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Frantz Dobrowsky
Born May 31, 1947
Died January 18, 2006 · aged 58
Frantz Dobrowsky (31 May 1947 - 18 Jan 2006) was a South African actor best known for his role as Jack Paddaman in the Leon Schuster comedy film Panic Mechanic in 1997. He was also well known for an extensive theatre repertoire, particularly in Durban. On 18 January 2006, Dobrowsky shot himself shortly after his home was repossessed. He was 58.
Known For
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation · 1990American Ninja 4: The Annihilation
★ 5.21990
MovieActionThriller
The two American Ninjas, Joe Armstrong and Sean Davidson, team up to do battle against a terrorist and his band of Ninjas.
Dirty Games · 1989Dirty Games
★ 5.01989
MovieActionAdventure
The beautiful daughter of a murdered scientist determines to apprehend her father's brutal killer at a nuclear waste site they're both inspecting as part of a team of international delegates. But the visiting scientists soon realize that ruthless terrorists intend to blow up the complex.
Operation Delta Force · 1997Operation Delta Force
★ 3.81997
MovieActionThriller
A team of military experts and scientists go after a terrorist group that has seized a deadly virus and is threatening to release it.
Panic Mechanic · 1996Panic Mechanic
★ 5.71996
MovieComedy
When Hanky Pranky (alias Schucks), star of a candid camera TV show, loses his job to affirmative action, he applies for a job at a stress academy. It´s not long before Schucks discovers his new boss, Jack Paddaman, is as crooked as they come, but it´s too late: the employment contract is signed and sealed.A year passes, and Schucks is no better off. However, his candid camera videos, which poke fun at all sectors of post-1994 South Africa, prove a big hit with stressed-out government ministers. When the president asks Paddaman to make a movie to benefit street children, Schucks and his pals do all the hard work while Paddaman plans how he can get hold of the profits from the video sales. Add a scatterbrained secretary, a lovelorn traffic cop and a cunning street child and you have a roll-in-the aisles comedy with a distinctly South African flavour.
Black Velvet Band · 1997Black Velvet Band
★ 7.71997
MovieDramaTV Movie
Period drama Black Velvet Band takes us back to Victorian times when a gang of petty crooks find themselves sentenced to transportation to Australia, their ship, however, docks in South Africa and the gang manage to make their escape. The film starred Nick Berry, Chris McHallem and Todd Carty, who had all previously appeared in EastEnders together. The initial idea came from McHallem, whilst Nick Berry, thanks to being the darling of ITV at the time because of his hit show Heartbeat, had the clout to get it made.
Live Wire: Human Timebomb · 1996Live Wire: Human Timebomb
★ 5.41996
MovieActionDrama
A computer chip turns an FBI agent into a lethal weapon.
The Visual Bible: Acts · 1994The Visual Bible: Acts
★ 7.31994
MovieHistoryDrama
The Visual Bible: Acts is a 1994 film that depicts the events of Book of Acts from the Bible's New Testament. All of the dialogue is word-for-word Scripture, taken directly from the New International Version of the Bible.
The Native Who Caused All the Trouble · 1990The Native Who Caused All the Trouble
★ 8.01990
Movie
True story of a man who believes God owns the earth and land cannot be owned by anyone, therefore he's at liberty to build his church on ground occupied by others.
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