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Frank Ferguson

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.


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Born:
Dec 25, 1899 In Ferndale, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
199
First Appeared:
In the movie Gambling on the High Seas 1940-06-22
Latest Project:
Movie The Macahans 1976-01-19
Known For
Poster of Return to Peyton Place
Poster of Texas Bad Man
Poster of Wicked Woman
Poster of Santa Fe
Filmography
Movie The Macahans Grandpa 1976-01-19
Series Little House on the Prairie Unknown 1974-09-11
Series The Waltons Unknown 1972-09-14
Series Return to Peyton Place Eli Carson 1972-04-03
Series Kung Fu Unknown 1972-10-14
Series Alias Smith and Jones Unknown 1971-01-05
Series Cannon Unknown 1971-09-14
Series Nanny and the Professor Unknown 1970-01-21
Movie Along Came a Spider Dr. Andrew Blake 1970-02-03
Movie The Great Sioux Massacre General Alfred Howe Terry 1965-04-25
Series Green Acres Unknown 1965-09-15
Series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Unknown 1964-09-14
Series Wendy and Me Unknown 1964-09-14
Movie The Quick Gun Dan Evans 1964-04-01
Movie Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte Newspaper Editor 1964-12-15
Series Peyton Place 1964-09-15
Series Temple Houston Judge Gurney 1963-09-19
Series Petticoat Junction Unknown 1963-09-24
Series The Virginian Unknown 1962-09-19
Series The Asphalt Jungle Unknown 1961-04-02
Series Target: The Corruptors! Unknown 1961-09-29
Series Everglades Unknown 1961-10-09
Movie Pocketful of Miracles Newspaper Editor 1961-12-18
Movie Raymie Rex 1960-07-05
Movie The Big Night Dave Johnson 1960-02-17
Series The Tall Man Unknown 1960-09-10
Series Coronado 9 Unknown 1960-09-06
Series Surfside 6 Unknown 1960-10-06
Series The Andy Griffith Show Unknown 1960-10-03
Movie Sunrise at Campobello Dr. Bennett 1960-09-28
Series Lock-Up Unknown 1959-09-28
Series Laramie Unknown 1959-09-15
Series Wichita Town Unknown 1959-09-30
Series Philip Marlowe Unknown 1959-10-06
Series The Twilight Zone Unknown 1959-10-02
Series Hawaiian Eye Unknown 1959-10-07
Series The Alaskans Unknown 1959-10-04
Series Wanted: Dead or Alive Unknown 1958-09-06
Movie Terror in a Texas Town Deacon Matt Holmes 1958-09-01
Movie Man of the West Crosscut Marshal (uncredited) 1958-06-20
Series Peter Gunn Unknown 1958-09-22
Movie The Light in the Forest Harry Butler 1958-07-08
Movie Cole Younger, Gunfighter Sheriff Ralph Wittrock 1958-03-30
Series 77 Sunset Strip Unknown 1958-10-10
Series Bronco Unknown 1958-09-23
Series Bat Masterson Unknown 1958-10-08
Movie Andy Hardy Comes Home Mayor Benson 1958-12-22
Series The Rifleman Unknown 1958-09-30
Series The Texan Unknown 1958-09-29
Movie This Could Be the Night Mr. Shea 1957-05-14
Movie The Lawless Eighties Owen Sutter 1957-05-31
Movie The Iron Sheriff Holloway 1957-04-01
Movie The Phantom Stagecoach Joe Patterson 1957-03-31
Movie Gun Duel In Durango Sheriff Howard 1957-05-01
Series Richard Diamond, Private Detective Unknown 1957-07-01
Series Leave It to Beaver Unknown 1957-10-04
Series Have Gun, Will Travel Unknown 1957-09-14
Series Trackdown Unknown 1957-10-04
Series Maverick Unknown 1957-09-22
Series Sugarfoot Unknown 1957-09-17
Series Perry Mason Unknown 1957-09-21
Series State Trooper Unknown 1956-09-25
Series Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Unknown 1956-10-05
Movie City of Shadows District Attorney Hunt 1955-06-02
Movie Moonfleet Coachman 1955-06-24
Movie The Eternal Sea Admiral L.D. 1955-04-19
Movie New York Confidential Dr. Ludlow 1955-02-15
Movie Battle Cry Mr. Hector Walker 1955-02-02
Movie The Violent Men Mahoney (uncredited) 1955-01-26
Series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Unknown 1955-09-06
Movie At Gunpoint Marshal George Henderson 1955-12-25
Series Gunsmoke Unknown 1955-09-10
Movie A Lawless Street Abe Deland (uncredited) 1955-11-15
Movie The Battle of Gettysburg Gettysburg Address Reciter (voice) (uncredited) 1955-12-01
Series The 20th Century Fox Hour Unknown 1955-10-05
Series My Friend Flicka Unknown 1955-09-30
Movie The McConnell Story Mechanic 1955-09-29
Movie The Outcast Chad Polson 1954-08-15
Movie Johnny Guitar Marshal Williams 1954-05-26
Movie Dragonfly Squadron Gen. Conners 1954-03-21
Series Lassie Unknown 1954-09-12
Series The Lone Wolf Unknown 1954-04-09
Movie The Shanghai Story Mr. Haljerson 1954-09-01
Movie A Star Is Born Judge George J. Barnes (uncredited) 1954-10-01
Movie Young at Heart Bartell 1954-12-01
Movie Black Tuesday Police Inspector Hailey (uncredited) 1954-12-31
Series December Bride Unknown 1954-10-04
Movie Drum Beat Mr. Dyar 1954-11-10
Movie The Marksman Champ Wiley 1953-04-10
Movie House of Wax Medical Examiner (uncredited) 1953-04-16
Movie The Lone Hand Mr. Dunn 1953-05-20
Movie Trouble Along the Way Mike Edwards 1953-04-04
Movie Powder River Johnny Slater 1953-06-17
Series General Electric Theater Unknown 1953-02-01
Movie Star of Texas Marshal Bullock 1953-01-11
Movie The I Don't Care Girl Ned 1953-01-14
Movie Woman They Almost Lynched Bartender 1953-03-20
Movie The Blue Gardenia Drunk Reporter (uncredited) 1953-03-20
Movie The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms Dr. Morton 1953-06-13
Movie Main Street to Broadway Mr. Cope in Fantasy Sequence 1953-10-12
Movie Wicked Woman Bill Porter (lawyer) 1953-12-09
Movie Texas Bad Man Gil 1953-12-20
Movie Hannah Lee: An American Primitive John Britton 1953-07-13
Series Letter to Loretta Unknown 1953-09-20
Movie So Big Ed (uncredited) 1953-10-31
Movie City of Bad Men Easterner at Training Camp (uncredited) 1953-09-11
Movie Big Leaguer Wally Mitchell 1953-08-19
Movie So This Is Love Commencement Speaker 1953-07-15
Series City Detective Unknown 1953-09-07
Movie Rancho Notorious Preacher 1952-03-06
Movie Oklahoma Annie Eldridge Haskell 1952-03-24
Movie Bend of the River Tom Grundy 1952-01-23
Movie Boots Malone Private Investigator 1952-01-11
Movie The Winning Team Sam Arrants 1952-06-20
Movie Room for One More Steve (uncredited) 1952-01-10
Series Hopalong Cassidy Unknown 1952-09-19
Series Cavalcade of America Unknown 1952-10-01
Movie Million Dollar Mermaid Prosecutor 1952-12-04
Movie Has Anybody Seen My Gal? Edward Norton 1952-06-25
Series Adventures of Superman Unknown 1952-09-19
Movie Wagons West Cyrus Cook 1952-07-06
Movie It Grows on Trees John Letherby 1952-09-02
Movie Thunder in God's Country Bates 1951-04-07
Series Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Unknown 1951-10-05
Movie Santa Fe Marshal Bat Masterson 1951-04-01
Movie Warpath Marshal 1951-11-22
Movie On Dangerous Ground Willows 1951-12-13
Movie The Barefoot Mailman Doc Bethune (uncredited) 1951-12-03
Movie Elopement Pinkie's Father (uncredited) 1951-11-23
Movie The Good Humor Man Insp. Quint 1950-03-24
Movie Tyrant of the Sea Officer (uncredited) 1950-02-22
Movie Louisa Park Attendant (uncredited) 1950-05-31
Movie The Lawless Carl Green 1950-06-01
Movie Under Mexicali Stars Counterfeitor Goldie 1950-11-20
Series Treasury Men in Action Unknown 1950-09-11
Movie Frenchie Jim Dobbs 1950-12-25
Movie The Furies Dr. Grieve 1950-08-16
Movie State Department: File 649 Consul Reither 1949-02-11
Movie Slightly French Marty Freeman (uncredited) 1949-02-02
Movie Dynamite "Hard Rock" Mason 1949-01-18
Movie Caught Dr. Hoffman 1949-02-17
Movie Shockproof Logan (Uncredited) 1949-01-25
Movie Roseanna McCoy Ellison Hatfield 1949-10-12
Movie Dancing in the Dark John Sharkey 1949-12-02
Movie Homicide Albert Murray 1949-04-02
Movie Free For All Hap Ross 1949-11-01
Movie The Barkleys of Broadway Mr. Perkins (uncredited) 1949-05-04
Movie Follow Me Quietly J.C. McGill 1949-07-07
Movie The Hunted Paul Harrison 1948-04-07
Movie The Miracle of the Bells Dolan 1948-03-27
Movie The Bride Goes Wild Reporter (uncredited) 1948-03-03
Movie Fighting Father Dunne Colpeck 1948-05-12
Movie The Inside Story Eph 1948-03-14
Movie The Walls of Jericho Tom Ransome 1948-11-22
Movie Fort Apache Newspaperman (uncredited) 1948-06-14
Movie Walk a Crooked Mile Carl Bemish 1948-09-02
Movie Rachel and the Stranger Mr. Green 1948-09-18
Movie The Vicious Circle Stark 1948-07-21
Movie Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein Mr. McDougal 1948-06-15
Movie The Perils of Pauline Movie Theatre Owner (uncredited) 1947-07-04
Movie Danger Street Boward - Police Chief 1947-06-20
Movie Blaze of Noon Cash Jones 1947-05-02
Movie Welcome Stranger Crane (uncredited) 1947-06-13
Movie They Won't Believe Me Mr. Cahill 1947-07-16
Movie Shy Guy Mr. Norton 1947-08-05
Movie Road to Rio Texas Posse Member 1947-12-25
Movie T-Men Secret Service Man at Farmer's Market (uncredited) 1947-12-15
Movie Cass Timberlane Court Clerk 1947-11-06
Movie Variety Girl R.J. O'Connell 1947-08-29
Movie Blonde for a Day Walter Bronson 1946-06-10
Movie O.S.S. Electronics Engineer (uncredited) 1946-05-26
Movie Canyon Passage Preacher (uncredited) 1946-07-17
Movie The Man I Love Army Doctor 1946-12-26
Movie Lady Chaser Attorney J. T. Vickers 1946-11-25
Movie The Searching Wind Embassy Attendant (uncredited) 1946-08-09
Movie Thrill of a Romance 1st Hotel Clerk (uncredited) 1945-05-23
Movie Secrets of a Sorority Girl Justin Farley 1945-08-15
Movie Truck Busters George Havelock 1943-01-28
Movie Mission to Moscow American Newsman (uncredited) 1943-04-29
Movie Pilot #5 Mr. Tully 1943-06-24
Movie Broadway Reporter 1942-05-08
Movie My Gal Sal Loud Customer (uncredited) 1942-04-30
Movie Reap the Wild Wind Snaith (uncredited) 1942-03-26
Movie Spy Ship Burns 1942-06-06
Movie This Gun for Hire Albert Baker 1942-04-24
Movie Grand Central Murder Detective Mike McAdams (uncredited) 1942-05-01
Movie Ten Gentlemen from West Point Alden Brown 1942-06-26
Movie City of Silent Men Fred Bernard 1942-10-12
Movie You Can't Escape Forever Coroner (uncredited) 1942-10-10
Movie The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady Judge 1942-07-04
Movie The War Against Mrs. Hadley Reporter 1942-08-07
Movie Bullets for O'Hara Prosecutor (uncredited) 1941-07-19
Movie Four Mothers Music Foundation Director (uncredited) 1941-01-04
Movie You'll Never Get Rich Justice of the Peace (uncredited) 1941-09-25
Movie They Died with Their Boots On Grant's Secretary (uncredited) 1941-11-20
Movie At the Stroke of Twelve Prosecuting Attorney 1941-11-15
Movie The Body Disappears Professor McAuley (uncredited) 1941-11-22
Movie Gambling on the High Seas The State's District Attorney 1940-06-22
Movie Father Is A Prince Ben Haley 1940-11-18