Frank Ferguson
Acting

Frank Ferguson

Born 25 December 1899 · Ferndale, California, USA · Died 12 September 1978

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
Little House on the Prairie
Bonanza
Johnny Guitar
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Bend of the River
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
This Gun for Hire
Pocketful of Miracles
The Andy Griffith Show
On Dangerous Ground
The Macahans
Along Came a Spider
The Great Sioux Massacre
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
The Quick Gun
Pocketful of Miracles
Sunrise at Campobello
The Big Night
Raymie
The Light in the Forest
Terror in a Texas Town
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
Andy Hardy Comes Home
This Could Be the Night
Gun Duel in Durango
The Lawless Eighties
The Iron Sheriff
The Phantom Stagecoach
New York Confidential
Moonfleet
City of Shadows
At Gunpoint
The Eternal Sea
The McConnell Story
Battle Cry
Johnny Guitar
Young at Heart
Dragonfly Squadron
The Shanghai Story
The Outcast
Drum Beat
Main Street to Broadway
Wicked Woman
The I Don't Care Girl
So This Is Love
The Lone Hand
Woman They Almost Lynched
Texas Bad Man
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
The Marksman
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
Trouble Along the Way
Star of Texas
Big Leaguer
Rancho Notorious
The Winning Team
Wagons West
Oklahoma Annie
It Grows on Trees
Rodeo
Bend of the River
Boots Malone
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Million Dollar Mermaid
On Dangerous Ground
Warpath
Thunder in God's Country
Santa Fe
The Furies
The Good Humor Man
Frenchie
The Lawless
Under Mexicali Stars
Follow Me Quietly
Caught
Roseanna McCoy
Dynamite
State Department: File 649
Free For All
Dancing in the Dark
Homicide
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Walk a Crooked Mile
The Vicious Circle
The Hunted
Fighting Father Dunne
The Walls of Jericho
The Miracle of the Bells
Rachel and the Stranger
The Inside Story
They Won't Believe Me
Cass Timberlane
Variety Girl
Blaze of Noon
Shy Guy
Killer at Large
Danger Street
Blonde for a Day
Lady Chaser
Secrets of a Sorority Girl
Pilot #5
Truck Busters
This Gun for Hire
Broadway
Spy Ship
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
At the Stroke of Twelve
Father Is A Prince
Gambling on the High Seas
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