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
Peyton Place
The Quick Gun as Dan Evans

1963

Petticoat Junction as Doc Stuart
Temple Houston as Judge Gurney

1955

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Sheriff Slim Lydell
Cheyenne as Judge Lloyd Pomeroy
Gunsmoke as Enoch
The 20th Century Fox Hour
My Friend Flicka
A Lawless Street as Abe Deland (uncredited)
Battle Cry as Mr. Hector Walker
Moonfleet as Coachman
The Violent Men as Mahoney (uncredited)
The Battle of Gettysburg as Gettysburg Address Reciter (voice) (uncredited)
The Eternal Sea as Admiral L.D.
New York Confidential as Dr. Ludlow
The McConnell Story as Mechanic
At Gunpoint as Marshal George Henderson
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
Riding Shotgun as Townsman (uncredited)
Young at Heart as Bartell
The Outcast as Chad Polson
Black Tuesday as Police Inspector Hailey (uncredited)
The Shanghai Story as Mr. Haljerson
Dragonfly Squadron as Gen. Conners

1953

City Detective
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as Dr. Bryce
Letter to Loretta as Marc Thatcher
Topper as Dr. Lang
The Pride of the Family as Mr. Murdock
House of Wax as Medical Examiner (uncredited)
General Electric Theater as Lt. King
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms as Dr. Morton
The Blue Gardenia as Drunk Reporter (uncredited)
Trouble Along the Way as Mike Edwards
Woman They Almost Lynched as Bartender
City of Bad Men as Easterner at Training Camp (uncredited)
Wicked Woman as Bill Porter (lawyer)
So This Is Love as Commencement Speaker
Big Leaguer as Wally Mitchell
The Marksman as Champ Wiley
Main Street to Broadway as Mr. Cope in Fantasy Sequence
The Lone Hand as Mr. Dunn
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive as John Britton
So Big as Ed (uncredited)
The I Don't Care Girl as Ned
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
Hopalong Cassidy
Chevron Theatre as Hiram Cooper
Bend of the River as Tom Grundy
Room for One More as Steve (uncredited)
Rancho Notorious as Preacher
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? as Edward Norton
Million Dollar Mermaid as Prosecutor
Rodeo as Harry Cartwright
The Winning Team as Sam Arrants
It Grows on Trees as John Letherby
Oklahoma Annie as Eldridge Haskell
Boots Malone as Private Investigator
Wagons West as Cyrus Cook

1951

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

1950

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

1949

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

1948

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

1947

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

1946

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

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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