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