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