Directing

Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.

Born — Died

1926-02-14 — 2004-07-19

Place of birth

Berlin, Germany

Known for

Directing

Credits

9 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Irvin Shortess "Shorty" Yeaworth, Jr. (February 14, 1926 in Berlin, Germany – July 19, 2004, in Amman, Jordan) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and theme park builder. He began his career singing at age 10 at KDKA, the world's first radio station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He later became a radio producer. He directed more than 400 films for motivational, educational, and religious purposes. As an impresario, he directed the Wayne (Pa.) Concert Series from 1979 to 2003. However, he is best known for directing the classic film The Blob. He was married to Jean Yeaworth and had five children. Before he died in a road accident in Am…

Known for

Behind the camera

The Blob poster
6.2

A drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane, as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to discover the substance and live to tell about it, Steve and Jane witness the blob destroying an elderly man, then it growing to a terrifying size. But no one else has seen the goo, and policeman Dave refuses to believe the kids without proof.

The Blob

1958

4D Man poster
5.8

Two brothers, scientists Scott and Tony Nelson, develop an amplifier which enables a person to enter a 4th dimensional state, allowing him to pass through any object. Scott experiments on himself and discovers that each time he passes through something he ages rapidly. He begins killing people, sucking out their life energies and regaining his youth as a result.

4D Man

1959

4D Man poster
5.8

Two brothers, scientists Scott and Tony Nelson, develop an amplifier which enables a person to enter a 4th dimensional state, allowing him to pass through any object. Scott experiments on himself and discovers that each time he passes through something he ages rapidly. He begins killing people, sucking out their life energies and regaining his youth as a result.

4D Man

1959

Way Out poster
9.5

A story of two men who become heroin addicts, what they must do to support their habit and how it affects their lives.

Way Out

1967

Way Out poster
9.5

A story of two men who become heroin addicts, what they must do to support their habit and how it affects their lives.

Way Out

1967

Dinosaurus! poster
5.8

After undersea explosions near a Caribbean island, prehistoric creatures are unleashed on the unsuspecting population.

Dinosaurus!

1960

The Gospel Blimp poster
7.0

A church group uses a blimp to evangelize to their hometown, but things don't work as planned.

The Gospel Blimp

1967

The Gospel Blimp poster
7.0

A church group uses a blimp to evangelize to their hometown, but things don't work as planned.

The Gospel Blimp

1967

The Flaming Teenage poster
5.0

A small town boy heads for the lights of the big city and discovers the delights of hard liquor and fast women. Ere long, he becomes an addict, a dope peddler and a shop-lifter to obtain money for drugs.

The Flaming Teenage

1956