Acting
Frank Collison
EN cinema · 49 credits
Born
14 February 1950 (age 76)
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?
Known for
Filmography
The Hero
as Man in Dream
Buckshot
as Nickel
You're Gonna Miss Me
as Linus Duckworth
Vikes
as Gunnar
The 4th
as Creepy Party Crasher
L.A. Slasher
as The KA Leader
Grandma
as Mike
Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson
as Admiral Ironsides
Hitchcock
as Henry Gein
Hesher
as Funeral Director
The Happening
as Nursery Owner
Voodoo Moon
as Mac
The Whole Ten Yards
as Strabo
The Village
as Victor
Suspect Zero
as Piper
Hidalgo
as Texas Jack
Hope Springs
as Mr. Fisher
K-PAX
as Screaming Man (uncredited)
Camouflage
as Skinny Cop - Tommy
A Crack in the Floor
as Turner
The Majestic
as Subpoena Server
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Wash Hogwallop
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
as Horace Bing
Buddy
as Zoo Keeper
S.F.W.
as Distressed Witness
It Runs in the Family
as Floyd Bumpus
12:01
as Thin Assassin
Diggstown
as Prison Guard
Keep the Change
as Darryl Burke
A Formula for Mayhem
as Raddish
The Last Boy Scout
as Pablo
Dollman
as Sprug
Mobsters
as Sonny Catania
Wild at Heart
as Timmy Thompson
Backstreet Dreams
as Spider
The Blob
as Phil Hobbs—Projectionist
Into the Homeland
as Gas Station Attendant
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
Lifetime Contract
as Shrink
Grunt! The Wrestling Movie
as Charlie Stroll
The Compleat Al
as Look-A-Like Salesman