Known for Crew
Kenneth Strickfaden was an American electrician and special effects artist, specializing in electrical effects. He is best known for his work on Universal's horror film Frankenstein.
Born
May 23, 1896
Died
February 29, 1984 (age 87)
Filmography
10 films


Dracula vs. Frankenstein
1971 · 1h 31m · US
Judith Fontaine is looking for her sister Joanie, who has disappeared into the hippie community of Venice, California. It turns out that Joanie has become fallen victim to Groton, an axe-wielding homicidal maniac under the employ of Dr. Durea, the last living descendant of the Frankenstein family and is now both running a house of horrors on the beach's boardwalk and performing experiments on Groton's victims in his basement laboratory.


The War of the Worlds
1953 · 1h 25m · US
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.


Flash Gordon
1936 · 4h 5m · US
Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth. Luckily, heroic young Flash Gordon is on hand to lead an investigative mission into outer space and onto the speedily approaching planet. There, he and his best girl, Dale, who is along for the ride, learn that Ming, the devious ruler of Mongo, has purposely put the planet on a collision course with Earth, and only Flash can stop him.


The Vanishing Shadow
1934 · 4h 2m · US
A 12-episode serial in which a son avenges the death of his father at the hands of corrupt politicians. He develops a wide variety of complex devices in his crusade . . . ray guns, robots and a 'vanishing belt.'


The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932 · 1h 8m · US
The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race.


Murder at Dawn
1932 · 1h 2m · US
Mad scientist works on a death ray in his mountain hideaway.


Frankenstein
1931 · 1h 10m · US
Obsessed scientist Dr. Henry Frankenstein attempts to create life by assembling a creature from deceased body parts. Aided by his loyal misshapen assistant, Fritz, Frankenstein succeeds in animating his monster, but it flees into the countryside and begins to wreak havoc.