Irving Block(1910-1986)

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.

7.5

5.7

5.1

3.4

Men Into Space
7.7
TV Series
- photographic effects
- 1959–1960
The Atomic Submarine
5.1
- special effects designer and creator
- 1959
The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
5.4
- special photographic effects
- 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
3.4
- special photographic effects creator
- 1957
Monster from Green Hell
3.7
- special photographic effects (uncredited)
- 1957
Kronos
5.7
- special effects designer and creator
- 1957
Invaders from Mars
6.3
- matte artist
- optical effects (uncredited)
- 1953
Captive Women
5.0
- special photographic effects
- 1952
Flight to Mars
5.1
- special photographic effects (uncredited)
- 1951
Unknown World
4.1
- special photographic effects (as I.A. Block)
- 1951
Rocketship X-M
4.9
- matte painter (as I.A. Block)
- 1950

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.