Frank Collison
Actor
Born February 14, 1950 in Evanston, Illinois, USA
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?
Filmography
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
Cosmic Owl (voice)
Two Yellow Lines
Roy
Big Shot
Eddie
The Collector
Hal
Momma Named Me Sheriff
Grandpa (voice)
9-1-1
Sam
Buckshot
Nickel
Young Sheldon
Chet
The Hero
Man in Dream
You're Gonna Miss Me
Linus Duckworth
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Clay
The 4th
Creepy Party Crasher
L.A. Slasher
The KA Leader
Grandma
Mike
Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson
Admiral Ironsides
Mr. Pickles
Grandpa (voice)
Silicon Valley
Noah
Hitchcock
Henry Gein
American Horror Story
Real Ishmael Polk
Good Luck Charlie
Vern
Radio Free Albemuth
Leon
Hesher
Funeral Director
JONAS L.A.
Larry
The Happening
Nursery Owner
Voodoo Moon
Mac
Criminal Minds
Richard Clayvin
My Name Is Earl
Kenny's Dad
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Smokey
Suspect Zero
Piper
The Village
Victor
Stargate Atlantis
Keturah
The Whole Ten Yards
Strabo
Hidalgo
Texas Jack
Carnivàle
Jasper
Hope Springs
Mr. Fisher
Monk
Warrick Tennyson
The Majestic
Subpoena Server
K-PAX
Screaming Man (uncredited)
A Crack in the Floor
Turner
Camouflage
Skinny Cop - Tommy
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Wash Hogwallop
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
Horace Bing
Buddy
Zoo Keeper
7th Heaven
Fred Moon
S.F.W.
Distressed Witness
The Investigator
It Runs in the Family
Floyd Bumpus
Dead Connection
12:01
Thin Assassin
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Horace Bing
Diggstown
Prison Guard
A Formula for Mayhem
Raddish
Keep the Change
Darryl Burke
The Last Boy Scout
Pablo
Dollman
Sprug
Backstreet Dreams
Spider
Wild at Heart
Timmy Thompson
Twin Peaks
Muddy
Quantum Leap
Mortimer
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Billy
The Blob
Phil Hobbs—Projectionist
Into the Homeland
Gas Station Attendant
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Gul Dolak
Amazon Women on the Moon
Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
Wired to Kill
Sly
Lifetime Contract
Shrink
Matlock
Unshaven Man
Grunt! The Wrestling Movie
Charlie Stroll
The Compleat Al
Look-A-Like Salesman
Moonlighting
Padua Resident
Night Court
Aqualung