Obit: Herbert L. Strock, 87; Pioneering TV Producer

[CrankyYankee]

(From the L.A. Times

Herbert L. Strock, a pioneer television producer and director who also directed the B-movie creature features "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein," "How to Make a Monster" and "The Crawling Hand," has died. He was 87.

Strock died Wednesday of heart failure at Riverside County Regional Medical Center in Moreno Valley after a car accident, his daughter, Leslie Mitchner, said.

Strock launched his television directing career in the late 1940s and worked on countless series, directing the first 10 episodes of "Highway Patrol" and episodes of "Sky King," "Sea Hunt," "Maverick" and "77 Sunset Strip."

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[halerickson]

> (From the L.A. Times
>
> Herbert L. Strock, a pioneer television producer and
> director who also directed the B-movie creature features "I
> Was a Teenage Frankenstein," "How to Make a Monster" and
> "The Crawling Hand," has died. He was 87.
>
> Strock launched his television directing career in the late
> 1940s and worked on countless series, directing the first 10
> episodes of "Highway Patrol" and episodes of "Sky King,"
> "Sea Hunt," "Maverick" and "77 Sunset Strip."

He also directed several episodes of "Science Fiction Theater", including the series' first episode "Beyond"--and its last, "The Sound That Kills." Surprising that this wasn't mentioned in the press release.

--Hal E