Frank Collison
Born February 14, 1950 (Age: 76)
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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?
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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Filmography
The Collector
2021
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as Hal
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Age: 70
The Hero
2017
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as Man in Dream
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Age: 67
Grandma
2015
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as Mike
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Age: 65
Hitchcock
2012
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as Henry Gein
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Age: 62
Hesher
2010
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as Funeral Director
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Age: 59
The Happening
2008
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as Nursery Owner
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Age: 58
Suspect Zero
2004
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as Piper
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Age: 54
The Village
2004
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as Victor
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Age: 54
The Whole Ten Yards
2004
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as Strabo
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Age: 54
Hidalgo
2004
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as Texas Jack
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Age: 53
Hope Springs
2003
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as Mr. Fisher
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Age: 53
The Majestic
2001
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as Subpoena Server
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Age: 51
K-PAX
2001
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as Screaming Man (uncredited)
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Age: 51
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
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as Wash Hogwallop
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Age: 50
Buddy
1997
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as Zoo Keeper
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Age: 47
No Image
The Investigator
1994
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as
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Age: 44
It Runs in the Family
1994
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as Floyd Bumpus
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Age: 44
Diggstown
1992
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as Prison Guard
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Age: 42
A Formula for Mayhem
1992
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as Raddish
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Age: 42
Keep the Change
1992
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as Darryl Burke
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Age: 42
The Last Boy Scout
1991
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as Pablo
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Age: 41
Dollman
1991
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as Sprug
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Age: 41
Backstreet Dreams
1990
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as Spider
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Age: 40
Wild at Heart
1990
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as Timmy Thompson
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Age: 40
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988
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as Billy
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Age: 38
The Blob
1988
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as Phil Hobbs—Projectionist
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Age: 38
Into the Homeland
1987
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as Gas Station Attendant
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Age: 37
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
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as Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
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Age: 37
Grunt! The Wrestling Movie
1985
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as Charlie Stroll
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Age: 35
The Compleat Al
1985
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as Look-A-Like Salesman
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Age: 35