Al Ferguson

Irish-American actor

Al Ferguson
Al Ferguson and Pauline Curley in The Trail of Vengeance (1924), filmed in Beaverton, Oregon
Born	(1888-04-19)19 April 1888 County Wexford, Ireland
Died	4 December 1971(1971-12-04) (aged 83) Burbank, California, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1912–1956

Al Ferguson (19 April 1888 – 4 December 1971) was an Irish-born American film actor.^[1]

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

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

^ 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. "Al Ferguson". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2021.