Casson Ferguson (May 29, 1891 – February 12, 1929) was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 54 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.
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
External Links
Actor Casson Ferguson – Wikipedia
