Herbert L. Strock was an American television producer and director, renowned for his work on B-movies, including I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, How to Make a Monster, and The Crawling Hand.
Born on January 13, 1918, in Boston, Strock relocated with his family to Los Angeles at the age of 13. By 17, while attending Beverly Hills High School, he had already established himself as the director of Hollywood segments for Fox Movietone News, courtesy of gossip columnist Jimmy Fidler.
Strock graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) in 1941, where he studied journalism and film. During World War II, he served in the Army's Ordnance Motion Picture Division, before returning to Hollywood to work as an assistant editor on the 1944 film Gaslight for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
Strock's television career, which began in the 1940s, was marked by involvement with numerous series, including Highway Patrol, Sky King, Sea Hunt, and Maverick.
His directorial efforts extended beyond television, with notable films such as Blood of Dracula, a 1957 horror movie that tells the story of a disturbed teenage girl at a boarding school who becomes a vampire through hypnosis. Strock also directed Ivan Tors' "Office of Scientific Investigation" trilogy, comprising The Magnetic Monster, Riders to the Stars, and Gog, which was shot in 3-D.
In 2000, Strock published his memoir, Picture Perfect, offering a glimpse into his remarkable life and career in the entertainment industry.
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