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Frank Collison

Born 1950-02-14

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

The Village 2004 · 6.6 The Happening 2008 · 5.0 The Last Boy Scout 1991 · 7.0 Hidalgo 2004 · 6.7 The Whole Ten Yards 2004 · 5.5 Hesher 2010 · 6.9 Grandma 2015 · 6.8 Elvira: Mistress of the Dark 1988 · 6.6 The Hero 2017 · 6.5 Mr. Pickles 2013 · 7.3 Hope Springs 2003 · 5.4 Buddy 1997 · 4.8 Dollman 1991 · 5.3 L.A. Slasher 2015 · 3.2 Two Yellow Lines 2021 · 6.7 You're Gonna Miss Me 2017 · 3.2 Buckshot 2017 · 5.9