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Frank Tobin(I)

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Transportation Department
  • Visual Effects
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Frank Tobin is known for Commando (1985), Road House (1989) and Alien Resurrection (1997). He died in 2008 in Henderson, Nevada, USA.
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Known for

Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando (1985)
Commando
6.7
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1985
Patrick Swayze and Kelly Lynch in Road House (1989)
Road House
6.7
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1989
Winona Ryder and Sigourney Weaver in Alien Resurrection (1997)
Alien Resurrection
6.2
  • Visual Effects
  • 1997
Holly Hunter, William Hurt, and Albert Brooks in Broadcast News (1987)
Broadcast News
7.3
  • Camera and Electrical Department(Los Angeles)
  • 1987

Credits

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Camera and Electrical Department

  • Reba McEntire, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Mitch Holleman, Ryan Mouritsen, Melissa Peterman, Scarlett Pomers, Christopher Rich, and Steve Howey in Reba (2001)
    Reba
    6.8
    TV Series
    • best boy electric
    • 2002–2004
  • Elizabeth Hurley and Brendan Fraser in Bedazzled (2000)
    Bedazzled
    6.1
    • best boy: fox
    • 2000
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad in Jingle All the Way (1996)
    Jingle All the Way
    5.8
    • electrician: second unit (as Frank D. Tobin)
    • 1996
  • Lauren Holly, Kelsey Grammer, and Rob Schneider in Down Periscope (1996)
    Down Periscope
    6.2
    • best boy electric: 20th Century Fox
    • 1996
  • Brendan Fraser in Airheads (1994)
    Airheads
    6.2
    • best boy: Fox
    • 1994
  • Erika Eleniak, Dabney Coleman, Cloris Leachman, Jim Varney, Lily Tomlin, and Diedrich Bader in The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
    The Beverly Hillbillies
    5.1
    • electric best boy
    • 1993
  • Denzel Washington and John Lithgow in Ricochet (1991)
    Ricochet
    6.2
    • rigging gaffer
    • 1991
  • Julia Roberts and Campbell Scott in Dying Young (1991)
    Dying Young
    6.0
    • fox rigging gaffer (uncredited)
    • 1991
  • Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2 (1990)
    Die Hard 2
    7.1
    • rigging gaffer
    • 1990
  • Michael Douglas, Danny DeVito, and Kathleen Turner in The War of the Roses (1989)
    The War of the Roses
    6.8
    • best boy
    • 1989
  • Patrick Swayze and Kelly Lynch in Road House (1989)
    Road House
    6.7
    • rigging electrician
    • 1989
  • How I Got Into College (1989)
    How I Got Into College
    5.8
    • lamp operator
    • 1989
  • Holly Hunter, William Hurt, and Albert Brooks in Broadcast News (1987)
    Broadcast News
    7.3
    • best boy: Los Angeles
    • 1987
  • Whoopi Goldberg in Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
    Jumpin' Jack Flash
    5.9
    • best boy
    • 1986
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando (1985)
    Commando
    6.7
    • lamp operator
    • 1985

Transportation Department

  • Laws of Attraction (2004)
    Laws of Attraction
    5.9
    • unit driver (as Frank D. Tobin)
    • 2004
  • Into the West (1992)
    Into the West
    7.0
    • driver
    • 1992

Visual Effects

  • Winona Ryder and Sigourney Weaver in Alien Resurrection (1997)
    Alien Resurrection
    6.2
    • visual effects best boy
    • 1997

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Frank D. Tobin
  • Died
    • 2008
    • Henderson, Nevada, USA

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