- Born
- Died
- Birth nameIrvin Shortess Yeaworth Jr.
- Nickname
- Shorty
- Irvin S. Yeaworth began his career in radio, singing (at age ten) on the first radio station in the world, KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He later became a radio and TV producer. His first feature, "Twice Convicted", was shot in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, in the early 1950s (several years later new footage was added and it was re-titled The Flaming Teenage (1956)). He directed three sci-fi films in the late '50s/early '60s (The Blob (1958), 4D Man (1959), Dinosaurus! (1960)), then went back to his first love: making religious films (some with Billy Graham. He also worked in amusement and theme park pavilion design and production.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tom Weaver <TomWeavr@aol.com>
- SpouseJean Yeaworth(1945 - July 19, 2004) (his death, 5 children)
- Served in Presbyterian and non-denominational ministries.
- An executive at Valley Forge Film Studios in Pennsylvania.
- Children: daughters Katherine and Deborah; sons Irvin S. III, David, and Jonathan.
- Was completing an entertainment complex in Jordan at the time of his death. It was a similarly themed park like Disneyland called "Jordanian Experience at the Aquaba Gateway".
- Shorty Yeaworth (and his wife, Jean) were both gifted musicians, and performed music for many productions produced by their companies, Good News Producers and Valley Forge Films.
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