Frank Ferguson
Acting
Born: December 25, 1899 · Ferndale, California, USA
Died: September 12, 1978 (aged 78)
Highest Rated
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
The Twilight Zone
1959
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Bonanza
1959
Johnny Guitar
1954
Fort Apache
1948
House of Wax
1953
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
A Star Is Born
1954
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964
Man of the West
1958
Kung Fu
1972
Bend of the River
1952
Photos (2)
Movies (143)
A Star Is Born
Judge George J. Barnes (uncredited)
House of Wax
Medical Examiner (uncredited)
Man of the West
Crosscut Marshal (uncredited)
This Gun for Hire
Albert Baker
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Dr. Morton
Fort Apache
Newspaperman (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Mr. McDougal
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Newspaper Editor
They Died with Their Boots On
Grant's Secretary (uncredited)
At the Stroke of Twelve
Prosecuting Attorney
Reap the Wild Wind
Snaith (uncredited)
Bend of the River
Tom Grundy
Johnny Guitar
Marshal Williams
Caught
Dr. Hoffman
The Iron Sheriff
Holloway
Pocketful of Miracles
Newspaper Editor
A Lawless Street
Abe Deland (uncredited)
Rancho Notorious
Preacher
Night and Day
Tina's Father (uncredited)
They Won't Believe Me
Mr. Cahill
You'll Never Get Rich
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
On Dangerous Ground
Willows
The Barkleys of Broadway
Mr. Perkins (uncredited)
Room for One More
Steve (uncredited)
This Could Be the Night
Mr. Shea
Drum Beat
Mr. Dyar
Million Dollar Mermaid
Prosecutor
The Blue Gardenia
Drunk Reporter (uncredited)
Woman They Almost Lynched
Bartender
Woman They Almost Lynched
Bartender (uncredited)
Battle Cry
Mr. Hector Walker
The Miracle of the Bells
Dolan
Rachel and the Stranger
Mr. Green
T-Men
Secret Service Man at Farmer's Market (uncredited)
Riding Shotgun
Townsman (uncredited)
The Light in the Forest
Harry Butler
Black Tuesday
Police Inspector Hailey (uncredited)
Canyon Passage
Preacher (uncredited)
The Violent Men
Mahoney (uncredited)
Trouble Along the Way
Mike Edwards
Thrill of a Romance
1st Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
City of Bad Men
Easterner at Training Camp (uncredited)
The Man I Love
Army Doctor (uncredited)
Terror in a Texas Town
Deacon Matt Holmes
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Edward Norton
The Great Sioux Massacre
General Alfred Howe Terry
The Furies
Dr. Grieve
Along Came a Spider
Dr. Andrew Blake
So This Is Love
Commencement Speaker
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Alden Brown
Main Street to Broadway
Mr. Cope in Fantasy Sequence
The Quick Gun
Dan Evans
Gun Duel in Durango
Sheriff Howard
Mission to Moscow
American Newsman (uncredited)
Father Is A Prince
Ben Haley
The Perils of Pauline
Movie Theatre Owner (uncredited)
Wicked Woman
Bill Porter (lawyer)
The Outcast
Chad Polson
The Bride Goes Wild
Reporter (uncredited)
Shockproof
Logan (Uncredited)
Young at Heart
Bartell
Cass Timberlane
Court Clerk
The Lone Hand
Mr. Dunn
Welcome Stranger
Crane (uncredited)
Santa Fe
Marshal Bat Masterson
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
John Britton
The Good Humor Man
Insp. Quint
Frenchie
Jim Dobbs
You Can't Escape Forever
Coroner (uncredited)
Moonfleet
Coachman
Dancing in the Dark
John Sharkey
The Eternal Sea
Admiral L.D.
At Gunpoint
Marshal George Henderson
The Walls of Jericho
Tom Ransome
Gambling on the High Seas
The State's District Attorney
The Marksman
Champ Wiley
It Grows on Trees
John Letherby
My Gal Sal
Loud Customer (uncredited)
Variety Girl
R.J. O'Connell
The Lawless
Carl Green
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Mayor Benson
Blonde for a Day
Walter Bronson
The Battle of Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address Reciter (voice) (uncredited)
State Department: File 649
Consul Reither
Thunder in God's Country
Bates
Walk a Crooked Mile
Carl Bemish
So Big
Ed (uncredited)
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Reporter
The Shanghai Story
Mr. Haljerson
Secrets of a Sorority Girl
Justin Farley
Grand Central Murder
Detective Mike McAdams (uncredited)
Tyrant of the Sea
Officer (uncredited)
The I Don't Care Girl
Ned
Bullets for O'Hara
Prosecutor (uncredited)
Road to Rio
Texas Posse Member (uncredited)
Lady Chaser
Attorney J. T. Vickers
New York Confidential
Dr. Ludlow
Slightly French
Marty Freeman (uncredited)
Warpath
Marshal
Big Leaguer
Wally Mitchell
Four Mothers
Music Foundation Director (uncredited)
Rodeo
Harry Cartwright
Free For All
Hap Ross
Sunrise at Campobello
Dr. Bennett
O.S.S.
Electronics Engineer (uncredited)
The Winning Team
Sam Arrants
Blaze of Noon
Cash Jones
Boots Malone
Private Investigator
Homicide
Albert Murray
The Hunted
Paul Harrison
The Inside Story
Eph
Follow Me Quietly
J.C. McGill
Oklahoma Annie
Eldridge Haskell
The Macahans
Grandpa
The Phantom Stagecoach
Joe Patterson
The Lawless Eighties
Owen Sutter
Roseanna McCoy
Ellison Hatfield
Star of Texas
Marshal Bullock
Pilot #5
Mr. Tully
The Vicious Circle
Stark
Wagons West
Cyrus Cook
Louisa
Park Attendant (uncredited)
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
Sheriff Ralph Wittrock
Fighting Father Dunne
Colpeck
Under Mexicali Stars
Counterfeitor Goldie
Elopement
Pinkie's Father (uncredited)
Dragonfly Squadron
Gen. Conners
Truck Busters
George Havelock
The Body Disappears
Professor McAuley (uncredited)
City of Shadows
District Attorney Hunt
Spy Ship
Burns
Broadway
Reporter
Broadway
Reporter (uncredited)
The McConnell Story
Mechanic
The Barefoot Mailman
Doc Bethune (uncredited)
Danger Street
Boward - Police Chief
Dynamite
"Hard Rock" Mason
Killer at Large
Edward Denton
Raymie
Rex
The Searching Wind
Embassy Attendant (uncredited)
Texas Bad Man
Gil
The Big Night
Dave Johnson
Shy Guy
Mr. Norton
TV Shows (104)
Perry Mason
Sheriff Barnes · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Prof. Laiken · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Sheriff Orville Ramsey · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Walter Coffee · 1 eps
Adam-12
Fred Tibbles · 1 eps
Bonanza
J.R. Ridley · 1 eps
Bonanza
Abner · 1 eps
Bonanza
Gigger Thurman · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Judge Hiram Larkin · 1 eps
The Andy Griffith Show
Sam Lindsey · 3 eps
The Andy Griffith Show
Wilbur Pine · 1 eps
The Andy Griffith Show
Mr. Foley · 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Garner · 1 eps
Maverick
3 eps
Maverick
Sheriff McPeters · 1 eps
Maverick
Genessee Jones · 1 eps
Maverick
Sheriff Luther Hawkins · 1 eps
Little House on the Prairie
Calder · 1 eps
The Waltons
1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Krueger · 1 eps
The Rifleman
1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Kincaid · 1 eps
The Virginian
Tom Dunston · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
T.J. Barnett · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Paul Parker · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Tom Menken · 1 eps
Lassie
4 eps
Lassie
Seth Collins · 1 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Sheriff Slim Lydell · 1 eps
Cannon
1 eps
Petticoat Junction
Doc Stuart · 7 eps
Cheyenne
Judge Lloyd Pomeroy · 1 eps
Cheyenne
Sheriff Allen · 1 eps
Cheyenne
Eli Zachary · 1 eps
Four Star Playhouse
Ed · 1 eps
Four Star Playhouse
Mr. Fielding · 1 eps
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Amos Wilson · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Enoch · 1 eps
The Lone Ranger
Lester Grey · 1 eps
The Lone Ranger
Oscar Vale · 1 eps
Green Acres
Harvey Jackson · 1 eps
Green Acres
Doc John Stuart · 1 eps
Leave It to Beaver
1 eps
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Air Force General · 1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
Saul Gantry · 2 eps
Bat Masterson
Old Billy North · 1 eps
Bat Masterson
Dick Pierce · 1 eps
Hawaiian Eye
Capt. Joe Taggart · 1 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1 eps
Peter Gunn
1 eps
The Texan
3 eps
Alias Smith and Jones
1 eps
Surfside 6
2 eps
Laramie
1 eps
Sugarfoot
Otto Jardine · 1 eps
Sugarfoot
Doc Spooner · 1 eps
Sugarfoot
Judge Bean · 1 eps
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Captain Hoyt · 1 eps
Land of the Giants
Goalby · 1 eps
December Bride
1 eps
Bronco
2 eps
Bronco
Gen. William T. Sherman · 1 eps
Adventures of Superman
Mr. Frank · 1 eps
Trackdown
Adam Turner · 1 eps
Trackdown
Judge Tolliver · 1 eps
Target: The Corruptors!
2 eps
The Tall Man
1 eps
Public Defender
Judge · 1 eps
City Detective
2 eps
Lock-Up
1 eps
Cavalcade of America
1 eps
Cavalcade of America
Dr. Green · 1 eps
Alcoa Theatre
Milbanks · 1 eps
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Thorpe · 1 eps
Hopalong Cassidy
1 eps
Nanny and the Professor
the Judge · 1 eps
Mr. Lucky
Hyatt Krausmeyer · 1 eps
The Lone Wolf
Sheriff Jerry Lea · 1 eps
The Alaskans
2 eps
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
Walter Henderson · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Marc Thatcher · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Mr. Creavy · 1 eps
Temple Houston
Judge Gurney · 1 eps
Coronado 9
1 eps
Everglades
1 eps
Wichita Town
1 eps
The Westerner
Stuart · 1 eps
Topper
Dr. Lang · 2 eps
Wendy and Me
2 eps
Philip Marlowe
1 eps
Treasury Men in Action
Miller · 1 eps
The Asphalt Jungle
1 eps
The Pride of the Family
Mr. Murdock · 1 eps
The Pride of the Family
Murdock · 1 eps
My Friend Flicka
3 eps
General Electric Theater
Lt. King · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Mack Duncan · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Harlow Finch · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Joe Nelson · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Mike Collier · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
2 eps
Peyton Place
514 eps
Shotgun Slade
Mike Colier · 1 eps
Kung Fu
Bissell · 1 eps