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Irving Block(1910-1986)

  • Visual Effects
  • Writer
  • Special Effects
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Irving Block was born on 2 December 1910 in New York, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Forbidden Planet (1956), Kronos (1957) and War of the Satellites (1958). He was married to Gilda Block. He died on 3 May 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornDecember 2, 1910
DiedMay 3, 1986(75)
BornDecember 2, 1910
DiedMay 3, 1986(75)
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Known for

Forbidden Planet (1956)
Forbidden Planet
7.5
  • Writer
  • 1956
Barbara Lawrence and Jeff Morrow in Kronos (1957)
Kronos
5.7
  • Visual Effects
  • 1957
War of the Satellites (1958)
War of the Satellites
5.1
  • Writer
  • 1958
The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957)
The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent
3.4
  • Visual Effects
  • 1957

Credits

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Visual Effects

  • Men Into Space (1959)
    Men Into Space
    7.7
    TV Series
    • photographic effects
    • 1959–1960
  • Paul Dubov, Dick Foran, Arthur Franz, and Brett Halsey in The Atomic Submarine (1959)
    The Atomic Submarine
    5.1
    • special effects designer and creator
    • 1959
  • Lou Costello in The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)
    The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
    5.3
    • special photographic effects
    • 1959
  • The Giant Behemoth (1959)
    The Giant Behemoth
    5.7
    • special effects designer and creator (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957)
    The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent
    3.4
    • special photographic effects creator
    • 1957
  • Monster from Green Hell (1957)
    Monster from Green Hell
    3.7
    • special photographic effects (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • Barbara Lawrence and Jeff Morrow in Kronos (1957)
    Kronos
    5.7
    • special effects designer and creator
    • 1957
  • Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, and Jimmy Hunt in Invaders from Mars (1953)
    Invaders from Mars
    6.3
    • matte artist
    • optical effects (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Robert Clarke and Margaret Field in Captive Women (1952)
    Captive Women
    4.9
    • special photographic effects
    • 1952
  • Marguerite Chapman, Arthur Franz, Virginia Huston, and Cameron Mitchell in Flight to Mars (1951)
    Flight to Mars
    5.1
    • special photographic effects (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Bruce Kellogg and Marilyn Nash in Unknown World (1951)
    Unknown World
    4.2
    • special photographic effects (as I.A. Block)
    • 1951
  • Noah Beery Jr., Lloyd Bridges, John Emery, Osa Massen, and Hugh O'Brian in Rocketship X-M (1950)
    Rocketship X-M
    4.9
    • matte painter (as I.A. Block)
    • 1950

Writer

  • Paul Dubov, Dick Foran, Arthur Franz, and Brett Halsey in The Atomic Submarine (1959)
    The Atomic Submarine
    5.1
    • story (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Lou Costello in The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)
    The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
    5.3
    • story idea
    • 1959
  • War of the Satellites (1958)
    War of the Satellites
    5.1
    • story
    • 1958
  • The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957)
    The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent
    3.4
    • from a story by
    • 1957
  • Barbara Lawrence and Jeff Morrow in Kronos (1957)
    Kronos
    5.7
    • story
    • 1957
  • Forbidden Planet (1956)
    Forbidden Planet
    7.5
    • based on a story by
    • 1956

Special Effects

  • Macabre (1958)
    Macabre
    5.6
    • special effects
    • 1958
  • War of the Satellites (1958)
    War of the Satellites
    5.1
    • special effects
    • 1958
  • Jim Backus, Claude Rains, Van Johnson, and Lori Nelson in The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)
    The Pied Piper of Hamelin
    5.7
    TV Movie
    • special photographic effects
    • 1957
  • The Invisible Boy (1957)
    The Invisible Boy
    5.3
    • special effects
    • 1957
  • World Without End (1956)
    World Without End
    5.8
    • special effects (uncredited)
    • 1956
  • Alice in Wonderland (1949)
    Alice in Wonderland
    6.2
    • special effects
    • 1949

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • I.A. Block
  • Born
    • December 2, 1910
    • New York, New York, USA
  • Died
    • May 3, 1986
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Gilda Block

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Together with partners Jack Rabin and Louis DeWitt, he was known throughout the 1950s for providing special effects for low-budget producers. The team would also put together their own projects with Block doing much of the writing.
  • Nickname
    • Blocky

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