Irving Gertz
May 19, 1915 – November 14, 2008
Irving Gertz was a respected composer who came to prominence due to his work on science fiction and fantasy b-films of the ’50s and ’60s. After serving in the US Army Signal Corps during World War 2, Gertz went to work in Hollywood, creating music for such films as The Leech Woman, and The Alligator People, and such TV shows as Land of the Giants and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Irving Getz was 92 when he passed away on November 14, 2008.