Frank Sobotka
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| Frank Sobotka | |
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| First appearance | Ebb Tide (episode 2.01) |
| Last appearance | Port in a Storm (episode 2.12) |
| Cause/Reason | Murdered |
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| Age | 40s |
| Year of Death | 2003 |
| Occupation | ILWU Union Leader, Smuggler |
| Title | Secretary Treasurer |
| Family | Louis Sobotka (brother), Nick Sobotka (nephew) |
| Spouse | Unseen wife |
| Children | Chester "Ziggy" Sobotka |
| Episode Count | 12 |
| Portrayed by | Chris Bauer |
| Created by | David Simon |
Frank Sobotka is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire played by actor Chris Bauer.
[edit] Biography
Frank was a longshoremen's union leader who worked with "The Greek" to smuggle goods through the Baltimore docks. Sobotka became involved in smuggling to fund political campaign contributions to try to sway politicians into funding initiatives that would save the Baltimore port. Sobotka's two main objectives were to have the docks dredged to increase the depth for incoming ships and to re-open the grain pier.
Sobotka had a family consisting of his wife, who was never seen, and his son Chester "Ziggy" Sobotka. His brother Louis Sobotka and his nephew Nick Sobotka both lived near by. Both Ziggy and Nick worked in Frank's union. Nick often acted as go-between for Frank and the Greek passing messages back and forth and giving Frank lists of containers to move to The Greek. Frank relied on his old friend and fellow union man Thomas "Horseface" Pakusa to move these containers for him and made sure he was always assigned to ships with contraband on board. Ziggy was involved in crime in Baltimore but Frank was largely unaware of his activity and did not include him in his association with The Greek.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Character profile - Frank Sobotka. HBO (2004). Retrieved on 2006-08-16.
