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Irving Gertz

Known for: Sound

Biography: 1915-05-19

Deathday: 2008-11-14 (93 years old)

Biography

Irving Gertz (May 19, 1915 – November 14, 2008) was an American composer recognized for his compositions for many fantasy and horror B-movies and TV series of the 1950s and 1960s. Gertz was born on May 19, 1915, in Providence, Rhode Island, and played the clarinet, piano, string bass and tuba as a youth, and attended the Providence College of Music. Gertz studied composition privately with composer and music theorist Walter Piston. He was hired by Columbia Pictures in 1938, but left to serve in the United States Army Signal Corps during World War II.After his military service, he studied with composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

Filmography

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Movies 65

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TV Shows 1

Director 1

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Irving Gertz

Biography

Filmography

all 66

Movies 65

self 1

TV Shows 1

Director 1

The Universe According to Universal (2002)

Nobody's Perfect (1968)

Let's Kill Uncle (1966)

Daffy Rents (1966)

Fluffy (1965)

He Rides Tall (1964)

Brushfire (1962)

Marines, Let's Go (1961)

The Fiercest Heart (1961)

All Hands on Deck (1961)

The Wizard of Baghdad (1961)

Flaming Star (1960)

Seven Ways from Sundown (1960)

Young Jesse James (1960)

The Leech Woman (1960)

13 Fighting Men (1960)

Hell Bent for Leather (1960)

The Alligator People (1959)

Curse of the Undead (1959)

The Fearmakers (1958)

Badman's Country (1958)

The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958)

Thundering Jets (1958)

Plunder Road (1957)

The Monolith Monsters (1957)

Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957)

Hell on Devil's Island (1957)

The Midnight Story (1957)

Badlands of Montana (1957)

The Deadly Mantis (1957)

The Girl in the Kremlin (1957)

The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

Gun Brothers (1956)

The First Traveling Saleslady (1956)

Kentucky Rifle (1956)

The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

Top Gun (1955)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)

Cult of the Cobra (1955)

Overland Pacific (1954)

Khyber Patrol (1954)

The Long Wait (1954)

The Lone Gun (1954)

Shark River (1953)

The Golden Blade (1953)

Gun Belt (1953)

Eyes of the Jungle (1953)

It Came from Outer Space (1953)

I Beheld His Glory (1953)

The Bandits of Corsica (1953)

Two Dollar Bettor (1951)

Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951)

The Living Christ (1951)

Experiment Alcatraz (1950)

Again Pioneers (1950)

Destination Murder (1950)

Prejudice (1949)

Daughter of the West (1949)

Adventures of Gallant Bess (1948)

Jungle Goddess (1948)

Blonde Ice (1948)

The Counterfeiters (1948)

Sweet Genevieve (1947)

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947)

Dragnet (1947)

What Happened to Jo Jo?

Information

Known ForSound

Birthday1915-05-19

Deathday2008-11-14 (93 years old)

Birth PlaceProvidence, Rhode Island, USA

CitizenshipsUnited States of America

Known For
Sound

Birthday
1915-05-19

Deathday
2008-11-14 (93 years old)

Birth Place
Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Citizenships
United States of America