Acting credits
69
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Frank Collison
Acting
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Movies: 45Series: 24
TMDB ID: 1479
IMDb ID: nm0172806
Known for: Acting
Born: February 14, 1950
Age: 76
Place of birth: Evanston, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1984 - 2023
Years active: 40
Average TMDB rating: 6.91
Wikidata: Q645626
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?
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Frank Collison.
4.5
Two Yellow Lines
as Roy
2021 Movie
7.0
The Collector
as Hal
2021 Movie
6.0
Buckshot
as Nickel
2017 Movie
6.1
The Hero
as Man in Dream
2017 Movie
You're Gonna Miss Me
as Linus Duckworth
2017 Movie
6.1
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
as Clay
2016 Movie
4.6
The 4th
as Creepy Party Crasher
2016 Movie
4.8
L.A. Slasher
as The KA Leader
2015 Movie
6.5
Grandma
as Mike
2015 Movie
4.8
Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson
as Admiral Ironsides
2014 Movie
6.6
Hitchcock
as Henry Gein
2012 Movie
5.4
Radio Free Albemuth
as Leon
2010 Movie
6.8
Hesher
as Funeral Director
2010 Movie
5.4
The Happening
as Nursery Owner
2008 Movie
3.7
Voodoo Moon
as Mac
2006 Movie
5.5
Suspect Zero
as Piper
2004 Movie
6.5
The Village
as Victor
2004 Movie
5.7
The Whole Ten Yards
as Strabo
2004 Movie
6.9
Hidalgo
as Texas Jack
2004 Movie
5.3
Hope Springs
as Mr. Fisher
2003 Movie
6.7
The Majestic
as Subpoena Server
2001 Movie
7.2
K-PAX
as Screaming Man (uncredited)
2001 Movie
3.4
A Crack in the Floor
as Turner
2001 Movie
4.3
Camouflage
as Skinny Cop - Tommy
2001 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Frank Collison.
8.7
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
as Cosmic Owl (voice) • 2 eps
2023 Series
7.9
Big Shot
as Eddie • 1 eps
2021 Series
5.8
Momma Named Me Sheriff
as Grandpa (voice) • 9 eps
2019 Series
8.2
9-1-1
as Sam • 1 eps
2018 Series
8.0
Young Sheldon
as Chet • 1 eps
2017 Series
8.2
Mr. Pickles
as Grandpa (voice) • 30 eps
2014 Series
8.1
Silicon Valley
as Noah • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.1
American Horror Story
as Real Ishmael Polk • 3 eps
2011 Series
7.9
Good Luck Charlie
as Vern • 5 eps
2010 Series
7.5
JONAS L.A.
as Larry • 1 eps
2009 Series
8.3
Criminal Minds
as Richard Clayvin • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.7
My Name Is Earl
as Kenny's Dad • 3 eps
2005 Series
8.3
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Smokey • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.0
Stargate Atlantis
as Keturah • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.9
Carnivàle
as Jasper • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.9
Monk
as Warrick Tennyson • 1 eps
2002 Series
6.4
7th Heaven
as Fred Moon • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.6
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as Horace Bing • 116 eps
1993 Series
8.3
Twin Peaks
as Muddy • 1 eps
1990 Series
8.0
Quantum Leap
as Mortimer • 1 eps
1989 Series
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Gul Dolak • 1 eps
1987 Series
7.1
Matlock
as Unshaven Man • 1 eps
1986 Series
7.5
Moonlighting
as Padua Resident • 1 eps
1985 Series
7.3
Night Court
as Aqualung • 1 eps
1984 Series