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