Casson Ferguson

American actor

Casson Ferguson

Ferguson in 1925

Born| (1891-05-29)May 29, 1891

Alexandria, Louisiana, US

Died| February 12, 1929(1929-02-12) (aged 37)

Culver City, California, US

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 38; two days later his wife Catherine also died of pneumonia, and her mother soon died of pneumonia.[2]

## Partial filmography[edit]

* The Mystery of No. 47 (1917) - Buffington
* Face Value (1918) - Louis Maguire
* The Shuttle (1918) - G. Selden
* Unclaimed Goods (1918) - Cocopah Kid
* Mile-a-Minute Kendall (1918) - Eddie Semper
* The Only Road (1918) - Bob Armstrong
* How Could You Jean? (1918) - Ted Burton Jr
* Alias Mary Brown (1918) - Dick Browning, aka Mary Brown
* The Gypsy Trail (1918) - Michael Rudder
* Jane Goes A-Wooing (1919) - Micky Donovan
* The Drifters (1919) - Hugh MacLaren
* Johnny Get Your Gun (1919) - Bert Whitney
* Partners Three (1919) - Arthur Gould
* Putting It Over (1919) - Perkins
* Secret Service (1919) - Wilfred Varney
* Flame of the Desert (1919) - Sir Charles Channing
* Peg o' My Heart (1919) - Alaric Chicester
* The Prince Chap (1920) - Jack, Earl of Huntington
* Merely Mary Ann (1920) - Lancelot
* Madame X (1920) - Raymond Floriot
* The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1920) - Dick Somers
* Bunty Pulls the Strings (1921) - Jeemy
* The Unknown Wife (1921) - Donald Grant
* What's a Wife Worth? (1921) - Bruce Morrison
* At the End of the World (1921)
* A Virginia Courtship (1921) - Tom Fairfax
* The Law and the Woman (1922) - Phil Long
* The Truthful Liar (1922) - Arthur Sinclair
* Over The Border (1922) - Val Galbraith
* Borderland (1922) - Clyde Meredith
* Manslaughter (1922) - Bobby Dorest
* Drums of Fate (1923) - David Verne
* Grumpy (1923) - Chamberlin Jarvis
* A Gentleman of Leisure (1923) - Sir Spencer Deever
* Her Reputation (1923) - Jack Calhoun
* The Road to Yesterday (1925) - Adrian Thompkyns
* The Wedding Song (1925) - Madison Melliah
* Cobra (1925) - Jack Dorning
* Forbidden Waters (1926) - Sylvester
* For Alimony Only (1926) - Bertie Waring
* The King of Kings (1927) - Scribe
* Tenth Avenue (1928) - Curley

## References[edit]

1. ^ Katchmer, George A. (20 May 2015). "A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses". McFarland. Retrieved 12 June 2019 - via Google Books.
2. ^ "News of Death of Casson Ferguson, Actor, Received". Weekly Town Talk (Alexandria, Louisiana). No. p. 6. 23 February 1929. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

## External links[edit]

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* Casson Ferguson at IMDb

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