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Frank Collison

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1950-02-14 (Age: 76)

Place of Birth

Evanston, Illinois, USA

Frank Collison

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 (47)

⭐ 4.5 Role: Roy

Two Yellow Lines

2021
⭐ 7.0 Role: Hal

The Collector

2021
⭐ 6.0 Role: Nickel

Buckshot

2017
⭐ 6.1 Role: Man in Dream

The Hero

2017
⭐ 0 Role: Linus Duckworth

You're Gonna Miss Me

2017
⭐ 6.1 Role: Clay

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

2016
⭐ 4.6 Role: Creepy Party Crasher

The 4th

2016
⭐ 4.8 Role: The KA Leader

L.A. Slasher

2015
⭐ 6.5 Role: Mike

Grandma

2015
⭐ 4.8 Role: Admiral Ironsides

Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson

2014
⭐ 6.6 Role: Henry Gein

Hitchcock

2012
⭐ 5.4 Role: Leon

Radio Free Albemuth

2010
⭐ 6.8 Role: Funeral Director

Hesher

2010
⭐ 5.4 Role: Nursery Owner

The Happening

2008
⭐ 4.2 Role: Mac

Voodoo Moon

2006