Herbert L. Strock (January 13, 1918 â€" 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 The Cases of Eddie Drake. 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.
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 The Cases of Eddie Drake. 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.
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