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?
Acted in
Two Yellow Lines
2021
as Roy
Big Shot
2021
as Eddie
The Collector
2021
as Hal
Momma Named Me Sheriff
2019
as Grandpa (voice)
9-1-1
2018
as Sam
Buckshot
2017
as Nickel
Young Sheldon
2017
as Chet
The Hero
2017
as Man in Dream
You're Gonna Miss Me
2017
as Linus Duckworth
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016
as Clay
The 4th
2016
as Creepy Party Crasher
L.A. Slasher
2015
as Killers Anonymous Leader
Grandma
2015
as Mike
Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson
2014
as Admiral Ironsides
Mr. Pickles
2014
as Grandpa (voice)
Silicon Valley
2014
as Noah
Hitchcock
2012
as Henry Gein
American Horror Story
2011
as Real Ishmael Polk
Good Luck Charlie
2010
as Vern
Radio Free Albemuth
2010
as Leon
Hesher
2010
as Funeral Director
JONAS L.A.
2009
as Larry
The Happening
2008
as Nursery Owner
Voodoo Moon
2006
as Mac
Criminal Minds
2005
as Richard Clayvin
My Name Is Earl
2005
as Kenny's Dad
My Name Is Earl
2005
as Male Guest
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
as Smokey
Suspect Zero
2004
as Piper
The Village
2004
as Victor
Stargate Atlantis
2004
as Keturah
The Whole Ten Yards
2004
as Strabo
Hidalgo
2004
as Texas Jack
Carnivàle
2003
as Jasper
Carnivàle
2003
as Jasper / Talker #3
Hope Springs
2003
as Mr. Fisher
Monk
2002
as Warrick Tennyson
K-PAX
2001
as Screaming Man (uncredited)
A Crack in the Floor
2001
as Turner
Camouflage
2001
as Skinny Cop - Tommy
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
as Wash Hogwallop
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
1999
as Horace Bing
Buddy
1997
as Zoo Keeper
7th Heaven
1996
as Fred Moon
The Investigator
1994
It Runs in the Family
1994
as Floyd Bumpus
S.F.W.
1994
as Distressed Witness
Diggstown
1992
as Prison Guard
Keep the Change
1992
as Darryl Burke
The Last Boy Scout
1991
as Pablo
Dollman
1991
as Sprug
Backstreet Dreams
1990
as Spider
Wild at Heart
1990
as Timmy Thompson
Twin Peaks
1990
as Muddy
Quantum Leap
1989
as Mortimer
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988
as Billy
The Blob
1988
as Hobbe
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Gul Dolak
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
as Grizzled Pirate
Into the Homeland
1987
as Gas Station Attendant
Wired to Kill
1986
as Sly
Lifetime Contract
1986
as Shrink
Grunt! The Wrestling Movie
1985
as Charlie Stroll
The Compleat Al
1985
as Look-A-Like Salesman
Moonlighting
1985
as Padua Resident
Night Court
1984
as Aqualung