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.

Filmography (220 Appearances)

The Macahans

1976

Little House on the Prairie

1974

Kung Fu

1972

The Waltons

1972

Return to Peyton Place

1972

Cannon

1971

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

Along Came a Spider

1970

Nanny and the Professor

1970

Land of the Giants

1968

Adam-12

1968

Green Acres

1965

The Great Sioux Massacre

1965

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964

Peyton Place

1964

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1964

Wendy and Me

1964

The Quick Gun

1964

Petticoat Junction

1963

Temple Houston

1963

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

The Virginian

1962

Pocketful of Miracles

1961

Everglades

1961

Target: The Corruptors!

1961

The Asphalt Jungle

1961

The Case of the Dangerous Robin

1960

Surfside 6

1960

The Andy Griffith Show

1960

The Westerner

1960

Sunrise at Campobello

1960

The Tall Man

1960

Coronado 9

1960

Raymie

1960

The Big Night

1960

Shotgun Slade

1959

Mr. Lucky

1959

Hawaiian Eye

1959

Philip Marlowe

1959

The Alaskans

1959

The Twilight Zone

1959

Wichita Town

1959

Lock-Up

1959

Laramie

1959

Bonanza

1959

Andy Hardy Comes Home

1958

77 Sunset Strip

1958

Bat Masterson

1958

Man of the West

1958

The Rifleman

1958

The Texan

1958

Bronco

1958

Peter Gunn

1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958

Terror in a Texas Town

1958

The Light in the Forest

1958

Cole Younger, Gunfighter

1958

Leave It to Beaver

1957

Trackdown

1957

Alcoa Theatre

1957

Goodyear Theatre

1957

Maverick

1957

Perry Mason

1957

Wagon Train

1957

Sugarfoot

1957

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

1957

The Lawless Eighties

1957

This Could Be the Night

1957

Gun Duel in Durango

1957

The Iron Sheriff

1957

The Phantom Stagecoach

1957

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

State Trooper

1956

At Gunpoint

1955

The Battle of Gettysburg

1955

A Lawless Street

1955

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

My Friend Flicka

1955

The McConnell Story

1955

Cheyenne

1955

Gunsmoke

1955

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

Moonfleet

1955

City of Shadows

1955

The Eternal Sea

1955

New York Confidential

1955

Battle Cry

1955

The Violent Men

1955

Black Tuesday

1954

Young at Heart

1954

Drum Beat

1954

December Bride

1954

A Star Is Born

1954

Lassie

1954

The Shanghai Story

1954

The Outcast

1954

Johnny Guitar

1954

The Lone Wolf

1954

Riding Shotgun

1954

Dragonfly Squadron

1954

Public Defender

1954

Texas Bad Man

1953

Wicked Woman

1953

So Big

1953

Main Street to Broadway

1953

Topper

1953

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

1953

Letter to Loretta

1953

City of Bad Men

1953

City Detective

1953

Big Leaguer

1953

So This Is Love

1953

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive

1953

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

1953

The Lone Hand

1953

House of Wax

1953

The Marksman

1953

Trouble Along the Way

1953

The Blue Gardenia

1953

Woman They Almost Lynched

1953

General Electric Theater

1953

The I Don't Care Girl

1953

Star of Texas

1953

Million Dollar Mermaid

1952

Cavalcade of America

1952

Four Star Playhouse

1952

Adventures of Superman

1952

Hopalong Cassidy

1952

It Grows on Trees

1952

Wagons West

1952

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

1952

The Winning Team

1952

Rancho Notorious

1952

Oklahoma Annie

1952

Rodeo

1952

Bend of the River

1952

Boots Malone

1952

Room for One More

1952

Chevron Theatre

1952

On Dangerous Ground

1951

The Barefoot Mailman

1951

Elopement

1951

Warpath

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

Thunder in God's Country

1951

Santa Fe

1951

Frenchie

1950

Under Mexicali Stars

1950

Treasury Men in Action

1950

The Furies

1950

The Lawless

1950

Louisa

1950

The Good Humor Man

1950

Tyrant of the Sea

1950

Dancing in the Dark

1949

Free For All

1949

Roseanna McCoy

1949

The Lone Ranger

1949

Follow Me Quietly

1949

The Barkleys of Broadway

1949

Homicide

1949

Caught

1949

State Department: File 649

1949

Slightly French

1949

Shockproof

1949

Dynamite

1949

The Walls of Jericho

1948

Rachel and the Stranger

1948

Walk a Crooked Mile

1948

The Vicious Circle

1948

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

1948

Fort Apache

1948

Fighting Father Dunne

1948

The Hunted

1948

The Miracle of the Bells

1948

The Inside Story

1948

The Bride Goes Wild

1948

Road to Rio

1947

T-Men

1947

Cass Timberlane

1947

Variety Girl

1947

Shy Guy

1947

They Won't Believe Me

1947

The Perils of Pauline

1947

Danger Street

1947

Welcome Stranger

1947

Killer at Large

1947

Blaze of Noon

1947

The Man I Love

1946

Lady Chaser

1946

The Searching Wind

1946

Canyon Passage

1946

Night and Day

1946

Blonde for a Day

1946

O.S.S.

1946

Secrets of a Sorority Girl

1945

Thrill of a Romance

1945

Pilot #5

1943

Mission to Moscow

1943

Truck Busters

1943

City of Silent Men

1942

You Can't Escape Forever

1942

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

1942

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

1942

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

1942

Spy Ship

1942

Broadway

1942

Grand Central Murder

1942

My Gal Sal

1942

This Gun for Hire

1942

Reap the Wild Wind

1942

The Body Disappears

1941

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

At the Stroke of Twelve

1941

You'll Never Get Rich

1941

Bullets for O'Hara

1941

Four Mothers

1941

Father Is A Prince

1940

Gambling on the High Seas

1940 Debut
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