Frantz Dobrowsky

Frantz Dobrowsky

Acting

May 31, 1947 — January 18, 2006
9 movies

Biography

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.

🎬 Frantz Dobrowsky's Filmography

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Panic Mechanic
5.7

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.

Panic Mechanic

1996
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