Frank Q. Dobbs

Hard to believe it has been thirteen years since Frank rode off into the sunset. I still think of him often and simply want to express my unwavering thanks to him for all the help he gave me throughout my career. We worked on several projects together and everyone involved were enriched by his professionalism, his generosity, and his continued support. In fact, some of my fondness memories during my 40+ years in the motion picture and television industry are the result of either working...

His memorial service is tomorrow and I am here in San Marcos now with several of his friends in the movie industry. I've been thinking about him back in the day.
Frank and I were pledge brothers in the Dons social club (later ATO) at Sam Houston State in our home town of Huntsville, TX. For a fee (to buy film) we could be in one of his films. I was a gambler and posse member in one of the westerns. It was shot partly on the Goree Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections, where his...

My memories of Frank and Dave Cass are of riding around with two nine year old boys who
are playing cowboys and indians....
Covering the terrain of the desert, those two would get out of the car and play out the scene in some arroyo or sandy hill....riding horses, shooting guns......it was such a fun time being with Frank and Dave .....more fun than a location manager ought to have....
I had to leave locations to care for parents but Frank always kept up with me; exchanging...

It seems everyone had a name for this big burly man---to me and my family though, he was Unca Bubba. He was as true as a man could get,the way he treated you all was the way he treated us. He was always e-mailing me with the latest movie mumbo-jumbo that a sheltered little Arkie like myself would want to know. Most memorable was the way he always began each message wanting an update on MY life. Never too busy, he INVITED a reply. I loved him dearly---because of what a neat man he was,...

In a world that seems to have trouble seeing the difference between right and wrong, Frank saw the line clearly and steered a wide course from the wrong. His moral and ethical principles were sorely tested in the movie industry. His strength and courage were never in short supply whether his own fight or standing up for a friend, or "doing the right thing" regardless of consequences.
There has not been another person, in my life experience, with greater capacity to find credible...

Frank Q. Dobbs was a one of a kind, they broke the mold when he was made. His passion for making motion pictures is unsurpassed. He cared about every project he was envolved with and would fight with the most powerful executive to make a point. Never for his own gain, but for the gain of the story being told. For 40 some odd years he was my co-film maker and friend. He has left a large void in my life and those thousands of lives that he touched along his walk. God is lucky to have him to...

My sons said it best. Frank Q. Dobbs was a helluva man.

He was as good a friend as a person could ask for in this life. He was enthusiastic and passionate about life. He was tenacious and loyal to a fault. He could be gracious and funny and ornery in the same breath. He had a kind of genius that left you mesmerized and him frustrated. His integrity could not be altered. He was a kid at heart with a warrior’s soul. He looked at life like it should be looked at – as the great...