Frank Ferguson
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Born
June 12, 1906
Died
September 12, 1978
Biography
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Few actors can boast a career of over 100 roles, but incomparable character actor Frank Ferguson sports nearly 300 unique performances. Born on Christmas Day in the final week of the 19th century, Ferguson didn't break into show business until approaching middle age. He more than made up for lost time, however, and tore through the '40s starring in as many as 18 small roles per year. He ...
Biography
Few actors can boast a career of over 100 roles, but incomparable character actor Frank Ferguson sports nearly 300 unique performances. Born on Christmas Day in the final week of the 19th century, Ferguson didn't break into show business until approaching middle age. He more than made up for lost time, however, and tore through the '40s starring in as many as 18 small roles per year. He met with major success in '48 as the proprietor of a museum of horrors in the comedy classic "Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein." Ferguson likewise portrayed countless memorable characters in the '50s, including the ranch hand Gus Broeberg in the famous TV western "My Friend Flicka." With his natural versatility and the burgeoning popularity of television as an entertainment medium, Ferguson had found a new home. He famously played "Lassie"'s veterinarian on several episodes of the canine adventure series, and embodied the even-tempered Eli Carson on over a hundred episodes (and a feature-length follow-up) of the primetime soap "Peyton's Place." A voracious performer even into his 70s, Ferguson guest-starred on family frontier series"Little House on the Prairie," the crime drama "McMillan & Wife," and two episodes of the farm comedy "Green Acres," before succumbing to cancer at 71.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Her Kind of Man
(1946)
Dialogue Director
Cast (Feature Film)
The Macahans
(1976)
The Great Sioux Massacre
(1965)
Gen. Alfred Howe Terry
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
(1964)
Editor
The Quick Gun
(1964)
Dan Evans
Pocketful of Miracles
(1961)
Newspaper editor
The Big Night
(1960)
Dave Johnson
Raymie
(1960)
Rex Koontz
Sunrise at Campobello
(1960)
Dr. Bennett
The Light in the Forest
(1958)
Harry Butler
Terror in a Texas Town
(1958)
Holmes
Andy Hardy Comes Home
(1958)
Mayor Benson
Man of the West
(1958)
Marshal
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
(1958)
Sheriff Wittrock
Revolt in the Big House
(1958)
Lawyer
The Lawless Eighties
(1957)
Owen Sutter
The Phantom Stagecoach
(1957)
Joe Patterson
Gun Duel in Durango
(1957)
Sheriff Howard
The Iron Sheriff
(1957)
Holloway
This Could Be the Night
(1957)
Mr. Shea
Trial
(1955)
Kiley
Moonfleet
(1955)
Coachman
A Lawless Street
(1955)
Abe Deland
Black Tuesday
(1955)
Police Inspector Hailey
The Eternal Sea
(1955)
Adm. "L. D."
New York Confidential
(1955)
Dr. Ludlow
Battle Cry
(1955)
Mr. Walker
The Violent Men
(1955)
Mahoney
At Gunpoint
(1955)
George Henderson
The McConnell Story
(1955)
Mechanic
City of Shadows
(1955)
District Attorney Hunt
Drum Beat
(1954)
Mr. Dyar
Wicked Woman
(1954)
Mr. Porter
The Shanghai Story
(1954)
Mr. Haljerson
Riding Shotgun
(1954)
Dragonfly Squadron
(1954)
Col. Conners
A Star Is Born
(1954)
Judge
The Outcast
(1954)
Chad Polsen
Johnny Guitar
(1954)
Marshal Williams
Young at Heart
(1954)
Bartell
The I Don't Care Girl
(1953)
Theater manager
So Big
(1953)
Assistant
City of Bad Men
(1953)
Easterner
The Stars Are Singing
(1953)
Doorman
Trouble Along the Way
(1953)
Store manager
House of Wax
(1953)
Medical examiner
Main Street to Broadway
(1953)
Mr. Cope, fantasy seq
So This Is Love
(1953)
High school principal
Powder River
(1953)
Johnny Slater
Woman They Almost Lynched
(1953)
Bartender
The Lone Hand
(1953)
Mr. Dunn
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
(1953)
Dr. Morton
Big Leaguer
(1953)
Wally Mitchell
The Marksman
(1953)
Champ Wylie
Star of Texas
(1953)
Marshal [L. V.] Bullock
Texas Bad Man
(1953)
Gil Duncan
Hannah Lee
(1953)
John Britton
The Iron Mistress
(1952)
Doctor
Boots Malone
(1952)
Detective agency head
The Cimarron Kid
(1952)
Warden
The Marrying Kind
(1952)
Mr. Quinn
The Model and the Marriage Broker
(1952)
Conventioneer
Stars and Stripes Forever
(1952)
Wells
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
(1952)
Sam the jailer
Wagons West
(1952)
Cyrus Cook
Oklahoma Annie
(1952)
Eldridge Haskell
On Dangerous Ground
(1952)
George Willows
Rodeo
(1952)
Harry Cartwright
Has Anybody Seen My Gal
(1952)
Edward Norton
Rancho Notorious
(1952)
Preacher
Models Inc.
(1952)
Reynolds, the banker
Room for One More
(1952)
Steve
The Winning Team
(1952)
Sam Arrants
It Grows on Trees
(1952)
John Letherby
Bend of the River
(1952)
Don Grundy
Million Dollar Mermaid
(1952)
Prosecutor
Warpath
(1951)
Marshal
The People Against O'Hara
(1951)
Al
The Great Missouri Raid
(1951)
Bank teller
Watch the Birdie
(1951)
Mr. Whittle
Elopement
(1951)
Pinky's father
The Barefoot Mailman
(1951)
Doc Bethune
Of Men and Music
(1951)
Frenchie
(1951)
Jim Dobbs
Thunder in God's Country
(1951)
Bates
Santa Fe
(1951)
Marshal Bat Masterson
The Furies
(1950)
Dr. Grieve
Dancing in the Dark
(1950)
Sharkey
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
(1950)
Sheriff Oliver
The West Point Story
(1950)
Commandant
Under Mexicali Stars
(1950)
Goldie
The Good Humor Man
(1950)
Inspector Quint
Key to the City
(1950)
Councilman
Louisa
(1950)
Park attendant
Right Cross
(1950)
Dr. George Esmond
The Lawless
(1950)
Carl Green
That Wonderful Urge
(1949)
Findlay
Roseanna McCoy
(1949)
Ellison Hatfield
Free for All
(1949)
Hap Ross
Shockproof
(1949)
Logan
Follow Me Quietly
(1949)
McGill
Slightly French
(1949)
Marty Freeman
Dynamite
(1949)
Hard Rock Mason
Caught
(1949)
Dr. Hoffman
State Department File 649
(1949)
Consul Reither
Homicide
(1949)
Murray
The Barkleys of Broadway
(1949)
Mr. Perkins
Fighting Father Dunne
(1948)
Colpeck
The Babe Ruth Story
(1948)
Father of crippled boy who walks after seeing Ruth
T-Men
(1948)
Secret Service man
The Walls of Jericho
(1948)
Tom Ransome
The Miracle of the Bells
(1948)
[Mike] Dolan
Walk a Crooked Mile
(1948)
Carl Benish
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
(1948)
Mr. McDougal
Rachel and the Stranger
(1948)
Mr. Green
The Vicious Circle
(1948)
Stark
The Hunted
(1948)
Paul Harrison
The Inside Story
(1948)
Ab Follansbee
Fort Apache
(1948)
Reporter
The Bride Goes Wild
(1948)
Mr. Fells
Cass Timberlane
(1948)
Court clerk
The Trouble with Women
(1947)
Mr. Metcalf
The Perils of Pauline
(1947)
Theater owner
Cross My Heart
(1947)
Reporter
Road to Rio
(1947)
Cowhand
They Won't Believe Me
(1947)
Cahill
Killer at Large
(1947)
Edward Denton
Variety Girl
(1947)
J. R. O'Connell
Lady Chaser
(1947)
Oliver T. Vickers
Swell Guy
(1947)
Eddie
The Farmer's Daughter
(1947)
Martinaan
The Fabulous Texan
(1947)
Andy Renfro
Blaze of Noon
(1947)
Cash Jones
The Perfect Marriage
(1947)
Gentleman
The Beginning or the End
(1947)
Dr. James B. Conant
Welcome Stranger
(1947)
Mr. Crane
California
(1947)
Cavalry officer
The Man I Love
(1947)
Army doctor
Canyon Passage
(1946)
Minister
Night and Day
(1946)
Tina's father
Secrets of a Sorority Girl
(1946)
Justin Farley
Blonde for a Day
(1946)
Walter Bronson
Little Miss Big
(1946)
Dr. Raymond
If I'm Lucky
(1946)
Statistician
The Searching Wind
(1946)
Embassy attendant
O.S.S.
(1946)
Research man
The Dolly Sisters
(1945)
Reporter
Thrill of a Romance
(1945)
Hotel clerk
What Price Italy?
(1944)
Narrator
The Meanest Man in the World
(1943)
Teller
Pilot #5
(1943)
Tully
Mission to Moscow
(1943)
American newsman
Truck Busters
(1943)
George Havelock
Salute to the Marines
(1943)
Private Williams
My Gal Sal
(1942)
Broadway
(1942)
Reporter
You Can't Escape Forever
(1942)
Doc
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
(1942)
Reporter
This Gun for Hire
(1942)
Albert Baker
City of Silent Men
(1942)
Fred Bernard
Spy Ship
(1942)
Burns
The Boss of Big Town
(1942)
Bram Hart
Grand Central Murder
(1942)
Mike McAdams
Moonlight Masquerade
(1942)
Doctor
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
(1942)
Alden Brown
Reap the Wild Wind
(1942)
Snaith
They Died with Their Boots On
(1942)
Grant's secretary
Wings for the Eagle
(1942)
Personnel man
Passage from HongKong
(1941)
Doctor
You'll Never Get Rich
(1941)
Justice of Peace
The Body Disappears
(1941)
Professor McAuley
Bullets for O'Hara
(1941)
Prosecutor
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
(1941)
Stationer
Gambling on the High Seas
(1940)
City District Attorney
Father Is a Prince
(1939)
Ben Haley
Cast (Short)
The Battle of Gettysburg
(1956)
Voice
The Shy Guy
(1947)
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