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 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. 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?

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O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

FunGoofyFantasticalWhimsical

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's 'Odyssey'.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Coen  •  Ethan Coen
CAST:  George Clooney  •  John Turturro  •  Tim Blake Nelson  •  John Goodman

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's 'Odyssey'.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Coen  •  Ethan Coen
CAST:  George Clooney  •  John Turturro  •  Tim Blake Nelson  •  John Goodman

Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)

Acclaimed director John Landis (Animal House, The Blues Brothers) presents this madcap send-up of late night TV, low-budget sci-fi films and canned-laughter-filled sitcoms packed with off-the-wall sketches that will have you in stitches. Centered around a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Landis  •  Peter Horton  •  Joe Dante  •  Carl Gottlieb  •  Robert K. Weiss
CAST:  Arsenio Hall  •  Monique Gabrielle  •  Debby Davison  •  Rob Krausz

Acclaimed director John Landis (Animal House, The Blues Brothers) presents this madcap send-up of late night TV, low-budget sci-fi films and canned-laughter-filled sitcoms packed with off-the-wall sketches that will have you in stitches. Centered around a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Landis  •  Peter Horton  •  Joe Dante  •  Carl Gottlieb  •  Robert K. Weiss
CAST:  Arsenio Hall  •  Monique Gabrielle  •  Debby Davison  •  Rob Krausz

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (1988)

When her great aunt dies, famed horror hostess Elvira heads for the uptight new England town of Falwell to claim her inheritance of a haunted house, a witch's cookbook and a punk rock poodle. But once the stuffy locals get an eyeful of the scream queen's ample ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Signorelli
CAST:  Cassandra Peterson  •  Susan Kellermann  •  William Morgan Sheppard  •  Jeff Conaway

When her great aunt dies, famed horror hostess Elvira heads for the uptight new England town of Falwell to claim her inheritance of a haunted house, a witch's cookbook and a punk rock poodle. But once the stuffy locals get an eyeful of the scream queen's ample ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Signorelli
CAST:  Cassandra Peterson  •  Susan Kellermann  •  William Morgan Sheppard  •  Jeff Conaway

Hidalgo (2004)

DramaticPowerfulBeautifulEmotional

Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive contest prize, in an adventure that sends the pair around the world...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Johnston
CAST:  Viggo Mortensen  •  Zuleikha Robinson  •  Omar Sharif  •  Adam Alexi-Malle

Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive contest prize, in an adventure that sends the pair around the world...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Johnston
CAST:  Viggo Mortensen  •  Zuleikha Robinson  •  Omar Sharif  •  Adam Alexi-Malle

K-PAX (2001)

Thought provokingPowerfulEmotionalMysterious

Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Iain Softley
CAST:  Jeff Bridges  •  Kevin Spacey  •  Mary McCormack  •  Alfre Woodard

Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Iain Softley
CAST:  Jeff Bridges  •  Kevin Spacey  •  Mary McCormack  •  Alfre Woodard

It Runs in the Family (1994)

It is now summer in the Parker family; and the usual amount of numerous events are happening in their separate lives. Ralphie is searching for the perfect top to use to beat the school bully with, the Old Man is in battle with their hillbilly neighbors, the Bumpus, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Clark
CAST:  Charles Grodin  •  Kieran Culkin  •  Mary Steenburgen  •  Christian Culkin

It is now summer in the Parker family; and the usual amount of numerous events are happening in their separate lives. Ralphie is searching for the perfect top to use to beat the school bully with, the Old Man is in battle with their hillbilly neighbors, the Bumpus, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Clark
CAST:  Charles Grodin  •  Kieran Culkin  •  Mary Steenburgen  •  Christian Culkin

S.F.W. (1994)

An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headlines.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jefery Levy
CAST:  Stephen Dorff  •  Reese Witherspoon  •  Jake Busey  •  Joey Lauren Adams

An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headlines.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jefery Levy
CAST:  Stephen Dorff  •  Reese Witherspoon  •  Jake Busey  •  Joey Lauren Adams

The Last Boy Scout (1991)

When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the murdered girl attempts to investigate and solve the case. What they discover is that there is deep seated corruption going on between a crooked politician and the owner of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Scott
CAST:  Bruce Willis  •  Damon Wayans  •  Chelsea Field  •  Noble Willingham

When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the murdered girl attempts to investigate and solve the case. What they discover is that there is deep seated corruption going on between a crooked politician and the owner of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Scott
CAST:  Bruce Willis  •  Damon Wayans  •  Chelsea Field  •  Noble Willingham

The Whole Ten Yards (2004)

Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski now spends his days compulsively cleaning his house and perfecting his culinary skills with his wife, Jill, a purported assassin who has yet to pull off a clean hit. Suddenly, an uninvited and unwelcome connection to their past ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Deutch
CAST:  Bruce Willis  •  Matthew Perry  •  Amanda Peet  •  Kevin Pollak

Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski now spends his days compulsively cleaning his house and perfecting his culinary skills with his wife, Jill, a purported assassin who has yet to pull off a clean hit. Suddenly, an uninvited and unwelcome connection to their past ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Deutch
CAST:  Bruce Willis  •  Matthew Perry  •  Amanda Peet  •  Kevin Pollak

Wild at Heart (1990)

OriginalComplex

After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune. Lula's mother, Marietta, desperate to keep them apart, hires a hitman to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when he and Bobby Peru, an old ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lynch
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Laura Dern  •  Willem Dafoe  •  J.E. Freeman

After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune. Lula's mother, Marietta, desperate to keep them apart, hires a hitman to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when he and Bobby Peru, an old ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lynch
CAST:  Nicolas Cage  •  Laura Dern  •  Willem Dafoe  •  J.E. Freeman

Suspect Zero (2004)

A killer is on the loose, and an FBI agent sifts through clues and learns that the bloodthirsty felon's victims of choice are other serial killers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  E. Elias Merhige
CAST:  Carrie-Anne Moss  •  Aaron Eckhart  •  Ben Kingsley  •  Harry Lennix

A killer is on the loose, and an FBI agent sifts through clues and learns that the bloodthirsty felon's victims of choice are other serial killers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  E. Elias Merhige
CAST:  Carrie-Anne Moss  •  Aaron Eckhart  •  Ben Kingsley  •  Harry Lennix

A Crack in the Floor (2001)

After witnessing his mother's brutal rape and murder at a young age, Jeremiah Hill turns to a life of seclusion in a small mountain town. Six friends enter the town for a weekend camping trip and stumble upon Jeremiah's lonely cabin in the woods, which shatters his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Corbin Timbrook  •  Sean Stanek
CAST:  Mario López  •  Gary Busey  •  Bo Hopkins  •  Rance Howard

After witnessing his mother's brutal rape and murder at a young age, Jeremiah Hill turns to a life of seclusion in a small mountain town. Six friends enter the town for a weekend camping trip and stumble upon Jeremiah's lonely cabin in the woods, which shatters his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Corbin Timbrook  •  Sean Stanek
CAST:  Mario López  •  Gary Busey  •  Bo Hopkins  •  Rance Howard

Hope Springs (2003)

British artist Colin Ware discovers that his fiancée, Vera, is going to marry another man. Distraught and despondent, he gets on a plane for America and ends up in the tiny town of Hope in New England. At first, Colin is depressed, but he soon finds more than a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Herman
CAST:  Colin Firth  •  Heather Graham  •  Minnie Driver  •  Mary Steenburgen

British artist Colin Ware discovers that his fiancée, Vera, is going to marry another man. Distraught and despondent, he gets on a plane for America and ends up in the tiny town of Hope in New England. At first, Colin is depressed, but he soon finds more than a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Herman
CAST:  Colin Firth  •  Heather Graham  •  Minnie Driver  •  Mary Steenburgen

Voodoo Moon (2006)

Voodoo Moon takes place in the mid-west United States, where a demonic figure murders the entire population of a small town, save for one young boy and his sister. Twenty years later, the boy has been consumed with trying to track the devil down and now he thinks ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin VanHook
CAST:  Charisma Carpenter  •  Eric Mabius  •  Jeffrey Combs  •  Jayne Heitmeyer

Voodoo Moon takes place in the mid-west United States, where a demonic figure murders the entire population of a small town, save for one young boy and his sister. Twenty years later, the boy has been consumed with trying to track the devil down and now he thinks ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin VanHook
CAST:  Charisma Carpenter  •  Eric Mabius  •  Jeffrey Combs  •  Jayne Heitmeyer

Into the Homeland (1987)

A man's daughter disappears after falling in love with the son of a right wing, white-supremacist terrorist organization.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesli Linka Glatter
CAST:  Powers Boothe  •  David Caruso  •  Becky Barnes  •  Kimberlee Bonnet

A man's daughter disappears after falling in love with the son of a right wing, white-supremacist terrorist organization.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesli Linka Glatter
CAST:  Powers Boothe  •  David Caruso  •  Becky Barnes  •  Kimberlee Bonnet

Hesher (2010)

Thought provokingHeartbreaking

A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Susser
CAST:  Natalie Portman  •  Joseph Gordon-Levitt  •  Rainn Wilson  •  Audrey Wasilewski

A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Susser
CAST:  Natalie Portman  •  Joseph Gordon-Levitt  •  Rainn Wilson  •  Audrey Wasilewski

Keep the Change (1992)

A struggling artist visits his family on their Montana ranch and finds that his former flame, daughter of a family foe, is now married to an old friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andy Tennant
CAST:  William Petersen  •  Jeff Kober  •  Buck Henry  •  Lolita Davidovich

A struggling artist visits his family on their Montana ranch and finds that his former flame, daughter of a family foe, is now married to an old friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andy Tennant
CAST:  William Petersen  •  Jeff Kober  •  Buck Henry  •  Lolita Davidovich

L.A. Slasher (2015)

Incensed by the tabloid culture which celebrates it, the L.A. Slasher publicly abducts a series of reality TV stars, while the media and general public in turn begin to question if society is better off without them. A biting, social satire about reality TV and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Owen
CAST:  Mischa Barton  •  Dave Bautista  •  Danny Trejo  •  Eric Roberts

Incensed by the tabloid culture which celebrates it, the L.A. Slasher publicly abducts a series of reality TV stars, while the media and general public in turn begin to question if society is better off without them. A biting, social satire about reality TV and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Owen
CAST:  Mischa Barton  •  Dave Bautista  •  Danny Trejo  •  Eric Roberts

Hitchcock (2012)

Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choice for his next project: an adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho." When the studio refuses to back the picture, Hitchcock decides to pay for it himself in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sacha Gervasi
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins  •  Helen Mirren  •  Scarlett Johansson  •  James D'Arcy

Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choice for his next project: an adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho." When the studio refuses to back the picture, Hitchcock decides to pay for it himself in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sacha Gervasi
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins  •  Helen Mirren  •  Scarlett Johansson  •  James D'Arcy

Wired to Kill (1986)

After a plague devastates mankind, survivors attempt to return to normalcy in an industrial "quarantine zone." One such survivor is handy with robotics, and after a violent home invasion, he decides to get revenge using his skills.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Schaeffer
CAST:  Emily Longstreth  •  Devin Hoelscher  •  Merritt Butrick  •  Frank Collison

After a plague devastates mankind, survivors attempt to return to normalcy in an industrial "quarantine zone." One such survivor is handy with robotics, and after a violent home invasion, he decides to get revenge using his skills.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Schaeffer
CAST:  Emily Longstreth  •  Devin Hoelscher  •  Merritt Butrick  •  Frank Collison
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