Frank Collison
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?
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Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
as Cosmic Owl (voice)
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
as Cosmic Owl / Brother #1 (voice)
The Collector
as Hal
Two Yellow Lines
as Roy
Big Shot
as Eddie
Momma Named Me Sheriff
as Grandpa (voice)
9-1-1
as Sam
Buckshot
as Nickel
Young Sheldon
as Chet
Vikes
as Gunnar
The Hero
as Man in Dream
You're Gonna Miss Me
as Linus Duckworth
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
as Clay
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
Mr. Pickles
as Grandpa (voice)
Silicon Valley
as Noah
Hitchcock
as Henry Gein
American Horror Story
as Real Ishmael Polk
Good Luck Charlie
as Vern
Radio Free Albemuth
as Leon
Hesher
as Funeral Director
JONAS L.A.
as Larry
Voodoo Moon
as Mac
Criminal Minds
as Richard Clayvin
My Name Is Earl
as Kenny's Dad
My Name Is Earl
as Male Guest
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Smokey
Suspect Zero
as Piper
The Village
as Victor
Stargate Atlantis
as Keturah
The Whole Ten Yards
as Strabo
Hidalgo
as Texas Jack
Carnivàle
as Jasper
Carnivàle
as Jasper / Talker #3
Hope Springs
as Mr. Fisher
Monk
as Warrick Tennyson
The Majestic
as Subpoena Server
K-PAX
as Screaming Man (uncredited)
A Crack in the Floor
as Turner
Camouflage
as Skinny Cop - Tommy
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Wash Hogwallop
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
as Horace Bing
Buddy
as Zoo Keeper
7th Heaven
as Fred Moon
S.F.W.
as Distressed Witness
The Investigator
as Unknown
It Runs in the Family
as Floyd Bumpus
Dead Connection
as Unknown
12:01
as Thin Assassin
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as Horace Bing
Diggstown
as Prison Guard
A Formula for Mayhem
as Raddish
Keep the Change
as Darryl Burke
The Last Boy Scout
as Pablo
Dollman
as Sprug
Mobsters
as Sonny Catania
Backstreet Dreams
as Spider
Wild at Heart
as Timmy Thompson
Twin Peaks
as Muddy
Quantum Leap
as Mortimer
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
as Billy
The Blob
as Phil Hobbs—Projectionist
Into the Homeland
as Gas Station Attendant
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Gul Dolak
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
Wired to Kill
as Sly
Lifetime Contract
as Shrink
Matlock
as Unshaven Man
Grunt! The Wrestling Movie
as Charlie Stroll
The Compleat Al
as Look-A-Like Salesman
Moonlighting
as Padua Resident
Night Court
as Aqualung