Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 25, 1899
Died
Sep 12, 1978
Place of Birth
Ferndale, California, USA
Credits
221 titles
Frank 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.
Known For
Filmography
The Macahans
Grandpa
Little House on the Prairie
Calder
Kung Fu
Bissell
The Waltons
Return to Peyton Place
Eli Carson
Cannon
Alias Smith and Jones
Along Came a Spider
Dr. Andrew Blake
Nanny and the Professor
the Judge
Land of the Giants
Goalby
Adam-12
Fred Tibbles
Green Acres
Harvey Jackson
The Great Sioux Massacre
General Alfred Howe Terry
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Newspaper Editor
Peyton Place
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Air Force General
Wendy and Me
The Quick Gun
Dan Evans
Petticoat Junction
Doc Stuart
Temple Houston
Judge Gurney
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Garner
The Virginian
Tom Dunston
Pocketful of Miracles
Newspaper Editor
Everglades
Target: The Corruptors!
The Asphalt Jungle
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
Walter Henderson
Surfside 6
The Andy Griffith Show
Sam Lindsey
The Westerner
Stuart
Sunrise at Campobello
Dr. Bennett
The Tall Man
Coronado 9
Raymie
Rex
The Big Night
Dave Johnson
Mr. Lucky
Hyatt Krausmeyer
Shotgun Slade
Mike Colier
Hawaiian Eye
Capt. Joe Taggart
Philip Marlowe
The Alaskans
The Twilight Zone
Krueger
Wichita Town
Lock-Up
Laramie
Bonanza
J.R. Ridley
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Mayor Benson
77 Sunset Strip
Saul Gantry
Bat Masterson
Old Billy North
Man of the West
Crosscut Marshal (uncredited)
The Rifleman