Al Ferguson (19 April 1888 – 4 December 1971) was an Irish-born American film actor. Born in

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, he appeared in nearly 300 films between 1912 and 1956. Billed as Smoke Ferguson, by 1912 he was making Westerns for

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. 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. Ferguson died in

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. 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 ''The Desert Trail'' is a 1935 American Monogram Western (genre), Western film starring John Wayne and directed by Lewis D. Collins (credited as Cullin Lewis). The movie also features Eddy Chandler, Mary Kornman, and Paul Fix. Plot Rodeo sta ...

'' (1935) * ''

The Laramie Kid ''The Laramie Kid'' is a 1935 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Harry S. Webb and starring Tom Tyler, Alberta Vaughn in her penultimate film and Al Ferguson.Pitts p.315 Plot Tom Talbot has earned a large amount of money in brea ...

'' (1935) * ''

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'' (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)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferguson, Al 1888 births 1971 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Irish emigrants to the United States 20th-century American male actors Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Male Western (genre) film actors Western (genre) television actors