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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 14, 1950
Place of Birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Frank Collison
1.2 Popularity
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?
Known For
8.7
Cosmic Owl (voice)
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
2023
8.7
Cosmic Owl / Brother #1 (voice)
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
2023
4.5
Roy
Two Yellow Lines
2021
7.9
Eddie
Big Shot
2021
7.0
Hal
The Collector
2021
5.8
Grandpa (voice)
Momma Named Me Sheriff
2019
8.2
Sam
9-1-1
2018
6.0
Nickel
Buckshot
2017
8.0
Chet
Young Sheldon
2017
6.1
Man in Dream
The Hero
2017
Credits
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
as Cosmic Owl (voice)
2023
8.7
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
as Cosmic Owl / Brother #1 (voice)
2023
8.7
Two Yellow Lines
as Roy
2021
4.5
Big Shot
as Eddie
2021
7.9
The Collector
as Hal
2021
7.0
Momma Named Me Sheriff
as Grandpa (voice)
2019
5.8
9-1-1
as Sam
2018
8.2
Buckshot
as Nickel
2017
6.0
Young Sheldon
as Chet
2017
8.0
The Hero
as Man in Dream
2017
6.1
You're Gonna Miss Me
as Linus Duckworth
2017
0.0
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
as Clay
2016
6.1
The 4th
as Creepy Party Crasher
2016
4.6
L.A. Slasher
as The KA Leader
2015
4.8
Grandma
as Mike
2015
6.5
Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson
as Admiral Ironsides
2014
4.8
Mr. Pickles
as Grandpa (voice)
2014
8.2
Silicon Valley
as Noah
2014
8.1
Hitchcock
as Henry Gein
2012
6.6
American Horror Story
as Real Ishmael Polk
2011
8.1
Good Luck Charlie
as Vern
2010
7.9
Radio Free Albemuth
as Leon
2010
5.4
Hesher
as Funeral Director
2010
6.8
JONAS L.A.
as Larry
2009
7.5
The Happening
as Nursery Owner
2008
5.4
Voodoo Moon
as Mac
2006
3.7
Criminal Minds
as Richard Clayvin
2005
8.3
My Name Is Earl
as Kenny's Dad
2005
7.7
My Name Is Earl
as Male Guest
2005
7.7
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Smokey
2005
8.3
Suspect Zero
as Piper
2004
5.5
The Village
as Victor
2004
6.5
Stargate Atlantis
as Keturah
2004
8.0
The Whole Ten Yards
as Strabo
2004
5.7
Hidalgo
as Texas Jack
2004
6.9
Carnivàle
as Jasper
2003
7.9
Carnivàle
as Jasper / Talker #3
2003
7.9
Hope Springs
as Mr. Fisher
2003
5.3
Monk
as Warrick Tennyson
2002
8.0
The Majestic
as Subpoena Server
2001
6.7
K-PAX
as Screaming Man (uncredited)
2001
7.2
A Crack in the Floor
as Turner
2001
3.4
Camouflage
as Skinny Cop - Tommy
2001
4.3
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Wash Hogwallop
2000
7.3
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
as Horace Bing
1999
8.2
Buddy
as Zoo Keeper
1997
4.9
7th Heaven
as Fred Moon
1996
6.4
S.F.W.
as Distressed Witness
1995
6.0
🎬
The Investigator
1994
0.0
It Runs in the Family
as Floyd Bumpus
1994
5.4
Dead Connection
1994
4.2
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as Horace Bing
1993
7.6
Diggstown
as Prison Guard
1992
6.3
A Formula for Mayhem
as Raddish
1992
0.0
Keep the Change
as Darryl Burke
1992
6.0
The Last Boy Scout
as Pablo
1991
6.8
Dollman
as Sprug
1991
4.9
Backstreet Dreams
as Spider
1990
5.0
Wild at Heart
as Timmy Thompson
1990
7.0
Twin Peaks
as Muddy
1990
8.3
Quantum Leap
as Mortimer
1989
8.0
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
as Billy
1988
6.7
The Blob
as Phil Hobbs—Projectionist
1988
6.8
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Gul Dolak
1987
8.4
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
1987
5.9
Into the Homeland
as Gas Station Attendant
1987
6.0
Wired to Kill
as Sly
1986
3.1
Lifetime Contract
as Shrink
1986
0.0
Matlock
as Unshaven Man
1986
7.1
Grunt! The Wrestling Movie
as Charlie Stroll
1985
5.1
The Compleat Al
as Look-A-Like Salesman
1985
6.4
Moonlighting
as Padua Resident
1985
7.5
Night Court
as Aqualung
1984
7.3