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