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Frank Collison

Frank Collison

Born: 1950-02-14 • 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
Two Yellow Lines poster
Two Yellow Lines
2021 • Roy
The Collector poster
The Collector
2021 • Hal
Buckshot poster
Buckshot
2017 • Nickel
The Hero poster
The Hero
2017 • Man in Dream
You're Gonna Miss Me poster
You're Gonna Miss Me
2017 • Linus Duckworth
Pee-wee's Big Holiday poster
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016 • Clay
The 4th poster
The 4th
2016 • Creepy Party Crasher
L.A. Slasher poster
L.A. Slasher
2015 • The KA Leader
Grandma poster
Grandma
2015 • Mike
Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson poster
Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson
2014 • Admiral Ironsides
Hitchcock poster
Hitchcock
2012 • Henry Gein
Radio Free Albemuth poster
Radio Free Albemuth
2010 • Leon
Hesher poster
Hesher
2010 • Funeral Director
The Happening poster
The Happening
2008 • Nursery Owner
Voodoo Moon poster
Voodoo Moon
2006 • Mac
Suspect Zero poster
Suspect Zero
2004 • Piper
The Village poster
The Village
2004 • Victor
The Whole Ten Yards poster
The Whole Ten Yards
2004 • Strabo
Hidalgo poster
Hidalgo
2004 • Texas Jack
Hope Springs poster
Hope Springs
2003 • Mr. Fisher
The Majestic poster
The Majestic
2001 • Subpoena Server
K-PAX poster
K-PAX
2001 • Screaming Man (uncredited)
A Crack in the Floor poster
A Crack in the Floor
2001 • Turner
Camouflage poster
Camouflage
2001 • Skinny Cop - Tommy
O Brother, Where Art Thou? poster
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000 • Wash Hogwallop
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie poster
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
1999 • Horace Bing
Buddy poster
Buddy
1997 • Zoo Keeper
S.F.W. poster
S.F.W.
1995 • Distressed Witness
No Image
The Investigator
1994
It Runs in the Family poster
It Runs in the Family
1994 • Floyd Bumpus
Dead Connection poster
Dead Connection
1994
Diggstown poster
Diggstown
1992 • Prison Guard
A Formula for Mayhem poster
A Formula for Mayhem
1992 • Raddish
Keep the Change poster
Keep the Change
1992 • Darryl Burke
The Last Boy Scout poster
The Last Boy Scout
1991 • Pablo
Dollman poster
Dollman
1991 • Sprug
Backstreet Dreams poster
Backstreet Dreams
1990 • Spider
Wild at Heart poster
Wild at Heart
1990 • Timmy Thompson
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark poster
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988 • Billy
The Blob poster
The Blob
1988 • Phil Hobbs—Projectionist
Amazon Women on the Moon poster
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987 • Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
Into the Homeland poster
Into the Homeland
1987 • Gas Station Attendant
Wired to Kill poster
Wired to Kill
1986 • Sly
Lifetime Contract poster
Lifetime Contract
1986 • Shrink
Grunt! The Wrestling Movie poster
Grunt! The Wrestling Movie
1985 • Charlie Stroll
The Compleat Al poster
The Compleat Al
1985 • Look-A-Like Salesman