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