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

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- Name
- Al Ferguson
- Born
- 19 April 1888
- Birthplace
- County Wexford, Ireland
- Died
- 4 December 1971
- Place of death
- Burbank, California, United States
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- Ireland · United States
- Languages
- English
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Al Ferguson (19 April 1888 – 4 December 1971) was an Irish-born American film actor. 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.
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Al Ferguson (1888–1971) was an actor and film director, of Irish and American nationality. The actor was born in Rosslare and died in Burbank. Languages used include English.
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He also appeared in some television Westerns in the 1950s. Ferguson died in Burbank, California. He is interred at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

Lobby card for the American film serial Tarzan the Mighty (1928). Pictured are Frank Merrill, Natalie Kingston and Al Ferguson. The film is considered lost.
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Lobby card for the American film The Smiling Terror (1929) with Bud Osborne, Ted Wells, and Al Ferguson.
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• Name — Al Ferguson • Born — 19 April 1888 • Birthplace — County Wexford, Ireland • Died — 4 December 1971 • Place of death — Burbank, California, United States • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1912–1956
Selected filmography
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• 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)
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Al Ferguson died at Burbank.
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