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.
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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
The Andy Griffith Show
7.6
77 Sunset Strip
6.7
Maverick
6.8
Trackdown
6.4
December Bride
5.5
Little House on the Prairie
7.937
Alias Smith and Jones
6.9
Petticoat Junction
5.8
Surfside 6
5
Perry Mason
7.7
Gunsmoke
6.6
General Electric Theater
6.25
Lassie
6.1
Cannon
6.5
The Twilight Zone
8.447
The Waltons
7.1
The Tall Man
6.3
Leave It to Beaver
7
Everglades
8.5
Philip Marlowe
5
Target: The Corruptors!
3.5
Have Gun, Will Travel
7.4
The Virginian
6.5
Peter Gunn
6.5
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.25
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
6.579
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
6.2
Bronco
5.2
The 20th Century Fox Hour
5.429
Peyton Place
6.6
Wendy and Me
0
The Alaskans
5.5
Lock-Up
6.2
Wanted: Dead or Alive
6.894
The Rifleman
7
Sugarfoot
4.8
Bat Masterson
6.1
Laramie
6.4
The Texan
5.5
Wichita Town
4.2
Cavalcade of America
3.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
5.5
Goodyear Theatre
6.75
City Detective
7
State Trooper
5
Coronado 9
6
Treasury Men in Action
5.5
My Friend Flicka
5.7
Hopalong Cassidy
5.2
The Asphalt Jungle
5
Letter to Loretta
6.5
Maverick
6.8
Maverick
6.8
Temple Houston
5.7
Return to Peyton Place
4
Sugarfoot
4.8
Sugarfoot
4.8
The Andy Griffith Show
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
7.6
Adam-12
7
General Electric Theater
6.25
Cavalcade of America
3.5
Letter to Loretta
6.5
Shotgun Slade
5
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.25
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.25
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
5.5
Four Star Playhouse
6.333
Four Star Playhouse
6.333
Bonanza
7.5
Perry Mason
7.7
Perry Mason
7.7
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
7.8
Bat Masterson
6.1
Perry Mason
7.7
Chevron Theatre
10
Maverick
6.8
Chevron Theatre
10
Wagon Train
6.3
Adventures of Superman
6.7
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
0
State Trooper
5
Nanny and the Professor
6
Alcoa Theatre
6.5
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.25
Hawaiian Eye
5.2
Land of the Giants
6.7
Cheyenne
5.8
Bonanza
7.5
Lassie
6.1
Topper
6
The Westerner
6.8
Public Defender
6
The Lone Ranger
6.7
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
7.8
Mr. Lucky
6.4
Kung Fu
7.6
The Lone Wolf
7
Green Acres
7.3
Green Acres
7.3
The Lone Ranger
6.7
State Trooper
5
Cheyenne
5.8
Bonanza
7.5
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
0
Trackdown
6.4
Movies
Pocketful of Miracles
7.3
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
7.08
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
7.3
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
0
On Dangerous Ground
6.6
Follow Me Quietly
6.2
Walk a Crooked Mile
5.909
Johnny Guitar
7.411
Main Street to Broadway
6.5
They Won't Believe Me
6.557
The Light in the Forest
6.8
Wicked Woman
5.1
The Furies
7.114
Rancho Notorious
6.5
New York Confidential
5.8
Moonfleet
6.504
Young at Heart
6
The Vicious Circle
5.5
Caught
6.565
City of Shadows
4.9
This Gun for Hire
6.929
The Hunted
5.2
T-Men
6.768
Cass Timberlane
5.9
Canyon Passage
6.6
The Barkleys of Broadway
6.8
My Gal Sal
5.846
Terror in a Texas Town
6.7
Road to Rio
6.7
Sunrise at Campobello
6
O.S.S.
6.4
Bullets for O'Hara
4
This Could Be the Night
5.6
Dragonfly Squadron
6
The Good Humor Man
6
Broadway
5.5
The I Don't Care Girl
6.5
The Big Night
0
At Gunpoint
6.3
The Winning Team
5.5
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
6.167
Reap the Wild Wind
6.391
Variety Girl
6.1
The Great Sioux Massacre
4.2
Warpath
5.8
Pilot #5
5.8
Gun Duel In Durango
5.4
The Lawless Eighties
0
House of Wax
6.942
Roseanna McCoy
6.1
Frenchie
5.7
The Shanghai Story
4.8
Wagons West
6
Blaze of Noon
4
The Iron Sheriff
6.2
So This Is Love
4.5
The Searching Wind
0
Oklahoma Annie
8
Elopement
5
City of Bad Men
5.8
Welcome Stranger
6.6
It Grows on Trees
7.7
The Blue Gardenia
6.55
Fort Apache
7.001
Black Tuesday
6
Blonde for a Day
5
The Eternal Sea
6.4
Fighting Father Dunne
6
The Violent Men
6.5
Dynamite
2.5
Rodeo
0
The Lone Hand
5.2
State Department: File 649
4.333
Louisa
6.1
The McConnell Story
6.3
A Star Is Born
7.121
Woman They Almost Lynched
6.2
The Lawless
5.8
Bend of the River
6.9
Shy Guy
3.1
Texas Bad Man
0
Free For All
6
Raymie
0
The Walls of Jericho
5.7
Killer at Large
0
The Miracle of the Bells
5.929
The Phantom Stagecoach
5
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
6.545
The Barefoot Mailman
4
The Outcast
6.6
The Quick Gun
6.3
Spy Ship
6
Battle Cry
5.7
The Marksman
0
Room for One More
6.3
Rachel and the Stranger
6.2
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
4
Andy Hardy Comes Home
4.5
The Bride Goes Wild
6
Father Is A Prince
5
At the Stroke of Twelve
5
Under Mexicali Stars
0
Trouble Along the Way
5.885
Thunder in God's Country
0
Secrets of a Sorority Girl
0
Four Mothers
6.2
Santa Fe
6.8
Star of Texas
0
They Died with Their Boots On
6.592
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
5.833
Boots Malone
7.5
Shockproof
6.359
Big Leaguer
6.2
Gambling on the High Seas
4.7
Slightly French
7.2
The Inside Story
6.5
The Man I Love
6.2
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
6.9
Million Dollar Mermaid
6.4
The Perils of Pauline
6.2
Drum Beat
6
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
5.167
City of Silent Men
0
Mission to Moscow
5.306
Lady Chaser
6
Truck Busters
6
Grand Central Murder
5.9
Along Came a Spider
4.3
Dancing in the Dark
5
Homicide
5.3
Danger Street
4
A Lawless Street
5.4
You Can't Escape Forever
5.4
So Big
5.6
You'll Never Get Rich
6.5
Man of the West
6.565
Tyrant of the Sea
0
The Body Disappears
5.2
The Battle of Gettysburg
5.8
The Macahans
6.7
Thrill of a Romance
6.2
Night and Day
5.7
Broadway
5.5