Frank Collison
Known for: Acting
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?
Filmography
Series
Criminal Minds
Richard Clayvin
2005
Series
Young Sheldon
Chet
2017
Series
9-1-1
Sam
2018
Series
American Horror Story
Real Ishmael Polk
2011
Series
Monk
Warrick Tennyson
2002
Series
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Gul Dolak
1987
Series
Twin Peaks
Muddy
1990
Series
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Smokey
2005
Series
Stargate Atlantis
Keturah
2004
Series
Quantum Leap
Mortimer
1989
Series
Night Court
Aqualung
1984
Series
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Horace Bing
1993
Series
My Name Is Earl
Kenny's Dad
2005
Series
My Name Is Earl
Male Guest
2005
Series
Matlock
Unshaven Man
1986
Series
Silicon Valley
Noah
2014
Series
Moonlighting
Padua Resident
1985
Series
Good Luck Charlie
Vern
2010
Series
7th Heaven
Fred Moon
1996
Series
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
Cosmic Owl (voice)
2023
Series
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
Cosmic Owl / Brother #1 (voice)
2023
Series
Carnivàle
Jasper
2003
Series
Carnivàle
Jasper / Talker #3
2003
Series
Mr. Pickles
Grandpa (voice)
2014
Series
Big Shot
Eddie
2021
Film
The Happening
Nursery Owner
2008
Series
JONAS L.A.
Larry
2009
Film
The Majestic
Subpoena Server
2001
Film
K-PAX
Screaming Man (uncredited)
2001
Film
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Wash Hogwallop
2000
Film
The Last Boy Scout
Pablo
1991
Film
The Blob
Phil Hobbs—Projectionist
1988
Film
The Village
Victor
2004
Film
Wild at Heart
Timmy Thompson
1990
Film
Hitchcock
Henry Gein
2012
Film
Hidalgo
Texas Jack
2004
Series
Momma Named Me Sheriff
Grandpa (voice)
2019
Film
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Billy
1988
Film
Diggstown
Prison Guard
1992
Film
Camouflage
Skinny Cop - Tommy
2001
Film
Suspect Zero
Piper
2004
Film
Hesher
Funeral Director
2010
Film
Hope Springs
Mr. Fisher
2003
Film
The Whole Ten Yards
Strabo
2004
Film
Buddy
Zoo Keeper
1997
Film
Grandma
Mike
2015
Film
Dead Connection
1994
Film
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Clay
2016
Film
The Hero
Man in Dream
2017
Film
Amazon Women on the Moon
Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
1987
Film
Voodoo Moon
Mac
2006
Film
S.F.W.
Distressed Witness
1995
Film
Into the Homeland
Gas Station Attendant
1987
Film
Dollman
Sprug
1991
Film
L.A. Slasher
The KA Leader
2015
Film
A Crack in the Floor
Turner
2001
Film
Radio Free Albemuth
Leon
2010
Film
12:01
Thin Assassin
1993
Film
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
Horace Bing
1999
Film
The 4th
Creepy Party Crasher
2016
Film
Keep the Change
Darryl Burke
1992
The Investigator
1994
Film
Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson
Admiral Ironsides
2014
Film
Backstreet Dreams
Spider
1990
Film
It Runs in the Family
Floyd Bumpus
1994
Film
The Compleat Al
Look-A-Like Salesman
1985
Film
Lifetime Contract
Shrink
1986
Film
Wired to Kill
Sly
1986
Film
You're Gonna Miss Me
Linus Duckworth
2017
Film
Two Yellow Lines
Roy
2021
Film
Grunt! The Wrestling Movie
Charlie Stroll
1985
Film
Buckshot
Nickel
2017
Film
The Collector
Hal
2021
Film
A Formula for Mayhem
Raddish
1992