Frank Ferguson
Date of birth: 1899-12-25
Place of birth: Ferndale, California, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Franklyn Ferguson, Karen Noel, Frank S. Ferguson
Biography
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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Pocketful of Miracles
1961-12-18
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948-06-15
The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster'
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964-12-15
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1942-07-04
Story of a rich man who backs a show for an old man and his granddaughter from the East Side who has
On Dangerous Ground
1951-12-13
A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effectiv
Follow Me Quietly
1949-07-07
When it rains in the city, a serial killer known as "The Judge" looks for his next strangling victim
Walk a Crooked Mile
1948-09-02
A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that t
Johnny Guitar
1954-05-26
On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the
Main Street to Broadway
1953-10-12
In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to ac
They Won't Believe Me
1947-07-16
On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to
The Light in the Forest
1958-07-08
A young white man who spent his whole life raised by a Native American tribe is sent to live with hi
Wicked Woman
1953-12-09
Drifting floozy Billie Nash gets a bar job where she seduces the owner's husband by convincing him t
The Furies
1950-07-22
A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.
Rancho Notorious
1952-04-10
A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, A
New York Confidential
1955-02-15
Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who dec
Moonfleet
1955-06-24
Set in the eighteenth century, Moonfleet is about John Mohune, a young orphan who is sent to the Dor
Young at Heart
1954-12-01
The lives and romances of three sisters in a musical family; the youngest daughter's life is complic
The Vicious Circle
1948-07-21
In Hungary, a rich baron discovers that there are extensive oil deposits underneath nearby propertie
Caught
1949-02-17
Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is lov
City of Shadows
1955-06-02
After several years of supporting parts, Victor McLaglen once more landed a leading role in Republic
This Gun for Hire
1942-04-24
Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bill
The Hunted
1948-04-07
A cop investigating a jewel robbery finds that all trails lead to his girlfriend - but she claims sh
T-Men
1947-12-15
Two U.S. Treasury ("T-men") agents go undercover in Detroit, and then Los Angeles, in an attempt to
Cass Timberlane
1947-11-06
Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby i
Canyon Passage
1946-07-17
In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949-05-04
Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate r
My Gal Sal
1942-04-30
Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job
Terror in a Texas Town
1958-09-01
Armed with a harpoon, a Swedish whaler is out for revenge after the death of his father. A greedy oi
Road to Rio
1947-12-25
Scat Sweeney and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away onboard a ship bound for Rio,
Sunrise at Campobello
1960-09-28
The story of Franklin Roosevelt's bout with polio at age 40 in 1921 and how his family (and especial
O.S.S.
1946-05-26
The (O)ffice of (S)trategic (S)ervices' Cmdr. Brady (Patric Knowles) forms Operation "Applejack" (ba
Bullets for O'Hara
1941-07-19
A detective courts a gangster's ex-wife to lure him into a trap.
This Could Be the Night
1957-05-14
To earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner of a
Dragonfly Squadron
1954-03-21
A Korean War film with a secondary plot of the training of South Korean pilots, to fly fighters in a
The Good Humor Man
1950-03-24
Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Mar
Broadway
1942-05-08
Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.
The I Don't Care Girl
1953-01-14
This semi-film within a film opens in the office of producer George Jessel, who never saw a camera h
The Big Night
1960-02-17
Frankie stumbles on a stash of cash and finds himself way in over his head during the course of one
At Gunpoint
1955-12-25
A general-store keeper scares off bank robbers with a lucky shot, but they come back.
The Winning Team
1952-06-20
Poor health and alcoholism force Grover Cleveland Alexander out of baseball, but through his wife's
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
1958-03-30
An outlaw must decide whether to stick his neck out for an innocent man.
Reap the Wild Wind
1942-03-26
The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvage
Variety Girl
1947-08-29
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business char
The Great Sioux Massacre
1965-04-25
Colonel Custer, an outspoken believer in fair treatment for the Indians, is ousted from his post and
Warpath
1951-11-22
John Vickers has spent eight years hunting for the three men who murdered the woman he loved. He fin
Pilot #5
1943-06-24
A small group of Allied soldiers and airmen on Java are being bombed by Japanese 'planes daily. With
Gun Duel in Durango
1957-05-01
A former outlaw must prove himself innocent after he's accused of bank robbery. Western.
The Lawless Eighties
1957-05-31
After deceitful Indian agent Grat Bandas has his men shoot Brother Van, gunfighter Linc Prescott sav
House of Wax
1953-04-16
A sculptor opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures, but quickly r
Roseanna McCoy
1949-10-12
It's the Hatfields vs. the McCoys in this 1949 film, with Farley Granger and Joan Evans as the hillb
Frenchie
1950-12-25
Frenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West. Her reason? Find the me
The Shanghai Story
1954-09-01
Shanghai, China. The last expatriate Westerners still living in the city are imprisoned in a hotel b
Wagons West
1952-07-06
Travelers heading west in a wagon train, under repeated assault by Indians, discover someone in thei
Blaze of Noon
1947-05-02
In this aerial melodrama, four brothers working as stunt pilots for a flying circus leave their jobs
The Iron Sheriff
1957-04-01
Frontier peacekeeper Sheriff Galt faces a crisis of conscience in The Iron Sheriff. In the aftermath
So This Is Love
1953-07-15
Film biography of opera star Grace Moore, released in 1953.
The Searching Wind
1946-08-09
Always the diplomat, Alex Hazen is slow to take sides in Europe of the 1920s and 1930s. Cassie Bowma
Oklahoma Annie
1952-03-24
A spunky storekeeper is determined to clean up corruption in her small town, as well as win the hear
Elopement
1951-11-23
Two sets of parents frantically race to stop their eloping children's wedding.
City of Bad Men
1953-09-11
Outlaws plan a robbery to take place during a championship prizefight in Carson City, Nevada.
Welcome Stranger
1947-06-13
Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine, hires his vacation replacement sight unseen. Alas, he and yo
It Grows on Trees
1952-09-02
The Baxters are a typical happy American family trying to live on too little money. Mrs. Polly Baxte
The Blue Gardenia
1953-03-20
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murder
Fort Apache
1948-05-21
Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military hon
Black Tuesday
1954-12-31
Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the e
Blonde for a Day
1946-06-10
Hugh Beaumont stars as detective "Michael Shayne" in this 1946 B-film.
The Eternal Sea
1955-04-19
Biography of Admiral John Hoskins' efforts to retain active command despite WW2 injury.
Fighting Father Dunne
1948-05-12
A dedicated priest tries to reform a group of homeless boys in turn-of-the-century St. Louis.
The Violent Men
1955-01-26
A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but th
Dynamite
1949-01-18
Two members of a dynamite crew--a rugged veteran and a young college drop-out--finds themselves at o
Rodeo
1952-03-09
Nancy Cartwright is determined to collect an $1,800 feed bill owed to her father Harry Cartwright by
The Lone Hand
1953-05-20
Zachary Hallock and his son Joshua are farmers who live in a frontier town that suffers the assaults
State Department: File 649
1949-02-11
Kenneth Seeley, member of the U. S. State Department's Foreign Service Bureau, and Marge Weldon, a m
Louisa
1950-05-31
Architect Hal Norton and wife Meg invite his widowed mother Louisa to move in with them, only to dis
The McConnell Story
1955-09-29
Joe McConnell was sure that he was meant to be a pilot, but was stuck as a restless army private. It
A Star Is Born
1954-10-01
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953-03-20
Laying on the Missouri-Arkansas border, the neutral Border City, its female mayor and city council,
The Lawless
1950-06-01
A newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant Mexican fruit pickers.
Bend of the River
1952-01-23
Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of home
Shy Guy
1947-08-05
Phil, a student who recently transferred into his high school, keeps to himself a lot, spending time
Texas Bad Man
1953-12-20
Wayne Morris' B-western series was the last of its kind to be produced in Hollywood. Texas Bad Man c
Free For All
1949-11-01
The discovery of a way of turning petrol into water makes a fortune and romance for the young invent
Raymie
1960-07-05
Raymie, an eight-year-old boy and an avid fisherman, dreams of catching a legendary giant barracuda
The Walls of Jericho
1948-11-22
In a small town in Kansas, a county attorney in an unhappy marriage falls in love with another woman
Killer at Large
1947-05-31
Two newspaper reporters become involved with another killing while investigating a murder, which lea
The Miracle of the Bells
1948-03-27
The body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that she
The Phantom Stagecoach
1957-03-31
A stagecoach is plagued by robberies, but it takes an undercover Wells Fargo agent to discover that
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953-06-13
The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will
The Barefoot Mailman
1951-12-03
Sylvanus Hurley is a swindler who's been swindled: he's been given a deed to a large plot of mangrov
The Outcast
1954-08-15
Thanks to the chicanery of his crooked uncle Major Cosgrave, Jet has been cheated out of his father'
The Quick Gun
1964-04-01
Gunslinger Murphy helps an ungrateful town fight off a raid by his former gang.
Spy Ship
1942-06-06
A radio reporter begins to suspect that a commentator at his station may be using her position to br
Battle Cry
1955-02-02
The dramatic story of US Marines in training, in combat, and in love, during World War II. The story
The Marksman
1953-04-10
Mike Martin becomes a deputy marshal and takes on a gang of cattle rustlers.
Room for One More
1952-01-10
Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innoce
Rachel and the Stranger
1948-09-18
A widowed farmer takes an indentured servant as his new wife, but the arrival of a passing stranger
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
1953-07-13
Professional killer Bus Crow is hired by cattlemen to eliminate squatters. When Marshal Sam Rochelle
Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958-12-22
Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and
The Bride Goes Wild
1948-03-03
McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately, Greg,
Father Is A Prince
1940-11-18
Carpet-sweeper manufacturer John Bower has no patience with inefficiency, lawyers, or vacuum cleaner
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941-11-15
This entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short story, "
Under Mexicali Stars
1950-11-20
Cowboy T-man, Rex Allen, and his partner, Homer Oglethorpe (Buddy Ebsen), go undercover to track dow
Trouble Along the Way
1953-04-04
Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams fi
Thunder in God's Country
1951-04-07
Hidden Valley has managed to retain its Old Western atmosphere, free of modern-day corruption, until
Secrets of a Sorority Girl
1945-08-15
In this crime drama, a sorority girl is photographed hanging around with known criminals in illicit
Four Mothers
1941-01-04
Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.
Santa Fe
1951-04-01
After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselve
Star of Texas
1953-01-11
Ed Ryan is a Texas ranger who goes undercover to trap a criminal gang headed by Luke Andrews. Posing
They Died with Their Boots On
1941-11-20
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942-06-26
This historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy
Boots Malone
1952-01-11
An agent for horse jockeys faces his greatest challenge.
Shockproof
1949-01-25
Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye o
Big Leaguer
1953-08-19
John Lobert runs a training camp in Florida for the New York Giants. Every year, he evaluates the 18
Gambling on the High Seas
1940-06-22
A reporter enlists the help of a gangster's secretary to obtain evidence to bring her boss to justic
Slightly French
1949-02-02
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "Fren
The Inside Story
1948-03-14
A collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the far
The Man I Love
1946-12-26
Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother,
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952-06-25
When a 1920s millionaire tests the fiber of his Vermont family, a young lady and her boyfriend feel
Million Dollar Mermaid
1952-12-04
After overcoming polio, Annette Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece bat
The Perils of Pauline
1947-07-04
Funloving Pearl White, working in a garment sweatshop, gets her big chance when she "opens" for a de
Drum Beat
1954-11-10
President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs of northern California and
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942-08-07
Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the
City of Silent Men
1942-10-12
The plot revolves around a group of ex-convicts who try to start life anew by relocating in a small
Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to th
Lady Chaser
1946-11-25
A poisoned aspirin creates headaches for a woman who received the deadly pill from a stranger, then
Truck Busters
1943-01-28
An independent truck driver organizes his fellow truckers to resist the efforts of a crooked truckin
Grand Central Murder
1942-05-01
Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Ce
Along Came a Spider
1970-02-03
Dr. Janet Furie comes to believe that her husband and fellow scientist were set up to die in a lab a
Dancing in the Dark
1949-12-02
Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the
Homicide
1949-04-02
Michael Landers, a police lieutenant, sets out to investigate an intricate murder case. But, the cas
Danger Street
1947-06-20
Magazine owners sell a revealing photo, then play detective when the deal leads to murder.
A Lawless Street
1955-11-15
A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of t
You Can't Escape Forever
1942-10-10
A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpi
So Big
1953-10-31
A girl of wealth comes to a Dutch community outside Chicago as a schoolteacher, and while there fall
You'll Never Get Rich
1941-09-25
A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfri
Man of the West
1958-10-01
Heading east to Fort Worth to hire a schoolteacher for his frontier town home, Link Jones is strande
Tyrant of the Sea
1950-02-22
In 1803, the only thing standing between Napoleon and his plan of world domination is England and th
The Body Disappears
1941-11-22
Wealthy scion Peter DeHaven, about to marry socialite Christine Lunceford, wakes up after bachelor p
The Battle of Gettysburg
1955-12-01
This film was shot entirely at the Gettysburg National Military Park, where the decisive battle of t
The Macahans
1976-01-19
Zeb Macahan, a pioneering westerner, helps move his brother's family to the wild west. They run into
Thrill of a Romance
1945-05-23
A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business mee
Night and Day
1946-07-02
When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he
Broadway
1942-05-08
Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.
Riding Shotgun
1954-04-01
When a stagecoach guard tries to warn a town of an imminent raid by a band of outlaws, the people mi