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?
Richard Clayvin
Gul Dolak
Smokey
Kenny's Dad
Male Guest
Chet
Warrick Tennyson
Sam
Horace Bing
Real Ishmael Polk
Vern
Muddy
Aqualung
Keturah
Mortimer
Noah
Padua Resident
Fred Moon
Jasper
Jasper / Talker #3
Eddie
Larry
Grandpa (voice)
Grandpa (voice)
Victor
Wash Hogwallop
Nursery Owner
Pablo
Timmy Thompson
Texas Jack
Hobbe
Billy
Admiral Ironsides
Screaming Man (uncredited)
Henry Gein
Strabo
Subpoena Server
Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
Funeral Director
Clay
Piper
Mike
Prison Guard
Horace Bing
Sprug
Zoo Keeper
Man in Dream
Mr. Fisher
Distressed Witness
The KA Leader
Skinny Cop - Tommy
Turner
Look-A-Like Salesman
Spider
Charlie Stroll
Floyd Bumpus
Creepy Party Crasher
Mac
Linus Duckworth
Leon
Gas Station Attendant
Roy
Nickel
Darryl Burke
Hal
Sly
Shrink
Raddish