Name
Frank Collison
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1950-02-14 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Biography
Frank Collison (born February 14, 1950) is an American actor. Trained at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, he earned his BA in theatre at San Francisco State University and helped establish a summer theatre company in the Sierra Nevadas then went on to earn an MFA in acting at UC San Diego. Before Collison began his professional career in acting, he worked as a forest fire fighter, diaper service dispatcher and substitute teacher. Appearing in over 150 productions, Collison has worked off Broadway and in regional theaters in Boston, Denver and California. His theatrical roles have ranged from "Puck" in Midsummer's Nights Dream to "Miss Havisham" in Great Expectations to "Jacob Marley" in Christmas Carol. Frank is a founding member of Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice, California, which has won over 25 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards.
Collison began his film and television career when he moved to Los Angeles in 1984. He is perhaps best known as "Horace Bing," the hapless telegraph operator on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993) and "Wash Hogwallop" in "O Brother Where Art Thou?
Known For
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- 2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Wash Hogwallop
- 2004 The Whole Ten Yards as Strabo
- 1988 Elvira: Mistress of the Dark as Billy
- 2003 Hope Springs as Mr. Fisher
- 2004 The Village as Victor
- 2008 The Happening as Nursery Owner
- 1991 The Last Boy Scout as Pablo
- 1988 The Blob as Phil Hobbs—Projectionist
- 1987 Into the Homeland as Gas Station Attendant
- 2021 Two Yellow Lines as Roy
- 2010 Hesher as Funeral Director
- 1991 Dollman as Sprug
- 1994 The Investigator
- 1992 Diggstown as Prison Guard
- 1985 Grunt! The Wrestling Movie as Charlie Stroll
- 1986 Wired to Kill as Sly
- 2021 The Collector as Hal
- 2014 Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson as Admiral Ironsides
- 1985 The Compleat Al as Look-A-Like Salesman
- 2015 L.A. Slasher as The KA Leader
- 2001 K-PAX as Screaming Man (uncredited)
- 2010 Radio Free Albemuth as Leon
- 2016 The 4th as Creepy Party Crasher
- 2017 The Hero as Man in Dream
- 2015 Grandma as Mike
- 2006 Voodoo Moon as Mac
- 1990 Wild at Heart as Timmy Thompson
- 2004 Suspect Zero as Piper
- 2017 Buckshot as Nickel
- 2004 Hidalgo as Texas Jack
- 2001 Camouflage as Skinny Cop - Tommy
- 1995 S.F.W. as Distressed Witness
- 2017 You're Gonna Miss Me as Linus Duckworth
- 1997 Buddy as Zoo Keeper
- 2012 Hitchcock as Henry Gein
- 2001 A Crack in the Floor as Turner
- 2016 Pee-wee's Big Holiday as Clay
- 1992 Keep the Change as Darryl Burke
- 1986 Lifetime Contract as Shrink
- 1994 It Runs in the Family as Floyd Bumpus
- 1990 Backstreet Dreams as Spider
- 1987 Amazon Women on the Moon as Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
- 1992 A Formula for Mayhem as Raddish
- 2001 The Majestic as Subpoena Server
- 1994 Dead Connection
- 1999 Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie as Horace Bing
- 1993 12:01 as Thin Assassin
- 1991 Mobsters as Sonny Catania
- 2003 Carnivàle ( 1 episode ) as Jasper
- 1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation ( 1 episode ) as Gul Dolak
- 2002 Monk ( 1 episode ) as Warrick Tennyson
- 2014 Mr. Pickles ( 31 episodes ) as Grandpa (voice)
- 2021 Big Shot ( 1 episode ) as Eddie
- 2017 Young Sheldon ( 1 episode ) as Chet
- 1989 Quantum Leap ( 1 episode ) as Mortimer
- 2005 Criminal Minds ( 1 episode ) as Richard Clayvin
- 1985 Moonlighting ( 1 episode ) as Padua Resident
- 2011 American Horror Story ( 3 episodes ) as Real Ishmael Polk
- 1984 Night Court ( 1 episode ) as Aqualung
- 2014 Silicon Valley ( 1 episode ) as Noah
- 1990 Twin Peaks ( 1 episode ) as Muddy
- 2003 Carnivàle ( 1 episode ) as Jasper / Talker #3
- 2005 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia ( 1 episode ) as Smokey
- 2009 JONAS L.A. ( 1 episode ) as Larry
- 2005 My Name Is Earl ( 3 episodes ) as Kenny's Dad
- 2005 My Name Is Earl ( 1 episode ) as Male Guest
- 2004 Stargate Atlantis ( 1 episode ) as Keturah
- 1996 7th Heaven ( 1 episode ) as Fred Moon
- 2018 9-1-1 ( 1 episode ) as Sam
- 2019 Momma Named Me Sheriff ( 9 episodes ) as Grandpa (voice)
- 2010 Good Luck Charlie ( 5 episodes ) as Vern
- 1993 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman ( 116 episodes ) as Horace Bing
- 2023 Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake ( 2 episodes ) as Cosmic Owl (voice)
- 2023 Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake ( 1 episode ) as Cosmic Owl / Brother #1 (voice)
- 1986 Matlock ( 1 episode ) as Unshaven Man
