Frank Ferguson
American character actor Frank Ferguson appeared in scores of films and television shows, often as self-important types. Prior to his film debut, he was a prominent performer and director with the acclaimed Pasadena Community Playhouse, where he coached numerous up-and-coming young actors such as Dana Andrews, George Reeves, Robert Preston and Victor Mature. He broke into films, himself, in the early 1940s, usually playing minor supporting roles, though he was seen to advantage in larger roles, notably in two of the best-known (and oddest) westerns of the '50s, Rancho Notorious (1952) and Johnny Guitar (1954). He played hundreds of ranchers, bankers and police detectives in films and television throughout the '50s and '60s. He became most familiar as "Gus" on the children's program My Friend Flicka (1955) and later as "Eli Carson" on the two TV series based on the novel Peyton Place (1964). He semi-retired in 1972 and died of cancer six years later.
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- Born:
- Dec 25, 1899 In Ferndale, California, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 183
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Gambling on the High Seas 1940-06-22
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Macahans 1976-01-19
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Macahans | Grandpa | 1976-01-19 |
| Series | Little House on the Prairie | Unknown | 1974-09-11 |
| Series | The Waltons | Unknown | 1972-09-14 |
| Series | Return to Peyton Place | Eli Carson | 1972-04-03 |
| Series | Kung Fu | Unknown | 1972-10-14 |
| Series | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown | 1971-01-05 |
| Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
| Series | Nanny and the Professor | Unknown | 1970-01-21 |
| Movie | Along Came a Spider | Dr. Andrew Blake | 1970-02-03 |
| Movie | The Great Sioux Massacre | General Alfred Howe Terry | 1965-04-25 |
| Series | Green Acres | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
| Movie | The Quick Gun | Dan Evans | 1964-04-01 |
| Series | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Unknown | 1964-09-14 |
| Series | Peyton Place | 1964-09-15 | |
| Movie | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte | Newspaper Editor | 1964-12-15 |
| Series | Temple Houston | Judge Gurney | 1963-09-19 |
| Series | Petticoat Junction | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
| Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
| Movie | Pocketful of Miracles | Newspaper Editor | 1961-12-18 |
| Movie | Raymie | Rex | 1960-07-05 |
| Series | Coronado 9 | Unknown | 1960-09-06 |
| Movie | The Big Night | Dave Johnson | 1960-02-17 |
| Series | The Tall Man | Unknown | 1960-09-10 |
| Series | Surfside 6 | Unknown | 1960-10-06 |
| Series | The Andy Griffith Show | Unknown | 1960-10-03 |
| Movie | Sunrise at Campobello | Dr. Bennett | 1960-09-28 |
| Series | Laramie | Unknown | 1959-09-15 |
| Series | Lock-Up | Unknown | 1959-09-28 |
| Series | Hawaiian Eye | Unknown | 1959-10-07 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
| Movie | Terror in a Texas Town | Deacon Matt Holmes | 1958-09-01 |
| Movie | The Light in the Forest | Harry Butler | 1958-07-08 |
| Movie | Cole Younger, Gunfighter | Sheriff Ralph Wittrock | 1958-03-30 |
| Series | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Unknown | 1958-09-06 |
| Movie | Man of the West | Crosscut Marshal (uncredited) | 1958-06-20 |
| Series | The Texan | Unknown | 1958-09-29 |
| Series | Peter Gunn | Unknown | 1958-09-22 |
| Movie | Andy Hardy Comes Home | Mayor Benson | 1958-12-22 |
| Series | Bat Masterson | Unknown | 1958-10-08 |
| Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
| Series | The Rifleman | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
| Movie | This Could Be the Night | Mr. Shea | 1957-05-14 |
| Movie | Gun Duel In Durango | Sheriff Howard | 1957-05-01 |
| Movie | The Phantom Stagecoach | Joe Patterson | 1957-03-31 |
| Movie | The Lawless Eighties | Owen Sutter | 1957-05-31 |
| Movie | The Iron Sheriff | Holloway | 1957-04-01 |
| Series | Leave It to Beaver | Unknown | 1957-10-04 |
| Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
| Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
| Series | Sugarfoot | Unknown | 1957-09-17 |
| Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
| Series | State Trooper | Unknown | 1956-09-25 |
| Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
| Movie | The Eternal Sea | Admiral L.D. | 1955-04-19 |
| Movie | City of Shadows | District Attorney Hunt | 1955-06-02 |
| Movie | New York Confidential | Dr. Ludlow | 1955-02-15 |
| Movie | Battle Cry | Mr. Hector Walker | 1955-02-02 |
| Movie | The Violent Men | Mahoney (uncredited) | 1955-01-26 |
| Movie | Moonfleet | Coachman | 1955-06-24 |
| Series | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Unknown | 1955-09-06 |
| Movie | At Gunpoint | Marshal George Henderson | 1955-12-25 |
| Movie | A Lawless Street | Abe Deland (uncredited) | 1955-11-15 |
| Movie | The Battle of Gettysburg | Gettysburg Address Reciter (voice) (uncredited) | 1955-12-01 |
| Movie | The McConnell Story | Mechanic | 1955-09-29 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
| Movie | The Outcast | Chad Polson | 1954-08-15 |
| Movie | Johnny Guitar | Marshal Williams | 1954-05-26 |
| Movie | Dragonfly Squadron | Gen. Conners | 1954-03-21 |
| Movie | The Shanghai Story | Mr. Haljerson | 1954-09-01 |
| Series | The Lone Wolf | Unknown | 1954-04-09 |
| Movie | Black Tuesday | Police Inspector Hailey (uncredited) | 1954-12-31 |
| Series | Lassie | Unknown | 1954-09-12 |
| Movie | Drum Beat | Mr. Dyar | 1954-11-10 |
| Movie | Young at Heart | Bartell | 1954-12-01 |
| Movie | A Star Is Born | Judge George J. Barnes (uncredited) | 1954-10-01 |
| Movie | The Marksman | Champ Wiley | 1953-04-10 |
| Movie | House of Wax | Medical Examiner (uncredited) | 1953-04-16 |
| Movie | The Lone Hand | Mr. Dunn | 1953-05-20 |
| Movie | Trouble Along the Way | Mike Edwards | 1953-04-04 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Movie | Star of Texas | Marshal Bullock | 1953-01-11 |
| Movie | The I Don't Care Girl | Ned | 1953-01-14 |
| Movie | The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms | Dr. Morton | 1953-06-13 |
| Movie | The Blue Gardenia | Drunk Reporter (uncredited) | 1953-03-20 |
| Movie | Woman They Almost Lynched | Bartender | 1953-03-20 |
| Movie | Main Street to Broadway | Mr. Cope in Fantasy Sequence | 1953-10-12 |
| Movie | So Big | Ed (uncredited) | 1953-10-31 |
| Movie | Texas Bad Man | Gil | 1953-12-20 |
| Movie | Powder River | Johnny Slater | 1953-06-17 |
| Series | Letter to Loretta | Unknown | 1953-09-20 |
| Movie | Wicked Woman | Bill Porter (lawyer) | 1953-12-09 |
| Movie | City of Bad Men | Easterner at Training Camp (uncredited) | 1953-09-11 |
| Movie | Hannah Lee: An American Primitive | John Britton | 1953-07-13 |
| Movie | So This Is Love | Commencement Speaker | 1953-07-15 |
| Movie | Big Leaguer | Wally Mitchell | 1953-08-19 |
| Movie | Rancho Notorious | Preacher | 1952-03-06 |
| Movie | Oklahoma Annie | Eldridge Haskell | 1952-03-24 |
| Movie | Bend of the River | Tom Grundy | 1952-01-23 |
| Movie | Room for One More | Steve (uncredited) | 1952-01-10 |
| Movie | The Winning Team | Sam Arrants | 1952-06-20 |
| Movie | Boots Malone | Private Investigator | 1952-01-11 |
| Movie | The Cimarron Kid | Prison Warden | 1952-01-13 |
| Series | Hopalong Cassidy | Unknown | 1952-09-19 |
| Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | Million Dollar Mermaid | Prosecutor | 1952-12-04 |
| Movie | Has Anybody Seen My Gal? | Edward Norton | 1952-06-25 |
| Series | Adventures of Superman | Unknown | 1952-09-19 |
| Movie | It Grows on Trees | John Letherby | 1952-09-02 |
| Movie | Wagons West | Cyrus Cook | 1952-07-06 |
| Movie | Thunder in God's Country | Bates | 1951-04-07 |
| Movie | Santa Fe | Marshal Bat Masterson | 1951-04-01 |
| Movie | Warpath | Marshal | 1951-11-22 |
| Movie | Elopement | Pinkie's Father (uncredited) | 1951-11-23 |
| Movie | The Barefoot Mailman | Doc Bethune (uncredited) | 1951-12-03 |
| Movie | On Dangerous Ground | Willows | 1951-12-13 |
| Movie | The Good Humor Man | Insp. Quint | 1950-03-24 |
| Movie | Tyrant of the Sea | Officer (uncredited) | 1950-02-22 |
| Movie | The Lawless | Carl Green | 1950-06-01 |
| Movie | Louisa | Park Attendant (uncredited) | 1950-05-31 |
| Movie | Under Mexicali Stars | Counterfeitor Goldie | 1950-11-20 |
| Movie | Frenchie | Jim Dobbs | 1950-12-25 |
| Movie | The Furies | Dr. Grieve | 1950-08-16 |
| Movie | State Department: File 649 | Consul Reither | 1949-02-11 |
| Movie | Slightly French | Marty Freeman (uncredited) | 1949-02-02 |
| Movie | Dynamite | "Hard Rock" Mason | 1949-01-18 |
| Movie | Caught | Dr. Hoffman | 1949-02-17 |
| Movie | Shockproof | Logan (Uncredited) | 1949-01-25 |
| Movie | Follow Me Quietly | J.C. McGill | 1949-07-07 |
| Movie | Homicide | Albert Murray | 1949-04-02 |
| Movie | Dancing in the Dark | John Sharkey | 1949-12-02 |
| Movie | Roseanna McCoy | Ellison Hatfield | 1949-10-12 |
| Movie | Free For All | Hap Ross | 1949-11-01 |
| Movie | The Barkleys of Broadway | Mr. Perkins (uncredited) | 1949-05-04 |
| Movie | The Hunted | Paul Harrison | 1948-04-07 |
| Movie | The Miracle of the Bells | Dolan | 1948-03-27 |
| Movie | The Bride Goes Wild | Reporter (uncredited) | 1948-03-03 |
| Movie | Fighting Father Dunne | Colpeck | 1948-05-12 |
| Movie | The Inside Story | Eph | 1948-03-14 |
| Movie | The Walls of Jericho | Tom Ransome | 1948-11-22 |
| Movie | Fort Apache | Newspaperman (uncredited) | 1948-06-14 |
| Movie | Walk a Crooked Mile | Carl Bemish | 1948-09-02 |
| Movie | Rachel and the Stranger | Mr. Green | 1948-09-18 |
| Movie | The Vicious Circle | Stark | 1948-07-21 |
| Movie | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein | Mr. McDougal | 1948-06-15 |
| Movie | Danger Street | Boward - Police Chief | 1947-06-20 |
| Movie | The Perils of Pauline | Movie Theatre Owner (uncredited) | 1947-07-04 |
| Movie | Welcome Stranger | Crane (uncredited) | 1947-06-13 |
| Movie | They Won't Believe Me | Mr. Cahill | 1947-07-16 |
| Movie | Blaze of Noon | Cash Jones | 1947-05-02 |
| Movie | Shy Guy | Mr. Norton | 1947-08-05 |
| Movie | Variety Girl | R.J. O'Connell | 1947-08-29 |
| Movie | Road to Rio | Texas Posse Member | 1947-12-25 |
| Movie | T-Men | Secret Service Man at Farmer's Market (uncredited) | 1947-12-15 |
| Movie | Cass Timberlane | Court Clerk | 1947-11-06 |
| Movie | O.S.S. | Electronics Engineer (uncredited) | 1946-05-26 |
| Movie | Blonde for a Day | Walter Bronson | 1946-06-10 |
| Movie | The Man I Love | Army Doctor | 1946-12-26 |
| Movie | The Searching Wind | Embassy Attendant (uncredited) | 1946-08-09 |
| Movie | Canyon Passage | Preacher (uncredited) | 1946-07-17 |
| Movie | Thrill of a Romance | 1st Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | 1945-05-23 |
| Movie | Secrets of a Sorority Girl | Justin Farley | 1945-08-15 |
| Movie | Truck Busters | George Havelock | 1943-01-28 |
| Movie | Mission to Moscow | American Newsman (uncredited) | 1943-04-29 |
| Movie | Pilot #5 | Mr. Tully | 1943-06-24 |
| Movie | Broadway | Reporter | 1942-05-08 |
| Movie | My Gal Sal | Loud Customer (uncredited) | 1942-04-30 |
| Movie | Reap the Wild Wind | Snaith (uncredited) | 1942-03-26 |
| Movie | Spy Ship | Burns | 1942-06-06 |
| Movie | This Gun for Hire | Albert Baker | 1942-04-24 |
| Movie | Grand Central Murder | Detective Mike McAdams (uncredited) | 1942-05-01 |
| Movie | Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Alden Brown | 1942-06-26 |
| Movie | City of Silent Men | Fred Bernard | 1942-10-12 |
| Movie | You Can't Escape Forever | Coroner (uncredited) | 1942-10-10 |
| Movie | The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady | Judge | 1942-07-04 |
| Movie | The War Against Mrs. Hadley | Reporter | 1942-08-07 |
| Movie | Bullets for O'Hara | Prosecutor (uncredited) | 1941-07-19 |
| Movie | Four Mothers | Music Foundation Director (uncredited) | 1941-01-04 |
| Movie | You'll Never Get Rich | Justice of the Peace (uncredited) | 1941-09-25 |
| Movie | They Died with Their Boots On | Grant's Secretary (uncredited) | 1941-11-20 |
| Movie | At the Stroke of Twelve | Prosecuting Attorney | 1941-11-15 |
| Movie | The Body Disappears | Professor McAuley (uncredited) | 1941-11-22 |
| Movie | Gambling on the High Seas | The State's District Attorney | 1940-06-22 |
| Movie | Father Is A Prince | Ben Haley | 1940-11-18 |