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