Cast & creator
Frank Collison
Best known for Criminal Minds, American Horror Story, Young Sheldon
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?
48
film credits
27
television credits
75
1984–2023 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (75)
Showing 75 of 75 credits
Criminal Minds
Richard Clayvin
2005
American Horror Story
Real Ishmael Polk
2011
Young Sheldon
Chet
2017
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Gul Dolak
1987
Monk
Warrick Tennyson
2002
9-1-1
Sam
2018
Twin Peaks
Muddy
1990
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Smokey
2005
Quantum Leap
Mortimer
1989
Stargate Atlantis
Keturah
2004
Night Court
Aqualung
1984
My Name Is Earl
Kenny's Dad
2005My Name Is Earl
Male Guest
2005
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Horace Bing
1993
Matlock
Unshaven Man
1986
Silicon Valley
Noah
2014
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
Cosmic Owl (voice)
2023Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
Cosmic Owl / Brother #1 (voice)
2023
Good Luck Charlie
Vern
2010
Moonlighting
Padua Resident
1985
7th Heaven
Fred Moon
1996
Carnivàle
Jasper
2003Carnivàle
Jasper / Talker #3
2003
Big Shot
Eddie
2021
Mr. Pickles
Grandpa (voice)
2014
The Village
Victor
2004
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Wash Hogwallop
2000
JONAS L.A.
Larry
2009
K-PAX
Screaming Man (uncredited)
2001
The Happening
Nursery Owner
2008
The Whole Ten Yards
Strabo
2004
Wild at Heart
Timmy Thompson
1990
The Last Boy Scout
Pablo
1991
The Blob
Phil Hobbs—Projectionist
1988
Momma Named Me Sheriff
Grandpa (voice)
2019
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Billy
1988
The Majestic
Subpoena Server
2001
Hidalgo
Texas Jack
2004
Grandma
Mike
2015
Amazon Women on the Moon
Grizzled Pirate (segment "Video Pirates")
1987
Hesher
Funeral Director
2010
Hitchcock
Henry Gein
2012
The Hero
Man in Dream
2017
Suspect Zero
Piper
2004
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
Clay
2016
Dollman
Sprug
1991
Buddy
Zoo Keeper
1997
Diggstown
Prison Guard
1992
Mobsters
Sonny Catania
1991
Hope Springs
Mr. Fisher
2003
12:01
Thin Assassin
1993
A Crack in the Floor
Turner
2001
The Collector
Hal
2022
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman: The Movie
Horace Bing
1999
It Runs in the Family
Floyd Bumpus
1994
Dead Connection
1994
Camouflage
Skinny Cop - Tommy
2001
Lifetime Contract
Shrink
1986
S.F.W.
Distressed Witness
1995
Backstreet Dreams
Spider
1990
Pirate's Code: The Adventures of Mickey Matson
Admiral Ironsides
2014
Grunt! The Wrestling Movie
Charlie Stroll
1985
L.A. Slasher
The KA Leader
2015
Radio Free Albemuth
Leon
2010
Voodoo Moon
Mac
2006
The Compleat Al
Look-A-Like Salesman
1985
You're Gonna Miss Me
Linus Duckworth
2017
Into the Homeland
Gas Station Attendant
1987
Buckshot
Nickel
2017
A Formula for Mayhem
Raddish
1992
Wired to Kill
Sly
1986
Keep the Change
Darryl Burke
1992
The 4th
Creepy Party Crasher
2016
Two Yellow Lines
Roy
2021