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

Partial filmography

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

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