Frank Collison
Frank trained at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, earned his BA in theatre at San Francisco State University, helped establish a summer theatre company in the Sierra Nevadas then went on to earn an MFA in acting at UC San Diego. Before Frank began his professional career in acting, he worked as a forest fire fighter, diaper service dispatcher and substitute teacher. Appearing in over 150 productions, Frank 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. Frank 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?
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
(Wash Hogwallop)
The Whole Ten Yards
(Strabo)
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
(Billy)
Hope Springs
(Mr. Fisher)
The Village
(Victor)
The Happening
(Nursery Owner)
The Last Boy Scout
(Pablo)
The Blob
(Hobbe)
Into the Homeland
(Gas Station Attendant)
Two Yellow Lines
(Roy)
Hesher
(Funeral Director)
Dollman
(Sprug)
The Investigator
Diggstown
(Prison Guard)
Grunt! The Wrestling Movie
(Charlie Stroll)
Wired to Kill
(Sly)
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
(Horace Bing)
The Collector
(Hal)
Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson
(Admiral Ironsides)
The Compleat Al
(Look-A-Like Salesman)
L.A. Slasher
(Killers Anonymous Leader)
K-PAX
(Screaming Man (uncredited))
Radio Free Albemuth
(Leon)
The 4th
(Creepy Party Crasher)
The Hero
(Man in Dream)
Grandma
(Mike)
Voodoo Moon
(Mac)
Wild at Heart
(Timmy Thompson)
Suspect Zero
(Piper)
Buckshot
(Nickel)
Hidalgo
(Texas Jack)
Camouflage
(Skinny Cop - Tommy)
S.F.W.
(Distressed Witness)
You're Gonna Miss Me
(Linus Duckworth)
Buddy
(Zoo Keeper)
Hitchcock
(Henry Gein)
A Crack in the Floor
(Turner)
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
(Clay)
Keep the Change
(Darryl Burke)
Lifetime Contract
(Shrink)
It Runs in the Family
(Floyd Bumpus)
Backstreet Dreams
(Spider)
Amazon Women on the Moon
(Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates"))
Carnivàle
(Jasper)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
(Gul Dolak)
Monk
(Warrick Tennyson)
Mr. Pickles
(Grandpa (voice))
Big Shot
(Eddie)
Young Sheldon
(Chet)
Quantum Leap
(Mortimer)
Criminal Minds
(Richard Clayvin)
Moonlighting
(Padua Resident)
American Horror Story
(Real Ishmael Polk)
Night Court
(Aqualung)
Silicon Valley
(Noah)
Twin Peaks
(Muddy)
Carnivàle
(Jasper / Talker #3)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
(Smokey)
JONAS L.A.
(Larry)
My Name Is Earl
(Kenny's Dad)
My Name Is Earl
(Male Guest)
Stargate Atlantis
(Keturah)
7th Heaven
(Fred Moon)
9-1-1
(Sam)
Momma Named Me Sheriff
(Grandpa (voice))
Good Luck Charlie
(Vern)