Frank Ferguson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Cast

Pocketful of Miracles

Newspaper Editor

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Newspaper Editor

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

On Dangerous Ground

Follow Me Quietly

Walk a Crooked Mile

Marshal Williams

Main Street to Broadway

Mr. Cope in Fantasy Sequence

They Won't Believe Me

The Light in the Forest

Bill Porter (lawyer)

Rancho Notorious

New York Confidential

The Vicious Circle

City of Shadows

District Attorney Hunt

This Gun for Hire

The Barkleys of Broadway

Mr. Perkins (uncredited)

Cass Timberlane

Secret Service Man at Farmer's Market (uncredited)

Loud Customer (uncredited)

Preacher (uncredited)

Terror in a Texas Town

Deacon Matt Holmes

Texas Posse Member

Sunrise at Campobello

Electronics Engineer (uncredited)

Bullets for O'Hara

Prosecutor (uncredited)

This Could Be the Night

Dragonfly Squadron

The Good Humor Man

Reporter, Reporter (uncredited)

The I Don't Care Girl

Marshal George Henderson

The Winning Team

Cole Younger, Gunfighter

Sheriff Ralph Wittrock

Reap the Wild Wind

Snaith (uncredited)

The Great Sioux Massacre

General Alfred Howe Terry

Gun Duel in Durango

The Lawless Eighties

Medical Examiner (uncredited)

Ellison Hatfield

The Shanghai Story

The Iron Sheriff

So This Is Love

Commencement Speaker

The Searching Wind

Embassy Attendant (uncredited)

Eldridge Haskell

Pinkie's Father (uncredited)

City of Bad Men

Easterner at Training Camp (uncredited)

Welcome Stranger

Crane (uncredited)

It Grows on Trees

The Blue Gardenia

Drunk Reporter (uncredited)

Newspaperman (uncredited)

Police Inspector Hailey (uncredited)

Blonde for a Day

The Eternal Sea

Fighting Father Dunne

The Violent Men

Mahoney (uncredited)

"Hard Rock" Mason

Harry Cartwright

State Department: File 649

Park Attendant (uncredited)

The McConnell Story

Judge George J. Barnes (uncredited)

Woman They Almost Lynched

Bend of the River

The Walls of Jericho

Killer at Large

The Miracle of the Bells

The Phantom Stagecoach

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

The Barefoot Mailman

Doc Bethune (uncredited)

Mr. Hector Walker

Room for One More

Steve (uncredited)

Rachel and the Stranger

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive

Andy Hardy Comes Home

The Bride Goes Wild

Reporter (uncredited)

Father Is A Prince

At the Stroke of Twelve

Prosecuting Attorney

Under Mexicali Stars

Counterfeitor Goldie

Trouble Along the Way

Thunder in God's Country

Secrets of a Sorority Girl

Music Foundation Director (uncredited)

Marshal Bat Masterson

Marshal Bullock

They Died with Their Boots On

Grant's Secretary (uncredited)

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

Private Investigator

Logan (Uncredited)

Gambling on the High Seas

The State's District Attorney

Slightly French

Marty Freeman (uncredited)

The Inside Story

Army Doctor (uncredited)

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

Million Dollar Mermaid

The Perils of Pauline

Movie Theatre Owner (uncredited)

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

City of Silent Men

Mission to Moscow

American Newsman (uncredited)

Attorney J. T. Vickers

George Havelock

Grand Central Murder

Detective Mike McAdams (uncredited)

Along Came a Spider

Dr. Andrew Blake

Dancing in the Dark

Boward - Police Chief

A Lawless Street

Abe Deland (uncredited)

You Can't Escape Forever

Coroner (uncredited)

Ed (uncredited)

You'll Never Get Rich

Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Man of the West

Crosscut Marshal (uncredited)

Tyrant of the Sea

Officer (uncredited)

The Body Disappears

Professor McAuley (uncredited)

The Battle of Gettysburg

Gettysburg Address Reciter (voice) (uncredited)

Thrill of a Romance

1st Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Tina's Father (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)