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Al Ferguson
Al Ferguson (19 April 1888 – 4 December 1971) was an Irish-born American film actor.[1]
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Al Ferguson and Pauline Curley in The Trail of Vengeance (1924), filmed in Beaverton, Oregon | |
| Born | 19 April 1888 County Wexford, Ireland |
| Died | 4 December 1971 (aged 83) Burbank, California, United States |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1912–1956 |
Born in County Wexford, Ireland, he appeared in nearly 300 films between 1912 and 1956.[2] Billed as Smoke Ferguson, by 1912 he was making Westerns for Selig Polyscope Company. In the 1920s he was the star, producer, and director for several low-budget Western films. He also appeared in some television Westerns in the 1950s.[3]
Ferguson died in Burbank, California.[2] He is interred at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Selected filmography edit
- Youth's Endearing Charm (1916) – Joe Jenkins
- Where the West Begins (1919)
- The Timber Queen (1922)
- Boomerang Justice (1922)
- The Trail of Vengeance (1924)
- Officer 444 (1926)
- The Baited Trap (1926)
- Tentacles of the North (1926)
- A Captain's Courage (1926)
- West of the Law (1926)
- Wolves of the Desert (1926)
- The Wolf Hunters (1926)
- The Fighting Stallion (1927)
- Western Courage (1927)
- The Range Riders (1927)
- Haunted Island (1928)
- Tarzan the Mighty (1928)
- The Avenging Rider (1928)
- The Little Buckaroo (1928)
- The Vagabond Cub (1929)
- The Pirate of Panama (1929)
- The Man from Nevada (1929)
- Tarzan the Tiger (1929)
- The Saddle King (1929)
- Pueblo Terror (1931)
- Riders of the North (1931)
- Red Fork Range (1931)
- Two-Gun Caballero (1931)
- The Hurricane Express (1932)
- The Lost Special (1932)
- The Desert Trail (1935)
- The Laramie Kid (1935)
- The Raven (1935)
- Frontiers of '49 (1939)
- The Invisible Killer (1939)
- Deadwood Dick (1940)
- Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940)
- Texas to Bataan (1942)
- Law of the Saddle (1943)
- The Pearl of Death (1944)
- The Utah Kid (1944)
- Rustlers' Hideout (1944)
- Harmony Trail (1944)
- God's Country (1946)
- Overland Riders (1946)
- Wild West (1946)
- Lightning Raiders (1946)
- Along the Great Divide (1951)
- The Band Wagon (1953)
- Blazing the Overland Trail (1956)
References edit
- ^ Katchmer, George A. (20 May 2015). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. ISBN 9781476609058.
- ^ a b Mayer, Geoff (7 February 2017). Encyclopedia of American Film Serials. McFarland. p. 117. ISBN 9781476627199.
- ^ Wollstein, Hans J. . AllMovie. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Al Ferguson.
- Al Ferguson at IMDb
- Al Ferguson at Find a Grave