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
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Amos Wilson
Bat Masterson as Old Billy North
77 Sunset Strip as Saul Gantry
The Texan
Bronco
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
Cole Younger, Gunfighter as Sheriff Ralph Wittrock
Andy Hardy Comes Home as Mayor Benson

1957

Perry Mason as Sheriff Barnes
Wagon Train as Judge Hiram Larkin
Maverick
Have Gun, Will Travel as Kincaid
Leave It to Beaver
Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Captain Hoyt
Sugarfoot as Otto Jardine
Trackdown as Adam Turner
Alcoa Theatre as Milbanks
Goodyear Theatre as Milbanks
The Lawless Eighties as Owen Sutter
Gun Duel in Durango as Sheriff Howard
This Could Be the Night as Mr. Shea
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
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Sheriff Slim Lydell
Gunsmoke as Enoch
The 20th Century Fox Hour
My Friend Flicka
Battle Cry as Mr. Hector Walker
Moonfleet as Coachman
The Violent Men as Mahoney (uncredited)
A Lawless Street as Abe Deland (uncredited)
At Gunpoint as Marshal George Henderson
New York Confidential as Dr. Ludlow
The Battle of Gettysburg as Gettysburg Address Reciter (voice) (uncredited)
The Eternal Sea as Admiral L.D.
The McConnell Story as Mechanic
City of Shadows as District Attorney Hunt

1954

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

1953

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

1952

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

1951

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

1950

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

1949

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

1948

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

1947

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

1946

Canyon Passage as Preacher (uncredited)
Night and Day as Tina's Father (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)
Pilot #5 as Mr. Tully
Truck Busters as George Havelock

1942

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

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)
The Body Disappears as Professor McAuley (uncredited)
Bullets for O'Hara as Prosecutor (uncredited)
At the Stroke of Twelve as Prosecuting Attorney

1940

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