Bob McCarthy MBE (born 5 August 1944) is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, New South Wales and for the Australian national side. He later coached in Brisbane, taking Souths Magpies to a premiership in 1981 and coaching the Gold Coast-Tweed Giants upon their entry to the Winfield Cup. in Since 2001 he has been the Chairman of both the Australian and NSW state selection panels.
He wrote the special effects book 'Secrets of Hollywood Special Effects' published in 1992 by Butterworth-Heinemann.
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Most people may have known Bob McCarthy for his work in the 70's with major rock bands. One of his best known effects was the Spinning Piano. It was used by some in the 60's but made prominent in the 1970's by Emerson, lake and Palmer. Keith Emerson used it on the Brain Salad Surgery tour 1973-1974. It made a national TV appearance at the California Jam.Bob McCarthy was the creator of this & many other special effects for ELP and several other rock bands of the 70's & 80's.KISS, Genesis, Yes, Earth, Wind & Fire,Bon Jovi,Blue Oyster Cult, Dokken..This is an endless list.
Special Effects
Title
Year
Status
Character
Trance
2002
special effects
Last Rites
1999
TV Movie special effects coordinator
Inner Sanctum II
1994
mechanical effects
Flashfire
1994
special effects assistant
Bad Blood
1994
special effects consultant
Possessed by the Night
1994
Video mechanical effects
Time Wars
1993
special effects
The Baby Doll Murders
1993
special effects coordinator - as Robert E. McCarthy
The Media Madman
1992
special effects
3 Ninjas
1992
special effects coordinator - as Robert E. McCarthy
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992
special effects co-ordinator: Los Angeles - as Robert E. McCarthy
Without a Pass
1991
special effects coordinator - as Robert McCarthy
The Fisher King
1991
creative special effects consultant - as Robert E. McCarthy
Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories
1991
TV Mini-Series documentary special effects supervisor - 1 episode
Frame Up
1991
special effects
Twin Peaks
TV Series special effects coordinator - 1 episode, 1990 special effects foreman - 1 episode, 1990
Zapped Again!
1990
Video special effects supervisor - as Robert McCarthy
Kill Me Again
1989
special effects supervisor - as Robert Mc Carthy
Search for Haunted Hollywood
1989
TV Movie documentary special effects director - as Robert E. McCarthy
The Favorite
1989
special effects
The Lords of Magick
1989
shot special effects coordinator - as Robert E. McCarthy
Cutting Class
1989
special effects - as Robert McCarthy
Phantasm II
1988
wire effects - as Robert McCarthy
Supercarrier
1988
TV Series special effects coordinator - 1 episode
Tall Tales & Legends
1986
TV Series special effects - 1 episode
Choke Canyon
1986
mechanical special effects
Doin' Time
1985
special effects
The Return of the Living Dead
1985
special effects supervisor - as Robert E. McCarthy
The Jackie Gleason Show
TV Series special effects director - 2 episodes, 1966 - 1967 special effects - 1 episode, 1966
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bad Blood
1994
weapons consultant
Bulletproof
1988
ordeance
Catch the Heat
1987
weapons specialist: second unit, Los Angeles
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Search for Haunted Hollywood
1989
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Special Effects Director (as Robert E. McCarthy)
Known for movies
The Fisher King (1991) as Special Effects
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) as Special Effects
The Return of the Living Dead (1985) as Special Effects
$850,000
