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Frank Ferguson

Acting

Born December 25, 1899 · Ferndale, California, USA

Died September 12, 1978

Also known as Franklyn Ferguson · Karen Noel · Frank S. Ferguson

Biography

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.

Filmography50+ titles

Secrets of a Sorority Girl

1945as Justin Farley

Oklahoma Annie

1952as Eldridge Haskell

The Twilight Zone

1959as Krueger

Little House on the Prairie

1974as Calder

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Garner

Kung Fu

1972as Bissell

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1964as Air Force General

Perry Mason

1957as Prof. Laiken

The Andy Griffith Show

1960as Sam Lindsey

Bonanza

1959as J.R. Ridley

Johnny Guitar

1954as Marshal Williams

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964as Newspaper Editor

Pocketful of Miracles

1961as Newspaper Editor

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957as Kincaid

Big Leaguer

1953as Wally Mitchell

Wagons West

1952as Cyrus Cook

The Waltons

1972

Green Acres

1965as Harvey Jackson

The Furies

1950as Dr. Grieve

Adam-12

1968as Fred Tibbles

The Rifleman

1958

A Star Is Born

1954as Judge George J. Barnes (uncredited)

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948as Mr. McDougal

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958as Amos Wilson

Leave It to Beaver

1957

Bend of the River

1952as Tom Grundy

Fort Apache

1948as Newspaperman (uncredited)

Truck Busters

1943as George Havelock

This Gun for Hire

1942as Albert Baker

The Westerner

as Stuart

Maverick

1957as Sheriff Luther Hawkins

House of Wax

1953as Medical Examiner (uncredited)

The Barkleys of Broadway

1949as Mr. Perkins (uncredited)

O.S.S.

1946as Electronics Engineer (uncredited)

Land of the Giants

1968as Goalby

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955as Sheriff Slim Lydell

Four Star Playhouse

1952as Ed

Santa Fe

1951as Marshal Bat Masterson

The Lone Ranger

1949as Oscar Vale

T-Men

1947as Secret Service Man at Farmer's Market (uncredited)

Laramie

1959

Terror in a Texas Town

1958as Deacon Matt Holmes

Gunsmoke

1955as Enoch

The Outcast

1954as Chad Polson

The Bride Goes Wild

1948as Reporter (uncredited)

The Perils of Pauline

1947as Movie Theatre Owner (uncredited)

Canyon Passage

1946as Preacher (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

1941as Grant's Secretary (uncredited)

Mr. Lucky

as Hyatt Krausmeyer

Man of the West

1958as Crosscut Marshal (uncredited)