing Editor 58
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1985 Appointment with Fear Editing Editor 58
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1980 Hurray for Betty Boop Editing Editor 59
Average
1980 Witches' Brew Editing Editor 58
Average
1979 UFO Journals Editing Editor N/A
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1974 Psycho Sisters Editing Editor N/A
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1963 The Crawling Hand Editing Editor 57
Average
1962 Carnival of Souls Editing Editor 63
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1954 Gog Editing Editor 58
Average
1954 Riders to the Stars Editing Editor 58
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1953 Donovan's Brain Editing Editor 59
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1953 The Glass Wall Editing Editor 58
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1953 The Magnetic Monster Editing Supervising Editor 58
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