Frank Collison
Known For
Acting
Born
1950-02-14 in 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?
Most Known For
Criminal Minds
as Richard Clayvin
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Gul Dolak
Young Sheldon
as Chet
9-1-1
as Sam
Twin Peaks
as Muddy
American Horror Story
as Real Ishmael Polk
Monk
as Warrick Tennyson
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Smokey
Stargate Atlantis
as Keturah
Quantum Leap
as Mortimer
Silicon Valley
as Noah
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as Horace Bing
My Name Is Earl
as Kenny's Dad
My Name Is Earl
as Male Guest
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
as Cosmic Owl (voice)
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
as Cosmic Owl / Brother #1 (voice)
Matlock
as Unshaven Man
7th Heaven
as Fred Moon
Night Court
as Aqualung
Moonlighting
as Padua Resident