Frank Ferguson
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.
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Films (143)
The Macahans
1976 · Grandpa
Along Came a Spider
1970 · Dr. Andrew Blake
The Great Sioux Massacre
1965 · General Alfred Howe Terry
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964 · Newspaper Editor
The Quick Gun
1964 · Dan Evans
Pocketful of Miracles
1961 · Newspaper Editor
Sunrise at Campobello
1960 · Dr. Bennett
Raymie
1960 · Rex
The Big Night
1960 · Dave Johnson
Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958 · Mayor Benson
Man of the West
1958 · Crosscut Marshal (uncredited)
Terror in a Texas Town
1958 · Deacon Matt Holmes
The Light in the Forest
1958 · Harry Butler
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
1958 · Sheriff Ralph Wittrock
The Lawless Eighties
1957 · Owen Sutter
This Could Be the Night
1957 · Mr. Shea
Gun Duel in Durango
1957 · Sheriff Howard
The Iron Sheriff
1957 · Holloway
The Phantom Stagecoach
1957 · Joe Patterson
At Gunpoint
1955 · Marshal George Henderson
The Battle of Gettysburg
1955 · Gettysburg Address Reciter (voice) (uncredited)
A Lawless Street
1955 · Abe Deland (uncredited)
The McConnell Story
1955 · Mechanic
Moonfleet
1955 · Coachman
City of Shadows
1955 · District Attorney Hunt
The Eternal Sea
1955 · Admiral L.D.
New York Confidential
1955 · Dr. Ludlow
Battle Cry
1955 · Mr. Hector Walker
The Violent Men
1955 · Mahoney (uncredited)
Black Tuesday
1954 · Police Inspector Hailey (uncredited)
Young at Heart
1954 · Bartell
Drum Beat
1954 · Mr. Dyar
A Star Is Born
1954 · Judge George J. Barnes (uncredited)
The Shanghai Story
1954 · Mr. Haljerson
The Outcast
1954 · Chad Polson
Johnny Guitar
1954 · Marshal Williams
Riding Shotgun
1954 · Townsman (uncredited)
Dragonfly Squadron
1954 · Gen. Conners
Texas Bad Man
1953 · Gil
Wicked Woman
1953 · Bill Porter (lawyer)
So Big
1953 · Ed (uncredited)
Main Street to Broadway
1953 · Mr. Cope in Fantasy Sequence
City of Bad Men
1953 · Easterner at Training Camp (uncredited)
Big Leaguer
1953 · Wally Mitchell
So This Is Love
1953 · Commencement Speaker
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
1953 · John Britton
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953 · Dr. Morton
The Lone Hand
1953 · Mr. Dunn
House of Wax
1953 · Medical Examiner (uncredited)
The Marksman
1953 · Champ Wiley
Trouble Along the Way
1953 · Mike Edwards
The Blue Gardenia
1953 · Drunk Reporter (uncredited)
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953 · Bartender, Bartender (uncredited)
The I Don't Care Girl
1953 · Ned
Star of Texas
1953 · Marshal Bullock
Million Dollar Mermaid
1952 · Prosecutor
It Grows on Trees
1952 · John Letherby
Wagons West
1952 · Cyrus Cook
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952 · Edward Norton
The Winning Team
1952 · Sam Arrants
Rancho Notorious
1952 · Preacher
Oklahoma Annie
1952 · Eldridge Haskell
Rodeo
1952 · Harry Cartwright
Bend of the River
1952 · Tom Grundy
Boots Malone
1952 · Detective Agency Head (uncredited)
Room for One More
1952 · Steve (uncredited)
On Dangerous Ground
1951 · Willows
The Barefoot Mailman
1951 · Doc Bethune (uncredited)
Elopement
1951 · Pinkie's Father (uncredited)
Warpath
1951 · Marshal
Thunder in God's Country
1951 · Bates
Santa Fe
1951 · Marshal Bat Masterson
Frenchie
1950 · Jim Dobbs
Under Mexicali Stars
1950 · Counterfeitor Goldie
The Furies
1950 · Dr. Grieve
The Lawless
1950 · Carl Green
Louisa
1950 · Park Attendant (uncredited)
The Good Humor Man
1950 · Insp. Quint
Tyrant of the Sea
1950 · Officer (uncredited)
Dancing in the Dark
1949 · John Sharkey
Free For All
1949 · Hap Ross
Roseanna McCoy
1949 · Ellison Hatfield
Follow Me Quietly
1949 · J.C. McGill
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949 · Mr. Perkins (uncredited)
Homicide
1949 · Albert Murray
Caught
1949 · Dr. Hoffman
State Department: File 649
1949 · Consul Reither
Slightly French
1949 · Marty Freeman (uncredited)
Shockproof
1949 · Logan (Uncredited)
Dynamite
1949 · "Hard Rock" Mason
The Walls of Jericho
1948 · Tom Ransome
Rachel and the Stranger
1948 · Mr. Green
Walk a Crooked Mile
1948 · Carl Bemish
The Vicious Circle
1948 · Stark
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948 · Mr. McDougal
Fort Apache
1948 · Newspaperman (uncredited)
Fighting Father Dunne
1948 · Colpeck
The Hunted
1948 · Paul Harrison
The Miracle of the Bells
1948 · Dolan
The Inside Story
1948 · Eph
The Bride Goes Wild
1948 · Reporter (uncredited)
Road to Rio
1947 · Texas Posse Member (uncredited)
T-Men
1947 · Secret Service Man at Farmer's Market (uncredited)
Cass Timberlane
1947 · Court Clerk
Variety Girl
1947 · R.J. O'Connell
Shy Guy
1947 · Mr. Norton
They Won't Believe Me
1947 · Mr. Cahill
The Perils of Pauline
1947 · Movie Theatre Owner (uncredited)
Danger Street
1947 · Boward - Police Chief
Welcome Stranger
1947 · Crane (uncredited)
Killer at Large
1947 · Edward Denton
Blaze of Noon
1947 · Cash Jones
The Man I Love
1946 · Army Doctor (uncredited)
Lady Chaser
1946 · Attorney J. T. Vickers
The Searching Wind
1946 · Embassy Attendant (uncredited)
Canyon Passage
1946 · Preacher (uncredited)
Night and Day
1946 · Tina's Father (uncredited)
Blonde for a Day
1946 · Walter Bronson
O.S.S.
1946 · Electronics Engineer (uncredited)
Secrets of a Sorority Girl
1945 · Justin Farley
Thrill of a Romance
1945 · 1st Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Pilot #5
1943 · Mr. Tully
Mission to Moscow
1943 · American Newsman (uncredited)
Truck Busters
1943 · George Havelock
City of Silent Men
1942 · Fred Bernard
You Can't Escape Forever
1942 · Coroner (uncredited)
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942 · Reporter
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1942 · Judge
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942 · Alden Brown
Spy Ship
1942 · Burns
Broadway
1942 · Reporter, Reporter (uncredited)
Grand Central Murder
1942 · Detective Mike McAdams (uncredited)
My Gal Sal
1942 · Loud Customer (uncredited)
This Gun for Hire
1942 · Albert Baker
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 · Snaith (uncredited)
The Body Disappears
1941 · Professor McAuley (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Grant's Secretary (uncredited)
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941 · Prosecuting Attorney
You'll Never Get Rich
1941 · Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Bullets for O'Hara
1941 · Prosecutor (uncredited)
Four Mothers
1941 · Music Foundation Director (uncredited)
Father Is A Prince
1940 · Ben Haley
Gambling on the High Seas
1940 · The State's District Attorney
Séries (79)
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · Calder
Kung Fu
1972 · Bissell
The Waltons
1972
Return to Peyton Place
1972 · Eli Carson
Cannon
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Nanny and the Professor
1970 · the Judge
Land of the Giants
1968 · Goalby
Adam-12
1968 · Fred Tibbles
Green Acres
1965 · Harvey Jackson, Doc John Stuart
Peyton Place
1964
Wendy and Me
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964 · Air Force General
Petticoat Junction
1963 · Doc Stuart
Temple Houston
1963 · Judge Gurney
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Garner
The Virginian
1962 · Tom Dunston
Everglades
1961
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
The Asphalt Jungle
1961
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
1960 · Walter Henderson
Surfside 6
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Sam Lindsey, Wilbur Pine, Mr. Foley
The Westerner
1960 · Stuart
The Tall Man
1960
Coronado 9
1960
Shotgun Slade
1959 · Mike Colier
Mr. Lucky
1959 · Hyatt Krausmeyer
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · Capt. Joe Taggart
Philip Marlowe
1959
The Alaskans
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Krueger
Wichita Town
1959
Lock-Up
1959
Laramie
1959
Bonanza
1959 · J.R. Ridley, Abner, Gigger Thurman
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Saul Gantry
Bat Masterson
1958 · Old Billy North, Dick Pierce
The Rifleman
1958
The Texan
1958
Bronco
1958 · Gen. William T. Sherman
Peter Gunn
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Amos Wilson
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958 · Thorpe
Leave It to Beaver
1957
Trackdown
1957 · Adam Turner, Judge Tolliver
Goodyear Theatre
1957 · Milbanks
Alcoa Theatre
1957 · Milbanks
Maverick
1957 · Sheriff McPeters, Genessee Jones, Sheriff Luther Hawkins
Perry Mason
1957 · Sheriff Barnes, Prof. Laiken, Sheriff Orville Ramsey, Walter Coffee
Wagon Train
1957 · Judge Hiram Larkin
Sugarfoot
1957 · Otto Jardine, Doc Spooner, Judge Bean
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Kincaid
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 · Captain Hoyt
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · T.J. Barnett, Paul Parker, Tom Menken
State Trooper
1956 · Frank Cliff, Ralph Barlow
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
My Friend Flicka
1955
Cheyenne
1955 · Judge Lloyd Pomeroy, Sheriff Allen, Eli Zachary
Gunsmoke
1955 · Enoch
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · Sheriff Slim Lydell
December Bride
1954
Lassie
1954 · Seth Collins
The Lone Wolf
1954 · Sheriff Jerry Lea
Public Defender
1954 · Judge
Topper
1953 · Dr. Lang
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953 · Dr. Bryce
The Pride of the Family
1953 · Mr. Murdock, Murdock
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Marc Thatcher, Mr. Creavy
City Detective
1953
General Electric Theater
1953 · Lt. King, Mack Duncan
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Dr. Green
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Ed, Mr. Fielding
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
Adventures of Superman
1952 · Mr. Frank
Chevron Theatre
1952 · Hiram Cooper
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Harlow Finch, Joe Nelson, Mike Collier
Treasury Men in Action
1950 · Miller
The Lone Ranger
1949 · Lester Grey, Oscar Vale