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Frank Collison

Actor

Frank Collison

Born February 14, 1950 in Evanston, Illinois, USA48 films

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.

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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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O Brother, Where Art Thou? posterFirst watchO Brother, Where Art Thou?20007.3as Wash HogwallopIn the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
K-PAX poster7.2K-PAX2001The Village poster6.5The Village2004Wild at Heart poster7.0Wild at Heart1990The Last Boy Scout poster6.8The Last Boy Scout1991Hidalgo poster6.9Hidalgo2004Hitchcock poster6.6Hitchcock2012The Blob poster6.9The Blob1988The Majestic poster6.8The Majestic2001

Filmography

48 films as actor
  1. 2022The CollectorHal
  2. 2021Two Yellow LinesRoy
  3. 2017BuckshotNickel
  4. 2017The HeroMan in Dream
  5. 2017You're Gonna Miss MeLinus Duckworth
  6. 2016Pee-wee's Big HolidayClay
  7. 2016The 4thCreepy Party Crasher
  8. 2015L.A. SlasherThe KA Leader
  9. 2015GrandmaMike
  10. 2014Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey MatsonAdmiral Ironsides
  11. 2012HitchcockHenry Gein
  12. 2010Radio Free AlbemuthLeon
  13. 2010HesherFuneral Director
  14. 2008The HappeningNursery Owner
  15. 2006Voodoo MoonMac
  16. 2004Suspect ZeroPiper
  17. 2004The VillageVictor
  18. 2004The Whole Ten YardsStrabo
  19. 2004HidalgoTexas Jack
  20. 2003Hope SpringsMr. Fisher
  21. 2001The MajesticSubpoena Server
  22. 2001K-PAXScreaming Man (uncredited)
  23. 2001A Crack in the FloorTurner
  24. 2001CamouflageSkinny Cop - Tommy
  25. 2000O Brother, Where Art Thou?Wash Hogwallop
  26. 1999Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The MovieHorace Bing
  27. 1997BuddyZoo Keeper
  28. 1995S.F.W.Distressed Witness
  29. 1994The Investigator
  30. 1994It Runs in the FamilyFloyd Bumpus
  31. 1994Dead Connection
  32. 199312:01Thin Assassin
  33. 1992DiggstownPrison Guard
  34. 1992A Formula for MayhemRaddish
  35. 1992Keep the ChangeDarryl Burke
  36. 1991The Last Boy ScoutPablo
  37. 1991DollmanSprug
  38. 1991MobstersSonny Catania
  39. 1990Backstreet DreamsSpider
  40. 1990Wild at HeartTimmy Thompson
  41. 1988Elvira: Mistress of the DarkBilly
  42. 1988The BlobPhil Hobbs—Projectionist
  43. 1987Into the HomelandGas Station Attendant
  44. 1987Amazon Women on the MoonGrizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
  45. 1986Wired to KillSly
  46. 1986Lifetime ContractShrink
  47. 1985Grunt! The Wrestling MovieCharlie Stroll
  48. 1985The Compleat AlLook-A-Like Salesman