Frank Ferguson
Known for Acting · 220 credits
- Born
- 1899-12-25
- Died
- 1978-09-12
- Place of birth
- Ferndale, California, USA
- Also known as
- Franklyn Ferguson · Karen Noel · Frank S. Ferguson
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
Perry Mason
1957
as Sheriff Barnes / Prof. Laiken / Sheriff Orville Ramsey / Walter Coffee
Bonanza
1959
as J.R. Ridley / Abner / Gigger Thurman
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Sam Lindsey / Wilbur Pine / Mr. Foley
Lassie
1954
as Seth Collins
Wagon Train
1957
as Judge Hiram Larkin
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Calder
TV Shows (77)
Perry Mason
1957
as Sheriff Barnes / Prof. Laiken / Sheriff Orville Ramsey / Walter Coffee
Bonanza
1959
as J.R. Ridley / Abner / Gigger Thurman
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Sam Lindsey / Wilbur Pine / Mr. Foley
Lassie
1954
as Seth Collins
Wagon Train
1957
as Judge Hiram Larkin
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Calder
Adam-12
1968
as Fred Tibbles
Maverick
1957
as Sheriff McPeters / Genessee Jones / Sheriff Luther Hawkins
The Waltons
1972
The Rifleman
1958
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Garner
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Krueger
The Virginian
1962
as Tom Dunston
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Kincaid
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Doc Stuart
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
as Sheriff Slim Lydell
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as T.J. Barnett / Paul Parker / Tom Menken
Cheyenne
1955
as Judge Lloyd Pomeroy / Sheriff Allen
Cannon
1971
Leave It to Beaver
1957
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Ed / Mr. Fielding
Green Acres
1965
as Harvey Jackson / Doc John Stuart
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Amos Wilson
Hawaiian Eye
1959
as Capt. Joe Taggart
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Lester Grey / Oscar Vale
Gunsmoke
1955
as Enoch
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Saul Gantry
Peter Gunn
1958
Bat Masterson
1958
as Old Billy North / Dick Pierce
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as Air Force General
Land of the Giants
1968
as Goalby
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Sugarfoot
1957
as Otto Jardine / Doc Spooner / Judge Bean
Surfside 6
1960
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Captain Hoyt
The Texan
1958
Laramie
1959
Trackdown
1957
as Adam Turner / Judge Tolliver
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Milbanks
Adventures of Superman
1952
as Mr. Frank
Public Defender
1954
as Judge
December Bride
1954
Lock-Up
1959
State Trooper
1956
as Frank Cliff / Ralph Barlow
Bronco
1958
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Dr. Green
The Tall Man
1960
The Westerner
1960
as Stuart
Mr. Lucky
1959
as Hyatt Krausmeyer
Nanny and the Professor
1970
as the Judge
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
The Alaskans
1959
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
as Dr. Bryce
Coronado 9
1960
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
City Detective
1953
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Marc Thatcher / Mr. Creavy
The Lone Wolf
1954
as Sheriff Jerry Lea
Topper
1953
as Dr. Lang
Movies (143)
Fort Apache
1948
as Newspaperman (uncredited)
Johnny Guitar
1954
as Marshal Williams
Battle Cry
1955
as Mr. Hector Walker
Canyon Passage
1946
as Preacher (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
1954
as Judge George J. Barnes (uncredited)
House of Wax
1953
as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Riding Shotgun
1954
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Outcast
1954
as Chad Polson
Spy Ship
1942
as Burns
Warpath
1951
as Marshal
The Furies
1950
as Dr. Grieve
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
as Newspaper Editor
Caught
1949
as Dr. Hoffman
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
as Mr. McDougal
Man of the West
1958
as Crosscut Marshal (uncredited)
Night and Day
1946
as Tina's Father (uncredited)
T-Men
1947
as Secret Service Man at Farmer's Market (uncredited)
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
as Newspaper Editor
Bend of the River
1952
as Tom Grundy
The Marksman
1953
as Champ Wiley
Moonfleet
1955
as Coachman
The Macahans
1976
as Grandpa
Rodeo
1952
as Harry Cartwright
They Won't Believe Me
1947
as Mr. Cahill
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Snaith (uncredited)
Big Leaguer
1953
as Wally Mitchell
Rancho Notorious
1952
as Preacher
Shockproof
1949
as Logan (Uncredited)
This Gun for Hire
1942
as Albert Baker
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952
as Edward Norton
Variety Girl
1947
as R.J. O'Connell
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953
as Dr. Morton
The Lawless
1950
as Carl Green
Room for One More
1952
as Steve (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Grant's Secretary (uncredited)
Drum Beat
1954
as Mr. Dyar
The Good Humor Man
1950
as Insp. Quint
The Blue Gardenia
1953
as Drunk Reporter (uncredited)
The Violent Men
1955
as Mahoney (uncredited)
Road to Rio
1947
as Texas Posse Member (uncredited)
Follow Me Quietly
1949
as J.C. McGill
A Lawless Street
1955
as Abe Deland (uncredited)
The Miracle of the Bells
1948
as Dolan
Frenchie
1950
as Jim Dobbs
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949
as Mr. Perkins (uncredited)
At Gunpoint
1955
as Marshal George Henderson
The Winning Team
1952
as Sam Arrants
Wicked Woman
1953
as Bill Porter (lawyer)
The Quick Gun
1964
as Dan Evans
On Dangerous Ground
1951
as Willows
Father Is A Prince
1940
as Ben Haley
Black Tuesday
1954
as Police Inspector Hailey (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
1943
as American Newsman (uncredited)
Terror in a Texas Town
1958
as Deacon Matt Holmes
Gun Duel in Durango
1957
as Sheriff Howard
Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958
as Mayor Benson
Young at Heart
1954
as Bartell
Pilot #5
1943
as Mr. Tully
The McConnell Story
1955
as Mechanic
City of Bad Men
1953
as Easterner at Training Camp (uncredited)
You'll Never Get Rich
1941
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Trouble Along the Way
1953
as Mike Edwards
The Light in the Forest
1958
as Harry Butler
Lady Chaser
1946
as Attorney J. T. Vickers
The Man I Love
1946
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
Sunrise at Campobello
1960
as Dr. Bennett
So Big
1953
as Ed (uncredited)
Rachel and the Stranger
1948
as Mr. Green
Welcome Stranger
1947
as Crane (uncredited)
Louisa
1950
as Park Attendant (uncredited)
The Lone Hand
1953
as Mr. Dunn
This Could Be the Night
1957
as Mr. Shea
Main Street to Broadway
1953
as Mr. Cope in Fantasy Sequence
Cass Timberlane
1947
as Court Clerk
O.S.S.
1946
as Electronics Engineer (uncredited)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Alden Brown
Thrill of a Romance
1945
as 1st Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Truck Busters
1943
as George Havelock
Santa Fe
1951
as Marshal Bat Masterson
Homicide
1949
as Albert Murray
Boots Malone
1952
as Private Investigator
So This Is Love
1953
as Commencement Speaker
Dragonfly Squadron
1954
as Gen. Conners
The Shanghai Story
1954
as Mr. Haljerson
State Department: File 649
1949
as Consul Reither
Elopement
1951
as Pinkie's Father (uncredited)
New York Confidential
1955
as Dr. Ludlow
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
1958
as Sheriff Ralph Wittrock
Four Mothers
1941
as Music Foundation Director (uncredited)
Under Mexicali Stars
1950
as Counterfeitor Goldie
Million Dollar Mermaid
1952
as Prosecutor
The Great Sioux Massacre
1965
as General Alfred Howe Terry
Grand Central Murder
1942
as Detective Mike McAdams (uncredited)
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
1953
as John Britton
The Barefoot Mailman
1951
as Doc Bethune (uncredited)
Blaze of Noon
1947
as Cash Jones
My Gal Sal
1942
as Loud Customer (uncredited)
The Walls of Jericho
1948
as Tom Ransome
The Perils of Pauline
1947
as Movie Theatre Owner (uncredited)
The Eternal Sea
1955
as Admiral L.D.
Blonde for a Day
1946
as Walter Bronson
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Inside Story
1948
as Eph
The Battle of Gettysburg
1955
as Gettysburg Address Reciter (voice) (uncredited)
The Big Night
1960
as Dave Johnson
You Can't Escape Forever
1942
as Coroner (uncredited)
It Grows on Trees
1952
as John Letherby
Danger Street
1947
as Boward - Police Chief
Broadway
1942
as Reporter / Reporter (uncredited)
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942
as Reporter
The Hunted
1948
as Paul Harrison
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953
as Bartender
Free For All
1949
as Hap Ross
Oklahoma Annie
1952
as Eldridge Haskell
Dancing in the Dark
1949
as John Sharkey
Wagons West
1952
as Cyrus Cook
The Body Disappears
1941
as Professor McAuley (uncredited)
Slightly French
1949
as Marty Freeman (uncredited)
The Iron Sheriff
1957
as Holloway
Roseanna McCoy
1949
as Ellison Hatfield
About Frank Ferguson
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… With 220 credits spanning from 1940 to 1976, Frank Ferguson has appeared in 143 films and 77 TV shows.
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- Fort Apache (1948) — as Newspaperman (uncredited)
- Johnny Guitar (1954) — as Marshal Williams
- Battle Cry (1955) — as Mr. Hector Walker
- Canyon Passage (1946) — as Preacher (uncredited)
- A Star Is Born (1954) — as Judge George J. Barnes (uncredited)
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