Frank Collison
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 14, 1950 (age 76)
- Birthplace
- 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?
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Filmography
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
TV · as Cosmic Owl (voice), Cosmic Owl / Brother #1 (voice) · 2 eps
The Collector
Movie · as Hal
Two Yellow Lines
Movie · as Roy
Big Shot
TV · as Eddie · 1 ep
Momma Named Me Sheriff
TV · as Grandpa (voice) · 9 eps
9-1-1
TV · as Sam · 1 ep
The Hero
Movie · as Man in Dream
Buckshot
Movie · as Nickel
You're Gonna Miss Me
Movie · as Linus Duckworth
Vikes
Movie · as Gunnar
Young Sheldon
TV · as Chet · 1 ep
The 4th
Movie · as Creepy Party Crasher
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Movie · as Clay
L.A. Slasher
Movie · as The KA Leader
Grandma
Movie · as Mike
Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson
Movie · as Admiral Ironsides
Mr. Pickles
TV · as Grandpa (voice) · 31 eps
Silicon Valley
TV · as Noah · 1 ep
Hitchcock
Movie · as Henry Gein
American Horror Story
TV · as Real Ishmael Polk · 3 eps
Hesher
Movie · as Funeral Director
Radio Free Albemuth
Movie · as Leon
Good Luck Charlie
TV · as Vern · 5 eps
JONAS L.A.
TV · as Larry · 1 ep
The Happening
Movie · as Nursery Owner
Voodoo Moon
Movie · as Mac
Criminal Minds
TV · as Richard Clayvin · 1 ep
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
TV · as Smokey · 1 ep
My Name Is Earl
TV · as Kenny's Dad, Male Guest · 3 eps
The Whole Ten Yards
Movie · as Strabo
The Village
Movie · as Victor
Suspect Zero
Movie · as Piper
Hidalgo
Movie · as Texas Jack
Stargate Atlantis
TV · as Keturah · 1 ep
Hope Springs
Movie · as Mr. Fisher
Carnivàle
TV · as Jasper, Jasper / Talker #3 · 1 ep
Monk
TV · as Warrick Tennyson · 1 ep
K-PAX
Movie · as Screaming Man (uncredited)
Camouflage
Movie · as Skinny Cop - Tommy
A Crack in the Floor
Movie · as Turner
The Majestic
Movie · as Subpoena Server
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Movie · as Wash Hogwallop
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
Movie · as Horace Bing
Buddy
Movie · as Zoo Keeper
7th Heaven
TV · as Fred Moon · 1 ep
S.F.W.
Movie · as Distressed Witness
The Investigator
Movie
It Runs in the Family
Movie · as Floyd Bumpus
Dead Connection
Movie
12:01
Movie · as Thin Assassin
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
TV · as Horace Bing · 116 eps
Diggstown
Movie · as Prison Guard
Keep the Change
Movie · as Darryl Burke
A Formula for Mayhem
Movie · as Raddish
The Last Boy Scout
Movie · as Pablo
Dollman
Movie · as Sprug
Mobsters
Movie · as Sonny Catania
Wild at Heart
Movie · as Timmy Thompson
Backstreet Dreams
Movie · as Spider
Twin Peaks
TV · as Muddy · 1 ep
Cop Rock
TV · as Phil · 1 ep
Quantum Leap
TV · as Mortimer · 1 ep
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Movie · as Billy
The Blob
Movie · as Phil Hobbs—Projectionist
Into the Homeland
Movie · as Gas Station Attendant
Amazon Women on the Moon
Movie · as Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV · as Gul Dolak · 1 ep
Wired to Kill
Movie · as Sly
Lifetime Contract
Movie · as Shrink
Matlock
TV · as Unshaven Man · 1 ep
Grunt! The Wrestling Movie
Movie · as Charlie Stroll
The Compleat Al
Movie · as Look-A-Like Salesman
Moonlighting
TV · as Padua Resident · 1 ep
Night Court
TV · as Aqualung · 1 ep