
Frank Collison
Actor
Born: February 14, 1950 (76 years old)
Place of birth: Evanston, Illinois, USA
Biography
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 (61)
- Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie (1999, ★ 8.2)
- Carnivàle (2003, ★ 7.9)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987, ★ 8.4)
- Monk (2002, ★ 7.9)
- Mr. Pickles (2014, ★ 8.2)
- Big Shot (2021, ★ 7.9)
- Young Sheldon (2017, ★ 8)
- Quantum Leap (1989, ★ 8)
- Criminal Minds (2005, ★ 8.3)
- Moonlighting (1985, ★ 7.5)
- American Horror Story (2011, ★ 8.1)
- Silicon Valley (2014, ★ 8.1)
- Twin Peaks (1990, ★ 8.4)
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005, ★ 8.3)
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000, ★ 7.3)
- Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988, ★ 6.7)
- The Blob (1988, ★ 6.8)
- JONAS L.A. (2009, ★ 7.5)
- Stargate Atlantis (2004, ★ 8)
- 9-1-1 (2018, ★ 8.2)
- Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (2023, ★ 8.7)
- The Last Boy Scout (1991, ★ 6.8)
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993, ★ 7.6)
- The Village (2004, ★ 6.5)
- Night Court (1984, ★ 7.3)
- My Name Is Earl (2005, ★ 7.7)
- Good Luck Charlie (2010, ★ 7.9)
- Hesher (2010, ★ 6.8)
- Diggstown (1992, ★ 6.3)
- The Compleat Al (1985, ★ 6.4)