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?
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
Two Yellow Lines
Big Shot
The Collector
Momma Named Me Sheriff
9-1-1
Buckshot
Young Sheldon
The Hero
You're Gonna Miss Me
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
The 4th
L.A. Slasher
Grandma
Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson
Mr. Pickles
Silicon Valley
Hitchcock
American Horror Story
Good Luck Charlie
Hesher
JONAS L.A.
The Happening
Voodoo Moon
Criminal Minds
My Name Is Earl
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Suspect Zero
The Village
Stargate Atlantis
The Whole Ten Yards
Hidalgo
Carnivàle
Hope Springs
Monk
K-PAX
A Crack in the Floor
Camouflage
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
Buddy
7th Heaven
It Runs in the Family
S.F.W.
Diggstown
Keep the Change
The Last Boy Scout
Dollman
Wild at Heart
Twin Peaks
Quantum Leap
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
The Blob
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Amazon Women on the Moon
Into the Homeland
Wired to Kill
Lifetime Contract
Grunt! The Wrestling Movie
The Compleat Al
Moonlighting
Night Court