Frank Collison
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 14, 1950
- Birthplace
- 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
The Collector 2022
as Hal
Two Yellow Lines 2021
as Roy
Buckshot 2017
as Nickel
Vikes 2017
as Gunnar
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 The KA Leader
Grandma 2015
as Mike
Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson 2014
as Admiral Ironsides
Hitchcock 2012
as Henry Gein
Radio Free Albemuth 2010
as Leon
Hesher 2010
as Funeral Director
The Happening 2008
as Nursery Owner
Voodoo Moon 2006
as Mac
Suspect Zero 2004
as Piper
The Village 2004
as Victor
The Whole Ten Yards 2004
as Strabo
Hidalgo 2004
as Texas Jack
Hope Springs 2003
as Mr. Fisher
The Majestic 2001
as Subpoena Server
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
S.F.W. 1995
as Distressed Witness
The Investigator 1994
Actor
It Runs in the Family 1994
as Floyd Bumpus
Dead Connection 1994
Actor
12:01 1993
as Thin Assassin
Diggstown 1992
as Prison Guard
A Formula for Mayhem 1992
as Raddish
Keep the Change 1992
as Darryl Burke
The Last Boy Scout 1991
as Pablo
Dollman 1991
as Sprug
Mobsters 1991
as Sonny Catania
Backstreet Dreams 1990
as Spider
Wild at Heart 1990
as Timmy Thompson
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark 1988
as Billy
The Blob 1988
as Phil Hobbs—Projectionist
Into the Homeland 1987
as Gas Station Attendant
Amazon Women on the Moon 1987
as Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
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
Credits from TMDB.