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