Frank Collison
Acting
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?
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
as Horace Bing
Age 49 (now 76)
Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson
as Admiral Ironsides
Age 64 (now 76)
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
as Horace Bing
Age 49 (now 76)
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
Age 37 (now 76)
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
as Cosmic Owl / Brother #1 (voice)
Age 73 (now 76) Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
as Cosmic Owl (voice)
Age 73 (now 76)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Smokey
Age 55 (now 76)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Gul Dolak
Age 37 (now 76)
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