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Arthur W. Frantz

  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Arthur w Frantz started at Universal in 1971 in the Lighting Dept. He spent the next several years learning the Lighting craft. Eventually, he was given the responsibility of the night shift and back lot operations. After leaving Universal, Arthur worked in the independents. In 1980 he joined 20th Century Fox as the Set Lighting Dept. head. He retired in 2008 as head of Set Lighting, Grips & Crafts Service.
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  • Known for

    Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in The Front Page (1974)
    The Front Page
    7.3
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1974
    Emergency! (1972)
    Emergency!
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department

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    • Bustin' Loose (1981)
      Bustin' Loose
      6.1
      • rigging gafer (uncredited)
      • 1981
    • Kim Basinger, Jan-Michael Vincent, and Tanya Tucker in Hard Country (1981)
      Hard Country
      5.6
      • rigging gafer (uncredited)
      • 1981
    • Christopher Lee, Ted Danson, and Mary Louise Weller in Once Upon a Spy (1980)
      Once Upon a Spy
      4.9
      TV Movie
      • lighting technician (uncredited)
      • 1980
    • Robert Conrad, Dirk Blocker, Dana Elcar, Jeff MacKay, and Simon Oakland in Black Sheep Squadron (1976)
      Black Sheep Squadron
      7.7
      TV Series
      • best boy (uncredited)
      • 1976
    • Peter Falk in Columbo (1971)
      Columbo
      8.3
      TV Series
      • lighting technician (uncredited)
      • 1976
    • City of Angels (1976)
      City of Angels
      7.7
      TV Series
      • lighting technician (uncredited)
      • 1976
    • McCoy (1975)
      McCoy
      6.3
      TV Series
      • best boy
      • series best boy (uncredited, uncredited)
      • 1975–1976
    • Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner in Switch (1975)
      Switch
      7.1
      TV Series
      • best boy (uncredited)
      • 1975
    • Linda Blair in Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975)
      Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • best boy (uncredited)
      • 1975
    • Robert Blake in Baretta (1975)
      Baretta
      6.7
      TV Series
      • lighting technician (uncredited)
      • 1975
    • Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
      Kolchak: The Night Stalker
      8.4
      TV Series
      • lighting technician (uncredited)
      • 1975
    • The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
      The Great Waldo Pepper
      6.8
      • lamp operator-la (uncredited)
      • 1975
    • Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in The Front Page (1974)
      The Front Page
      7.3
      • lighting tech: san francisco
      • 1974
    • Charlton Heston, Victoria Principal, Geneviève Bujold, Ava Gardner, Lorne Greene, George Kennedy, Marjoe Gortner, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Roundtree, and Barry Sullivan in Earthquake (1974)
      Earthquake
      5.9
      • rigging coordinator (uncredited)
      • 1974
    • Sons and Daughters (1974)
      Sons and Daughters
      8.4
      TV Series
      • series best boy (uncredited)
      • 1974

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