Frank Collison
ActingBiography
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?
Movies
(46 total)
The Village
as Victor
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Wash Hogwallop
The Happening
as Nursery Owner
K-PAX
as Screaming Man (uncredited)
The Last Boy Scout
as Pablo
Wild at Heart
as Timmy Thompson
Hitchcock
as Henry Gein
Hidalgo
as Texas Jack
The Whole Ten Yards
as Strabo
The Blob
as Phil Hobbs—Projectionist
The Majestic
as Subpoena Server
Hesher
as Funeral Director
Grandma
as Mike
Suspect Zero
as Piper
The Hero
as Man in Dream
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
as Clay
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
Hope Springs
as Mr. Fisher
Diggstown
as Prison Guard
TV Shows
(27 total)
American Horror Story
as Real Ishmael Polk
Criminal Minds
as Richard Clayvin
Young Sheldon
as Chet
9-1-1
as Sam
Twin Peaks
as Muddy
Silicon Valley
as Noah
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Gul Dolak
Monk
as Warrick Tennyson
Stargate Atlantis
as Keturah
My Name Is Earl
as Kenny's Dad
My Name Is Earl
as Male Guest
Mr. Pickles
as Grandpa (voice)
Quantum Leap
as Mortimer
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as Horace Bing
Carnivàle
as Jasper
Carnivàle
as Jasper / Talker #3
Good Luck Charlie
as Vern
Moonlighting
as Padua Resident
Big Shot
as Eddie