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Herbert L. Strock(1918-2005)

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Production Manager
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Boston-born Herbert Strock's introduction to the movie business was as director of the Fox Newsreel crew, visiting Hollywood stars in their homes. After serving with the Ordnance Motion Picture Division, he found employment as an editor at MGM and later moved into the infant medium of TV, producing and directing The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952), the first-ever motion picture film to become a network series. Strock made the transition to feature film directing in 1953, when (in the midst of production) he took over direction of the SF thriller The Magnetic Monster (1953) from Curt Siodmak. Today he operates his own post-production facilities.
BornJanuary 13, 1918
DiedNovember 30, 2005(87)
BornJanuary 13, 1918
DiedNovember 30, 2005(87)
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Known for

Wendell Corey in Harbor Command (1957)
Harbor Command
7.7
TV Series
  • Director
Arline Judge, Rod Lauren, and Sirry Steffen in The Crawling Hand (1963)
The Crawling Hand
3.1
  • Director
  • 1963
Constance Dowling and Richard Egan in Gog (1954)
Gog
5.4
  • Director
  • 1954
I Led 3 Lives (1953)
I Led 3 Lives
8.1
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

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Director

  • Lana Turner in Witches' Brew (1980)
    Witches' Brew
    • Director (additional sequences)
    • 1980
  • Monstroid (1980)
    Monstroid
    • Director (uncredited)
    • 1980
  • Brother on the Run (1973)
    Brother on the Run
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Bonanza (1959)
    Bonanza
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1965
  • Arline Judge, Rod Lauren, and Sirry Steffen in The Crawling Hand (1963)
    The Crawling Hand
    • Director
    • 1963
  • The Devil's Messenger (1962)
    The Devil's Messenger
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Rider on a Dead Horse (1962)
    Rider on a Dead Horse
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Father of the Bride (1961)
    Father of the Bride
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1961
  • Sugarfoot (1957)
    Sugarfoot
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1961
  • Ty Hardin in Bronco (1958)
    Bronco
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1960–1961
  • James Garner and Jack Kelly in Maverick (1957)
    Maverick
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1960
  • Wayde Preston in Colt .45 (1957)
    Colt .45
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1959–1960
  • Edd Byrnes, Roger Smith, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
    77 Sunset Strip
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1960
  • Cheyenne (1955)
    Cheyenne
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1960
  • The Alaskans (1959)
    The Alaskans
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1959

Producer

  • UFO Syndrome (1980)
    UFO Syndrome
    • producer
    • 1980
  • UFO Journals (1978)
    UFO Journals
    • producer
    • 1978
  • The Small Miracle (1973)
    The Small Miracle
    • producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1973
  • Decisions! Decisions!
    • producer
    • TV Movie
    • 1971
  • Lloyd Bridges in Sea Hunt (1958)
    Sea Hunt
    • producer (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 1958
  • Men of Annapolis (1957)
    Men of Annapolis
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 1957
  • Barry Sullivan in The Man Called X (1956)
    The Man Called X
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 1956
  • Highway Patrol (1955)
    Highway Patrol
    • producer (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 1955
  • Mary Brian, Ann Baker, and John Eldredge in Meet Corliss Archer (1954)
    Meet Corliss Archer
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 1954
  • Mr. District Attorney (1954)
    Mr. District Attorney
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 1954
  • Herbert Marshall, Dawn Addams, Richard Carlson, Martha Hyer, and William Lundigan in Riders to the Stars (1954)
    Riders to the Stars
    • associate producer
    • 1954
  • I Led 3 Lives (1953)
    I Led 3 Lives
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 1953
  • Donovan's Brain (1953)
    Donovan's Brain
    • associate producer (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Your Favorite Story (1953)
    Your Favorite Story
    • producer (1953)
    • TV Series
    • 1953
  • The Cases of Eddie Drake
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 1952

Production Manager

  • Hans Brinker (1969)
    Hans Brinker
    • post-production supervisor
    • TV Movie
    • 1969
  • Burt Reynolds in Shark (1969)
    Shark
    • post-production supervisor
    • 1969
  • Wendell Corey in Harbor Command (1957)
    Harbor Command
    • in charge of production
    • TV Series
    • 1957
  • I Led 3 Lives (1953)
    I Led 3 Lives
    • production supervisor
    • TV Series
    • 1954–1956
  • Mary Brian, Ann Baker, and John Eldredge in Meet Corliss Archer (1954)
    Meet Corliss Archer
    • production supervisor
    • TV Series
    • 1954
  • Your Favorite Story (1953)
    Your Favorite Story
    • production supervisor
    • TV Series
    • 1954
  • Mr. District Attorney (1954)
    Mr. District Attorney
    • supervisor of production
    • TV Series
    • 1954

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Herbert Strock
  • Born
    • January 13, 1918
    • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • Died
    • November 30, 2005
    • Moreno Valley, California, USA(heart failure)
  • Spouse
    • Geraldine Strock1942 - November 30, 2005 (his death, 3 children)
  • Other works
    Unsold pilot: Directed a pilot for an adventure series with John Ireland called "Mann of Action".
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Print Biographies
    • 5 Interviews
    • 2 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Died at the Riverside County Regional Medical Center following a car accident.
  • Quotes
    [about the troubled production Monstroid (1980), which he took over from another director] A terrible movie we made in New Mexico . . . John [John Carradine] and Tony [Anthony Eisley] were the only bright spots in the production.
  • Nickname
    • Herb

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