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: Acting

Born: Evanston, Illinois, USA, 1950-02-14

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1985	The Compleat Al	Look-A-Like Salesman	64
2	1985	Grunt! The Wrestling Movie	Charlie Stroll	50
3	1986	Lifetime Contract	Shrink	0
4	1986	Wired to Kill	Sly	31
5	1987	Into the Homeland	Gas Station Attendant	60
6	1987	Amazon Women on the Moon	Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")	59
7	1988	The Blob	Hobbe	68
8	1988	Elvira: Mistress of the Dark	Billy	66
9	1990	Wild at Heart	Timmy Thompson	70
10	1990	Backstreet Dreams	Spider	50
11	1991	Dollman	Sprug	49
12	1991	The Last Boy Scout	Pablo	68
13	1992	Keep the Change	Darryl Burke	60
14	1992	A Formula for Mayhem	Raddish	0
15	1992	Diggstown	Prison Guard	63
16	1994	Dead Connection		39
17	1994	S.F.W.	Distressed Witness	60
18	1994	It Runs in the Family	Floyd Bumpus	53
19	1994	The Investigator		0
20	1997	Buddy	Zoo Keeper	48
21	1999	Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie	Horace Bing	82
22	2000	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Wash Hogwallop	73
23	2001	Camouflage	Skinny Cop - Tommy	44
24	2001	A Crack in the Floor	Turner	32
25	2001	K-PAX	Screaming Man (uncredited)	72
26	2001	The Majestic	Subpoena Server	68
27	2003	Hope Springs	Mr. Fisher	53
28	2004	Hidalgo	Texas Jack	69
29	2004	The Whole Ten Yards	Strabo	57
30	2004	The Village	Victor	65
31	2004	Suspect Zero	Piper	55
32	2006	Voodoo Moon	Mac	39
33	2008	The Happening	Nursery Owner	54
34	2010	Hesher	Funeral Director	68
35	2010	Radio Free Albemuth	Leon	54
36	2012	Hitchcock	Henry Gein	66
37	2014	Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson	Admiral Ironsides	48
38	2015	Grandma	Mike	65
39	2015	L.A. Slasher	The KA Leader	49
40	2016	The 4th	Creepy Party Crasher	46
41	2016	Pee-wee's Big Holiday	Clay	61
42	2017	You're Gonna Miss Me	Linus Duckworth	0
43	2017	The Hero	Man in Dream	61
44	2017	Buckshot	Nickel	60
45	2021	The Collector	Hal	70
46	2021	Two Yellow Lines	Roy	45

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	Night Court	Aqualung	74
2	1985	Moonlighting	Padua Resident	75
3	1987	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Gul Dolak	84
4	1989	Quantum Leap	Mortimer	80
5	1990	Twin Peaks	Muddy	83
6	1993	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Horace Bing	76
7	1996	7th Heaven	Fred Moon	64
8	2002	Monk	Warrick Tennyson	79
9	2003	Carnivàle	Jasper	79
10	2003	Carnivàle	Jasper / Talker #3	79
11	2004	Stargate Atlantis	Keturah	80
12	2005	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Smokey	83
13	2005	My Name Is Earl	Kenny's Dad	77
14	2005	My Name Is Earl	Male Guest	77
15	2005	Criminal Minds	Richard Clayvin	83
16	2009	JONAS L.A.	Larry	75
17	2010	Good Luck Charlie	Vern	79
18	2011	American Horror Story	Real Ishmael Polk	81
19	2014	Silicon Valley	Noah	81
20	2014	Mr. Pickles	Grandpa (voice)	82
21	2017	Young Sheldon	Chet	80
22	2018	9-1-1	Sam	82
23	2019	Momma Named Me Sheriff	Grandpa (voice)	58
24	2021	Big Shot	Eddie	80

Frank Collison

Film

Television