Frank Ferguson

Born: 1899-12-25 in Ferndale, California, USA

Died: 1978-09-12

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

1976

The Macahans as Grandpa

1974

Little House on the Prairie as Calder

1972

The Waltons
Kung Fu as Bissell
Return to Peyton Place as Eli Carson

1971

1970

Nanny and the Professor as the Judge
Along Came a Spider as Dr. Andrew Blake

1968

Adam-12 as Fred Tibbles
Land of the Giants as Goalby

1965

Green Acres as Harvey Jackson
The Great Sioux Massacre as General Alfred Howe Terry

1964

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Air Force General
Wendy and Me
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as Newspaper Editor
The Quick Gun as Dan Evans
Peyton Place

1963

Petticoat Junction as Doc Stuart
Temple Houston as Judge Gurney

1958

The Rifleman
Peter Gunn
Bat Masterson as Old Billy North
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Amos Wilson
The Texan
Bronco
77 Sunset Strip as Saul Gantry
Man of the West as Crosscut Marshal (uncredited)
The Light in the Forest as Harry Butler
Terror in a Texas Town as Deacon Matt Holmes
Andy Hardy Comes Home as Mayor Benson
Cole Younger, Gunfighter as Sheriff Ralph Wittrock

1957

Perry Mason as Sheriff Barnes
Maverick
Wagon Train as Judge Hiram Larkin
Leave It to Beaver
Have Gun, Will Travel as Kincaid
Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Captain Hoyt
Trackdown as Adam Turner
Sugarfoot as Otto Jardine
Alcoa Theatre as Milbanks
Goodyear Theatre as Milbanks
This Could Be the Night as Mr. Shea
Gun Duel in Durango as Sheriff Howard
The Lawless Eighties as Owen Sutter
The Iron Sheriff as Holloway
The Phantom Stagecoach as Joe Patterson

1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as T.J. Barnett
State Trooper

1955

Cheyenne as Judge Lloyd Pomeroy
Gunsmoke as Enoch
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Sheriff Slim Lydell
The 20th Century Fox Hour
My Friend Flicka
Battle Cry as Mr. Hector Walker
The Violent Men as Mahoney (uncredited)
A Lawless Street as Abe Deland (uncredited)
The Battle of Gettysburg as Gettysburg Address Reciter (voice) (uncredited)
Moonfleet as Coachman
At Gunpoint as Marshal George Henderson
The McConnell Story as Mechanic
The Eternal Sea as Admiral L.D.
New York Confidential as Dr. Ludlow
City of Shadows as District Attorney Hunt

1954

Lassie
December Bride
Public Defender as Judge
The Lone Wolf as Sheriff Jerry Lea
Johnny Guitar as Marshal Williams
A Star Is Born as Judge George J. Barnes (uncredited)
The Outcast as Chad Polson
Drum Beat as Mr. Dyar
Black Tuesday as Police Inspector Hailey (uncredited)
Riding Shotgun as Townsman (uncredited)
The Shanghai Story as Mr. Haljerson
Young at Heart as Bartell
Dragonfly Squadron as Gen. Conners

1953

Topper as Dr. Lang
City Detective
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as Dr. Bryce
House of Wax as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Letter to Loretta as Marc Thatcher
General Electric Theater as Lt. King
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms as Dr. Morton
The Marksman as Champ Wiley
Big Leaguer as Wally Mitchell
City of Bad Men as Easterner at Training Camp (uncredited)
The Blue Gardenia as Drunk Reporter (uncredited)
Wicked Woman as Bill Porter (lawyer)
Trouble Along the Way as Mike Edwards
So Big as Ed (uncredited)
The Lone Hand as Mr. Dunn
So This Is Love as Commencement Speaker
Main Street to Broadway as Mr. Cope in Fantasy Sequence
Woman They Almost Lynched as Bartender
Star of Texas as Marshal Bullock
Texas Bad Man as Gil
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive as John Britton
The I Don't Care Girl as Ned

1952

Four Star Playhouse as Ed
Adventures of Superman as Mr. Frank
Chevron Theatre as Hiram Cooper
Hopalong Cassidy
Cavalcade of America
Bend of the River as Tom Grundy
Rancho Notorious as Preacher
Million Dollar Mermaid as Prosecutor
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? as Edward Norton
Rodeo as Harry Cartwright
Room for One More as Steve (uncredited)
Wagons West as Cyrus Cook
Boots Malone as Private Investigator
Oklahoma Annie as Eldridge Haskell
The Winning Team as Sam Arrants
It Grows on Trees as John Letherby

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Harlow Finch
Warpath as Marshal
On Dangerous Ground as Willows
Santa Fe as Marshal Bat Masterson
Elopement as Pinkie's Father (uncredited)
Thunder in God's Country as Bates
The Barefoot Mailman as Doc Bethune (uncredited)

1950

Treasury Men in Action as Miller
The Furies as Dr. Grieve
Frenchie as Jim Dobbs
The Lawless as Carl Green
The Good Humor Man as Insp. Quint
Tyrant of the Sea as Officer (uncredited)
Under Mexicali Stars as Counterfeitor Goldie
Louisa as Park Attendant (uncredited)

1949

The Lone Ranger as Lester Grey
Caught as Dr. Hoffman
Free For All as Hap Ross
Follow Me Quietly as J.C. McGill
The Barkleys of Broadway as Mr. Perkins (uncredited)
Shockproof as Logan (Uncredited)
Dancing in the Dark as John Sharkey
Homicide as Albert Murray
Roseanna McCoy as Ellison Hatfield
Slightly French as Marty Freeman (uncredited)
State Department: File 649 as Consul Reither
Dynamite as "Hard Rock" Mason

1948

Fort Apache as Newspaperman (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein as Mr. McDougal
Walk a Crooked Mile as Carl Bemish
The Miracle of the Bells as Dolan
Rachel and the Stranger as Mr. Green
The Walls of Jericho as Tom Ransome
The Inside Story as Eph
The Hunted as Paul Harrison
The Bride Goes Wild as Reporter (uncredited)
Fighting Father Dunne as Colpeck
The Vicious Circle as Stark

1947

T-Men as Secret Service Man at Farmer's Market (uncredited)
Cass Timberlane as Court Clerk
Welcome Stranger as Crane (uncredited)
Variety Girl as R.J. O'Connell
Blaze of Noon as Cash Jones
The Perils of Pauline as Movie Theatre Owner (uncredited)
Road to Rio as Texas Posse Member (uncredited)
They Won't Believe Me as Mr. Cahill
Danger Street as Boward - Police Chief
Shy Guy as Mr. Norton
Killer at Large as Edward Denton

1946

Night and Day as Tina's Father (uncredited)
Canyon Passage as Preacher (uncredited)
The Man I Love as Army Doctor (uncredited)
Lady Chaser as Attorney J. T. Vickers
O.S.S. as Electronics Engineer (uncredited)
Blonde for a Day as Walter Bronson
The Searching Wind as Embassy Attendant (uncredited)

1945

Thrill of a Romance as 1st Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Secrets of a Sorority Girl as Justin Farley

1943

Mission to Moscow as American Newsman (uncredited)
Truck Busters as George Havelock
Pilot #5 as Mr. Tully

1942

Reap the Wild Wind as Snaith (uncredited)
This Gun for Hire as Albert Baker
Grand Central Murder as Detective Mike McAdams (uncredited)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Alden Brown
Spy Ship as Burns
My Gal Sal as Loud Customer (uncredited)
Broadway as Reporter
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady as Judge
The War Against Mrs. Hadley as Reporter
City of Silent Men as Fred Bernard
You Can't Escape Forever as Coroner (uncredited)

1941

They Died with Their Boots On as Grant's Secretary (uncredited)
Four Mothers as Music Foundation Director (uncredited)
You'll Never Get Rich as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
At the Stroke of Twelve as Prosecuting Attorney
The Body Disappears as Professor McAuley (uncredited)
Bullets for O'Hara as Prosecutor (uncredited)

1940

Gambling on the High Seas as The State's District Attorney
Father Is A Prince as Ben Haley