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?
as Cosmic Owl (voice)(2 eps)
as Cosmic Owl / Brother #1 (voice)(1 ep)
as Hal
as Roy
as Eddie(1 ep)
as Grandpa (voice)(9 eps)
as Sam(1 ep)
as Nickel
as Chet(1 ep)
as Gunnar
as Man in Dream
as Linus Duckworth
as Clay
as Creepy Party Crasher
as The KA Leader
as Mike
as Admiral Ironsides
as Grandpa (voice)(31 eps)
as Noah(1 ep)
as Henry Gein
as Real Ishmael Polk(3 eps)
as Vern(5 eps)
as Leon
as Funeral Director
as Larry(1 ep)
as Nursery Owner
as Mac
as Richard Clayvin(1 ep)
as Kenny's Dad(3 eps)
as Male Guest(1 ep)
as Smokey(1 ep)
as Piper
as Victor
as Keturah(1 ep)
as Strabo
as Texas Jack
as Jasper(1 ep)
as Jasper / Talker #3(1 ep)
as Mr. Fisher
as Warrick Tennyson(1 ep)
as Subpoena Server
as Screaming Man (uncredited)
as Turner
as Skinny Cop - Tommy
as Wash Hogwallop
as Horace Bing
as Zoo Keeper
as Fred Moon(1 ep)
as Distressed Witness
as Floyd Bumpus
as Thin Assassin
as Horace Bing(116 eps)
as Prison Guard
as Raddish
as Darryl Burke
as Pablo
as Sprug
as Sonny Catania
as Spider
as Phil(1 ep)
as Timmy Thompson
as Muddy(1 ep)
as Mortimer(1 ep)
as Billy
as Phil Hobbs—Projectionist
as Gas Station Attendant
as Gul Dolak(1 ep)
as Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
as Sly
as Shrink
as Unshaven Man(1 ep)
as Charlie Stroll
as Look-A-Like Salesman
as Padua Resident(1 ep)
as Aqualung(1 ep)