Frank Collison
49 movies · 24 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 14, 1950 (age 76)
- 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?
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Frank Collison: movies and TV shows
Acting (73)
- 2023 Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake · TV
as Cosmic Owl (voice) / Cosmic Owl / Brother #1 (voice) · 3 episodes
- 2022 The Collector
as Hal
- 2021 Two Yellow Lines
as Roy
- 2021
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017 Buckshot
as Nickel
- 2017
- 2017 Vikes
as Gunnar
- 2017 The Hero
as Man in Dream
- 2017 You're Gonna Miss Me
as Linus Duckworth
- 2016 Pee-wee's Big Holiday
as Clay
- 2016 The 4th
as Creepy Party Crasher
- 2015 L.A. Slasher
as The KA Leader
- 2015 Grandma
as Mike
- 2014 Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson
as Admiral Ironsides
- 2014
- 2014
- 2012 Hitchcock
as Henry Gein
- 2011
- 2010
- 2010 Radio Free Albemuth
as Leon
- 2010 Hesher
as Funeral Director
- 2009
- 2008 The Happening
as Nursery Owner
- 2006 Voodoo Moon
as Mac
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004 Suspect Zero
as Piper
- 2004 The Village
as Victor
- 2004
- 2004 The Whole Ten Yards
as Strabo
- 2004 Hidalgo
as Texas Jack
- 2003
- 2003 Hope Springs
as Mr. Fisher
- 2002
- 2001 The Majestic
as Subpoena Server
- 2001 K-PAX
as Screaming Man (uncredited)
- 2001 A Crack in the Floor
as Turner
- 2001 Camouflage
as Skinny Cop - Tommy
- 2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Wash Hogwallop
- 1999 Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
as Horace Bing
- 1997 Buddy
as Zoo Keeper
- 1996
- 1995 S.F.W.
as Distressed Witness
- 1994
- 1994 It Runs in the Family
as Floyd Bumpus
- 1994
- 1993 12:01
as Thin Assassin
- 1993
- 1992 Diggstown
as Prison Guard
- 1992 A Formula for Mayhem
as Raddish
- 1992 Keep the Change
as Darryl Burke
- 1991 The Last Boy Scout
as Pablo
- 1991 Dollman
as Sprug
- 1991 Mobsters
as Sonny Catania
- 1990 Backstreet Dreams
as Spider
- 1990 Wild at Heart
as Timmy Thompson
- 1990
- 1989
- 1988 Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
as Billy
- 1988 The Blob
as Phil Hobbs—Projectionist
- 1987 Into the Homeland
as Gas Station Attendant
- 1987
- 1987 Amazon Women on the Moon
as Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
- 1986 Wired to Kill
as Sly
- 1986 Lifetime Contract
as Shrink
- 1986
- 1985 Grunt! The Wrestling Movie
as Charlie Stroll
- 1985 The Compleat Al
as Look-A-Like Salesman
- 1985
- 1984