Frank Ferguson
Acting
- Born:
- 1899-12-25
- Died:
- 1978-09-12
- Place of birth:
- Ferndale, California, USA
Biography
Frank S. Ferguson was an American character actor with hundreds of appearances in both film and television. Ferguson's best known role was as the Swedish ranch handyman, Gus Broeberg, on the CBS television series, My Friend Flicka, based on a novel of the same name. He appeared with Gene Evans, Johnny Washbrook and Anita Louise. At this time, Ferguson also portrayed the Calverton veterinarian in the first several seasons of CBS's Lassie. He made his film debut in 1939 in Gambling on the High Seas (released in 1940), and appeared in nearly 200 feature films and hundreds of TV episodes subsequently. Film appearances include: McDougal's House of Horrors (1948), Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair 1952. Television series appearances include The Pride of the Family, The Andy Griffith Show, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Peyton Place and Perry Mason.
Known For
Filmography
The Macahans
Little House on the Prairie
Kung Fu
The Waltons
Return to Peyton Place
Cannon
Alias Smith and Jones
Along Came a Spider
Nanny and the Professor
Land of the Giants
Adam-12
Green Acres
The Great Sioux Massacre
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Peyton Place
Wendy and Me
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
The Quick Gun
Petticoat Junction
Temple Houston
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Virginian
Pocketful of Miracles
Everglades
Target: The Corruptors!
The Asphalt Jungle
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
Surfside 6
The Andy Griffith Show
The Westerner
Sunrise at Campobello
The Tall Man
Coronado 9
Raymie
The Big Night
Shotgun Slade
Mr. Lucky
Hawaiian Eye
Philip Marlowe
The Alaskans
The Twilight Zone
Wichita Town
Lock-Up
Laramie
Bonanza
Andy Hardy Comes Home
77 Sunset Strip
Bat Masterson
Man of the West
The Rifleman
The Texan
Bronco
Peter Gunn
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Terror in a Texas Town
The Light in the Forest
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Leave It to Beaver
Trackdown
Goodyear Theatre
Alcoa Theatre
Maverick
Perry Mason
Wagon Train
Sugarfoot
Have Gun, Will Travel
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
The Lawless Eighties
This Could Be the Night
Gun Duel in Durango
The Iron Sheriff
The Phantom Stagecoach
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
State Trooper
At Gunpoint
The Battle of Gettysburg
A Lawless Street
The 20th Century Fox Hour
My Friend Flicka
The McConnell Story
Cheyenne
Gunsmoke
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Moonfleet
City of Shadows
The Eternal Sea
New York Confidential
Battle Cry
The Violent Men
Black Tuesday
Young at Heart
Drum Beat
December Bride
A Star Is Born
Lassie
The Shanghai Story
The Outcast
Johnny Guitar
The Lone Wolf
Riding Shotgun
Dragonfly Squadron
Public Defender
Texas Bad Man
Wicked Woman
So Big
Main Street to Broadway
Topper
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
The Pride of the Family
Letter to Loretta
City of Bad Men
City Detective
Big Leaguer
So This Is Love
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
The Lone Hand
House of Wax
The Marksman
Trouble Along the Way
The Blue Gardenia
Woman They Almost Lynched
General Electric Theater
The I Don't Care Girl
Star of Texas
Million Dollar Mermaid
Cavalcade of America
Four Star Playhouse
Hopalong Cassidy
Adventures of Superman
It Grows on Trees
Wagons West
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
The Winning Team
Rancho Notorious
Oklahoma Annie
Rodeo
Bend of the River
Boots Malone
Room for One More
Chevron Theatre
On Dangerous Ground
The Barefoot Mailman
Elopement
Warpath
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Thunder in God's Country
Santa Fe
Frenchie
Under Mexicali Stars
Treasury Men in Action
The Furies
The Lawless
Louisa
The Good Humor Man
Tyrant of the Sea
Dancing in the Dark
Free For All
Roseanna McCoy
The Lone Ranger
Follow Me Quietly
The Barkleys of Broadway
Homicide
Caught
State Department: File 649
Slightly French
Shockproof
Dynamite
The Walls of Jericho
Rachel and the Stranger
Walk a Crooked Mile
The Vicious Circle
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Fort Apache
Fighting Father Dunne
The Hunted
The Miracle of the Bells
The Inside Story
The Bride Goes Wild
Road to Rio
T-Men
Cass Timberlane
Variety Girl
Shy Guy
They Won't Believe Me
The Perils of Pauline
Danger Street
Welcome Stranger
Killer at Large
Blaze of Noon
The Man I Love
Lady Chaser
The Searching Wind
Canyon Passage
Night and Day
Blonde for a Day
O.S.S.
Secrets of a Sorority Girl
Thrill of a Romance
Pilot #5
Mission to Moscow
Truck Busters
City of Silent Men
You Can't Escape Forever
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Spy Ship
Broadway
Grand Central Murder
My Gal Sal
This Gun for Hire
Reap the Wild Wind
The Body Disappears
They Died with Their Boots On
At the Stroke of Twelve
You'll Never Get Rich
Bullets for O'Hara
Four Mothers
Father Is A Prince
Gambling on the High Seas