Frank Collison

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 Midsummers 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