Casson Ferguson | |
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Born | |
Died | February 12, 1929 | (aged 37)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1917–1928 |
Casson Ferguson (May 29, 1891 – February 12, 1929) was an American film actor of the silent era.[1] He appeared in more than 50 films between 1917 and 1928.
His father was John J. Ferguson, a jeweler in Alexandria, Louisiana. Early in his career Casson was a member of the Mantel Shakespeare Players in New Orleans before moving to California to pursue a movie career, first with the Seelig Company, then as a leading man. In 1928 he toured Europe and performed as a singer and actor in London and Paris. Returning to California, he married Catherine Mallon. Not long after he died of pneumonia at the age of 37; two days later his wife Catherine also died of pneumonia, and her mother also soon died of pneumonia.[2]