FROHIKE
FULL NAME: Melvin Frohike
Appearence: short, perpetually unshaven and combat boot-clad
EXPERT IN: Photographic and surveillance specialist, he's the hands-on technical member of the group, a master of hard sciences with a special interest in military hardware; also skilled computer hacker (though not as good as Langly)
PERSONALITY:
Frohike typically represents someone even more extreme than
Mulder in his belief
in conspiracies, a fringe personality who has taken the agent's convictions
to the
far edges and
makes him look positively sane and staid by comparison.
STATUS: Frohike has, over the years, proven a helpful friend to Mulder and, well, maybe "more than a friend" to Scully ... or at least that's the way he'd like it to be.
HOW'D HE BECOME A LGM: Frohike became a member of the Lone Gunmen when he met John Byers, who asked him to help him investigate a conspiracy brought to his attention by a woman named Suzanne Modeski.
BEFORE
A LGM: A former cable TV salesman(something like that)
TOM
BRAIDWOOD
BACKGROUND:
Theatrical actor before he began working in TV production on such series
as 21 Jump Street. The Vancouver
native also serves as assistant director on X-Files.
INSPIRATION
FOR FROHIKE: Braidwood asked writers Glen Morgan and James Wong,
"Is Frohike just a foil or an intelligent
foil? Is he a dirty old man or more than that?" Mostly he focused on
Frohike's first impression of Scully:
"'She's hot.' It encapsulated the whole character."
HOW
HE'S LIKE FROHIKE: "I've got a good sense of humor."
HOW
HE'S NOT: "I like pretty and intelligent women, but I have enormous
respect for them, whereas Frohike
just lusts after them. His mouth is bigger than his mind."
STARTLING
REVELATIONS: Enjoys gardening.
FAVORITE
EPISODES: "Död Kalm","Duane Barry."
STATUS:
Married
CHILDREN:
2 daughters
IN
HIS FREE TIME: he writes scripts and watches videos
IS
THE TRUTH OUT THERE?: "Something's out there. Whether we've
met it or not, I don't know."
WHAT
HE'D LIKE FOR FROHIKE: "It would be great to have the Lone Gunmen
in the field helping Mulder,
then bungle it." (In fact, this will happen in an upcoming episode.)
ACTOR FILMOGRAPHY
1998 -
The X-Files: Fight The Future - Melvin Frohike
1993
- "The Only Way Out"(TV) - Court Official
1994-current
- "The X-Files" (TV Series) - Melvin Frohike
1992
- The Portrait. Feature film unreleased. (Role Unknown)
1991
- Eyes of an Angel. Feature film. Released 1991(Role Unknown)
1990
- Mom P.I. Series - "Beneath the Pacific", aired 1990. (Role Unknown)
1985
- My American Cousin - Wally
1981
- Harry Tracy. Feature film. Released 1981.(Role Unknown)
MISCELLANEOUS CREW FILMOGRAPHY
1993 -
"The X-Files" (TV Series) first assistant director
1992
- The Portrait - (Unreleased film) Producer.
1992-1994
- The Odyssey - (Job unknown)
1991
- Eyes of an Angel - first assistant director: Canada unit
1991-1994
- Madison - (TV Series) (Job unknown)
1987-1990
- 21 Jump Street - TV Series First assistant director.
1985
- My American Cousin - production manager
1984
- "Danger Bay" - (TV Series) first assistant director
PRODUCER FILMOGRAPHY
1984 - Low Visibility
NOTABLE TV GUEST APPEARENCES
1990 -
"Mom P.I." - in episode: "Beneath the Pacific"