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Frank Collison

Frank Collison

Birthday: 1950-02-14 | Place of Birth: Evanston, Illinois, USA

Frank trained at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, earned his BA in theatre at San Francisco State University, helped establish a summer theatre company in the Sierra Nevadas then went on to earn an MFA in acting at UC San Diego. Before Frank began his professional career in acting, he worked as a forest fire fighter, diaper service dispatcher and substitute teacher. Appearing in over 150 productions, Frank 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. Frank 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Two Yellow Lines

as    Roy

2014
2014
Mr. Pickles

as    Grandpa (voice)

2010
Hesher

as    Funeral Director

2008
The Happening

as    Nursery Owner

2004
Hidalgo

as    Texas Jack

2004
The Village

as    Victor

2003
Hope Springs

as    Mr. Fisher

2001
Camouflage

as    Skinny Cop - Tommy

1999
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie

as    Horace Bing

1988
1985
Grunt! The Wrestling Movie

as    Charlie Stroll