Acting · Evanston, Illinois, USA · Born February 14, 1950
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?
TVAdventure Time: Fionna and Cake
2023
as Cosmic Owl (voice)
MovieTwo Yellow Lines
2021
as Roy
TVBig Shot
2021
as Eddie
MovieThe Collector
2021
as Hal
TVMomma Named Me Sheriff
2019
as Grandpa (voice)
TV9-1-1
2018
as Sam
MovieBuckshot
2017
as Nickel
TVYoung Sheldon
2017
as Chet
MovieThe Hero
2017
as Man in Dream
MovieYou're Gonna Miss Me
2017
as Linus Duckworth
MoviePee-wee's Big Holiday
2016
as Clay
MovieThe 4th
2016
as Creepy Party Crasher
MovieL.A. Slasher
2015
as The KA Leader
MovieGrandma
2015
as Mike
MoviePirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson
2014
as Admiral Ironsides
TVMr. Pickles
2014
as Grandpa (voice)
TVSilicon Valley
2014
as Noah
MovieHitchcock
2012
as Henry Gein
TVAmerican Horror Story
2011
as Real Ishmael Polk
TVGood Luck Charlie
2010
as Vern
MovieRadio Free Albemuth
2010
as Leon
MovieHesher
2010
as Funeral Director
TVJONAS L.A.
2009
as Larry
MovieThe Happening
2008
as Nursery Owner
MovieVoodoo Moon
2006
as Mac
TVCriminal Minds
2005
as Richard Clayvin
TVMy Name Is Earl
2005
as Kenny's Dad
TVIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
as Smokey
MovieSuspect Zero
2004
as Piper
MovieThe Village
2004
as Victor
TVStargate Atlantis
2004
as Keturah
MovieThe Whole Ten Yards
2004
as Strabo
MovieHidalgo
2004
as Texas Jack
TVCarnivàle
2003
as Jasper
MovieHope Springs
2003
as Mr. Fisher
TVMonk
2002
as Warrick Tennyson
MovieThe Majestic
2001
as Subpoena Server
MovieK-PAX
2001
as Screaming Man (uncredited)
MovieA Crack in the Floor
2001
as Turner
MovieCamouflage
2001
as Skinny Cop - Tommy
MovieO Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
as Wash Hogwallop
MovieDr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
1999
as Horace Bing
MovieBuddy
1997
as Zoo Keeper
TV7th Heaven
1996
as Fred Moon
MovieS.F.W.
1995
as Distressed Witness
MovieThe Investigator
1994
MovieIt Runs in the Family
1994
as Floyd Bumpus
MovieDead Connection
1994
Movie12:01
1993
as Thin Assassin
TVDr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993
as Horace Bing
MovieDiggstown
1992
as Prison Guard
MovieA Formula for Mayhem
1992
as Raddish
MovieKeep the Change
1992
as Darryl Burke
MovieThe Last Boy Scout
1991
as Pablo
MovieDollman
1991
as Sprug
MovieBackstreet Dreams
1990
as Spider
MovieWild at Heart
1990
as Timmy Thompson
TVTwin Peaks
1990
as Muddy
TVQuantum Leap
1989
as Mortimer
MovieElvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988
as Billy
MovieThe Blob
1988
as Phil Hobbs—Projectionist
MovieInto the Homeland
1987
as Gas Station Attendant
TVStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Gul Dolak
MovieAmazon Women on the Moon
1987
as Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
MovieWired to Kill
1986
as Sly
MovieLifetime Contract
1986
as Shrink
TVMatlock
1986
as Unshaven Man
MovieGrunt! The Wrestling Movie
1985
as Charlie Stroll
MovieThe Compleat Al
1985
as Look-A-Like Salesman
TVMoonlighting
1985
as Padua Resident
TVNight Court
1984
as Aqualung
