Irving Akers

Birth : 1898-06-07, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Death : 1953-02-21

Movies

Test Tube Babies
Director of Photography
A happily married couple has been trying to have a baby with no luck. They discover that the husband is sterile. Their family doctor suggests that they think about artificial insemination, which at the time was considered a scandalous choice.
Polygamy
Director of Photography
Exploitation film about Mormonism released under several titles.
Rip Roaring Riley
Director of Photography
G-Man Ted Riley is ordered to investigate happenings at Diamond Island, where a bogus Major Gray is reported engaged in manufacturing a new brand of secret gas for his own purposes. Riley blows up his motor boat just off the island and is picked up by Gray's men. On the island he discovers chemist Professor Baker (John Cowell) and his daughter, Anne, are held captive by Major Gray.
Skybound
Director of Photography
Captain John Kent is a pilot in charge of the border patrol. Two crooks who head up a smuggling operation, Morley and his associate Faber, are trying to outwit Kent. The smugglers hope that they can influence Kent's younger brother Doug to help them, and they employ an attractive singer in an attempt to win Doug over.
Kentucky Blue Streak
Director of Photography
A nosy reporter (Nugent) befriends the dumb Coughlin and pushes the Governor to commute his sentence. Now, Coughlin can ride his family's pride and joy in the Kentucky Derby. BUT, the mean old Warden cancels all paroles--and the idiot decides to escape (even though he's only got 10 more months to serve). So, the reporter has a hunch and goes to see if he can find Coughlin--and the Warden deputizes him!! At this point you might wonder if the boy will make good and win the big race
Call of the Coyote: A Legend of the Golden West
Director of Photography
A cowboy protects a girl from those who murdered her father for his gold mine.
The Flaming Signal
Director of Photography
A pilot and his dog crash-land on an island run by a psycho who owns a motel--and most of the locals.