弗兰克在旧金山的美国音乐学院剧院接受培训，在旧金山州立大学获得戏剧学士学位，帮助在内华达山脉建立了一个夏季戏剧公司，然后继续在加州大学圣地亚哥分校获得表演硕士学位。在弗兰克开始他的演艺生涯之前，他曾担任森林消防员、尿布服务调度员和代课教师。弗兰克出演了 150 多部作品，曾在百老汇以及波士顿、丹佛和加利福尼亚的地区剧院工作。他的戏剧角色包括《仲夏夜之梦》中的“帕克”、《远大前程》中的“郝薇香小姐”，再到《圣诞颂歌》中的“雅各布·马利”。弗兰克是加利福尼亚州威尼斯太平洋居民剧院的创始成员，该剧院赢得了超过 25 项洛杉矶戏剧评论家协会奖。

弗兰克于 1984 年移居洛杉矶，开始了他的电影和电视生涯。他最出名的可能是“霍勒斯·宾”，他是《奎因医生，女药师》（1993）和《哦，兄弟，你在哪里？

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?

Американский актёр. Обучался в Американской консерватории в Сан-Франциско, получил степень бакалавра театрального искусства в Государственном университете Сан-Франциско. Затем он помог основать труппу летнего театра в Сьерра-Неваде, а потом получил степень магистра актёрского мастерства в Калифорнийском университете в Сан-Диего.

Коллисон наиболее известен телезрителям по роли незадачливого телеграфиста Горация Бинга в сериале «Доктор Куинн, знахарка» и дедушки Гудмана в «Мистере Пиклзе».