Frank Ferguson

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frank S. Ferguson (born December 25, 1899, Ferndale, California – died September 12, 1978, Los Angeles) 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. Ferguson died in Los Angeles of cancer on September 12, 1978.

Known For

Newspaper Editor

Pocketful of Miracles

Mr. McDougal

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Newspaper Editor

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Judge

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

Willows

On Dangerous Ground

J.C. McGill

Follow Me Quietly

Carl Bemish

Walk a Crooked Mile

Marshal Williams

Johnny Guitar

Mr. Cope in Fantasy Sequence

Main Street to Broadway

Mr. Cahill

They Won't Believe Me

Harry Butler

The Light in the Forest

Bill Porter (lawyer)

Wicked Woman

Dr. Grieve

The Furies

Preacher

Rancho Notorious

Dr. Ludlow

New York Confidential

Coachman

Moonfleet

Bartell

Young at Heart

Stark

The Vicious Circle

Dr. Hoffman

Caught

District Attorney Hunt

City of Shadows

Albert Baker

This Gun for Hire

Paul Harrison

The Hunted

Mr. Perkins (uncredited)

The Barkleys of Broadway

Court Clerk

Cass Timberlane

Secret Service Man at Farmer's Market (uncredited)

T-Men

Loud Customer (uncredited)

My Gal Sal

Preacher (uncredited)

Canyon Passage

Deacon Matt Holmes

Terror in a Texas Town

Texas Posse Member

Road to Rio

Dr. Bennett

Sunrise at Campobello

Electronics Engineer (uncredited)

O.S.S.

Prosecutor (uncredited)

Bullets for O'Hara

Mr. Shea

This Could Be the Night

Gen. Conners

Dragonfly Squadron

Insp. Quint

The Good Humor Man

Reporter

Broadway

Ned

The I Don't Care Girl

Dave Johnson

The Big Night

Marshal George Henderson

At Gunpoint

Sam Arrants

The Winning Team

Sheriff Ralph Wittrock

Cole Younger, Gunfighter

Snaith (uncredited)

Reap the Wild Wind

R.J. O'Connell

Variety Girl

General Alfred Howe Terry

The Great Sioux Massacre

Marshal

Warpath

Mr. Tully

Pilot #5

Sheriff Howard

Gun Duel in Durango

Owen Sutter

The Lawless Eighties

Medical Examiner (uncredited)

House of Wax

Ellison Hatfield

Roseanna McCoy

Jim Dobbs

Frenchie

Mr. Haljerson

The Shanghai Story

Cyrus Cook

Wagons West

Cash Jones

Blaze of Noon

Holloway

The Iron Sheriff

Commencement Speaker

So This Is Love

Embassy Attendant (uncredited)

The Searching Wind

Eldridge Haskell

Oklahoma Annie

Pinkie's Father (uncredited)

Elopement

Easterner at Training Camp (uncredited)

City of Bad Men

Crane (uncredited)

Welcome Stranger

John Letherby

It Grows on Trees

Drunk Reporter (uncredited)

The Blue Gardenia

Newspaperman (uncredited)

Fort Apache

Police Inspector Hailey (uncredited)

Black Tuesday

Walter Bronson

Blonde for a Day

Admiral L.D.

The Eternal Sea

Colpeck

Fighting Father Dunne

Mahoney (uncredited)

The Violent Men

"Hard Rock" Mason

Dynamite

Harry Cartwright

Rodeo

Mr. Dunn

The Lone Hand

Consul Reither

State Department: File 649

Park Attendant (uncredited)

Louisa

Mechanic

The McConnell Story

Judge George J. Barnes (uncredited)

A Star Is Born

Bartender

Woman They Almost Lynched

Carl Green

The Lawless

Tom Grundy

Bend of the River

Mr. Norton

Shy Guy

Gil

Texas Bad Man

Hap Ross

Free For All

Rex

Raymie

Tom Ransome

The Walls of Jericho

Edward Denton

Killer at Large

Dolan

The Miracle of the Bells

Joe Patterson

The Phantom Stagecoach

Dr. Morton

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

Doc Bethune (uncredited)

The Barefoot Mailman

Chad Polson

The Outcast

Dan Evans

The Quick Gun

Burns

Spy Ship

Mr. Hector Walker

Battle Cry

Champ Wiley

The Marksman

Steve (uncredited)

Room for One More

Mr. Green

Rachel and the Stranger

John Britton

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive

Mayor Benson

Andy Hardy Comes Home

Reporter (uncredited)

The Bride Goes Wild

Ben Haley

Father Is A Prince

Prosecuting Attorney

At the Stroke of Twelve

Counterfeitor Goldie

Under Mexicali Stars

Mike Edwards

Trouble Along the Way

Bates

Thunder in God's Country

Justin Farley

Secrets of a Sorority Girl

Music Foundation Director (uncredited)

Four Mothers

Marshal Bat Masterson

Santa Fe

Marshal Bullock

Star of Texas

Grant's Secretary (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

Alden Brown

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

Private Investigator

Boots Malone

Logan (Uncredited)

Shockproof

Wally Mitchell

Big Leaguer

The State's District Attorney

Gambling on the High Seas

Marty Freeman (uncredited)

Slightly French

Eph

The Inside Story

Army Doctor (uncredited)

The Man I Love

Edward Norton

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

Prosecutor

Million Dollar Mermaid

Movie Theatre Owner (uncredited)

The Perils of Pauline

Mr. Dyar

Drum Beat

Reporter

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

Fred Bernard

City of Silent Men

American Newsman (uncredited)

Mission to Moscow

Attorney J. T. Vickers

Lady Chaser

George Havelock

Truck Busters

Detective Mike McAdams (uncredited)

Grand Central Murder

Dr. Andrew Blake

Along Came a Spider

John Sharkey

Dancing in the Dark

Albert Murray

Homicide

Boward - Police Chief

Danger Street

Abe Deland (uncredited)

A Lawless Street

Coroner (uncredited)

You Can't Escape Forever

Ed (uncredited)

So Big

Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

You'll Never Get Rich

Crosscut Marshal (uncredited)

Man of the West

Officer (uncredited)

Tyrant of the Sea

Professor McAuley (uncredited)

The Body Disappears

Gettysburg Address Reciter (voice) (uncredited)

The Battle of Gettysburg

Grandpa

The Macahans

1st Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Thrill of a Romance

Tina's Father (uncredited)

Night and Day

Reporter (uncredited)

Broadway

Townsman (uncredited)

Riding Shotgun

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

144

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-12-25

Place of Birth

Ferndale, California, USA

Also Known As

Franklyn Ferguson