Casson Ferguson (May 29, 1891 – February 12, 1929) was an American film actor of the

silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...

. 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.

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? ''How Could You, Jean?'' is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film, starring Mary Pickford, directed by William Desmond Taylor, and based on a novel by Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd. Casson Ferguson was the male lead; Spottiswoode Aitken and a youn ...

'' (1918) - Ted Burton Jr * ''

Alias Mary Brown ''Alias Mary Brown'' is a 1918 American silent crime film directed by Henri D'Elba and starring Pauline Starke, Casson Ferguson and Arthur Millett.Wlaschin p.11 Cast * Pauline Starke as Betty * Casson Ferguson as Dick Browning, aka Mary Brown ...

'' (1918) - Dick Browning, aka Mary Brown * ''

The Gypsy Trail ''The Gypsy Trail'' is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Walter Edwards and written by Robert Housum and Julia Crawford Ivers. The film stars Bryant Washburn, Wanda Hawley, Casson Ferguson, Clarence Geldart, Georgie Stone, and Edyth ...

'' (1918) - Michael Rudder * ''

Jane Goes A-Wooing ''Jane Goes A-Wooing'' is a lostProgressive Silent Fil ...

'' (1919) - Micky Donovan * ''

The Drifters The Drifters are several American doo-wop and R&B/Soul music, soul vocal groups. They were originally formed as a backing group for Clyde McPhatter, formerly the lead tenor of Billy Ward and his Dominoes in 1953. The second group of Drifters, f ...

'' (1919) - Hugh MacLaren * ''

Johnny Get Your Gun ''Johnny Get Your Gun'' is a 1919 American comedy silent film directed by Donald Crisp and written by Edmund Lawrence Burke and Gardner Hunting. The film stars Fred Stone, Mary Anderson, Casson Ferguson, James Cruze, Sylvia Ashton, Nina Byron ...

'' (1919) - Bert Whitney * ''

Partners Three ''Partners Three'' is a 1919 American silent Western film directed by Fred Niblo. Nitrate and/or acetate copy exist at the Library of Congress. Prints held at the Library of Congress and UCLA Film and Television Archive. Cast * Enid Bennett as ...

'' (1919) - Arthur Gould * '' Putting It Over'' (1919) - Perkins * ''

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'' (1919) - Wilfred Varney * ''

Flame of the Desert ''Flame of the Desert'' is a 1919 American silent drama film starring Geraldine Farrar and Lou Tellegen. It was directed by Reginald Barker and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Plot Cast *Geraldine Farrar as Lady Isabelle Channing *Lou Tellegen as S ...

'' (1919) - Sir Charles Channing * ''Peg o' My Heart'' (1919) - Alaric Chicester * ''

The Prince Chap ''The Prince Chap'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by William C. deMille and written by Olga Printzlau based upon the play of the same name by Edward Peple. The film stars Thomas Meighan, Charles Ogle, Kathlyn Williams, Casson ...

'' (1920) - Jack, Earl of Huntington * '' Merely Mary Ann'' (1920) - Lancelot * ''

Madame X ''Madame X'' (original title ''La Femme X'') is a 1908 play by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848–1912). It was novelized in English and adapted for the American stage; it was also adapted for the screen twelve times over sixty-five ...

'' (1920) - Raymond Floriot * '' The Mutiny of the Elsinore'' (1920) - Dick Somers * ''

Bunty Pulls the Strings ''Bunty Pulls the Strings'' is a lost film, lost 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Leatrice Joy. It is based on a Broadway play by Graham Moffat. On stage the part of Bunty was played and made famous by Mol ...

'' (1921) - Jeemy * ''

The Unknown Wife ''The Unknown Wife'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by William Worthington and starring Edith Roberts, Spottiswoode Aitken and Casson Ferguson. It is also known by the alternative title of ''Three at the Table''.Munden p.803 Cas ...

'' (1921) - Donald Grant * ''

What's a Wife Worth? ''What's a Wife Worth?'' is a 1921 silent American melodrama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Casson Ferguson, Ruth Renick, and Cora Drew. It was released on March 27, 1921. Cast list * Casson Ferguson as Bruce Morrison * Ruth Ren ...

'' (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 ''The Truthful Liar'' is a lost 1922 American mystery silent film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and written by Percy Heath and Will J. Payne. The film stars Wanda Hawley, Guy Edward Hearn, Charles A. Stevenson, Casson Ferguson, Lloyd Whitlock, ...

'' (1922) - Arthur Sinclair * '' Over The Border'' (1922) - Val Galbraith * '' Borderland'' (1922) - Clyde Meredith * ''

Manslaughter Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is sometimes said to have first been made by the ancient Athenian lawmaker Draco in the 7th cen ...

'' (1922) - Bobby Dorest * ''

Drums of Fate ''Drums of Fate'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Charles Maigne and starring Mary Miles Minter. It was adapted by Will M. Ritchey from the novel "Sacrifice" by Stephen French Whitman. It was also referred to as "Drums of Desti ...

'' (1923) - David Verne * '' Grumpy'' (1923) - Chamberlin Jarvis * '' A Gentleman of Leisure'' (1923) - Sir Spencer Deever * '' Her Reputation'' (1923) - Jack Calhoun * ''

The Road to Yesterday ''The Road to Yesterday'' is a 1925 American silent romantic drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film is significant because it was Cecil B. DeMille's first release from his new production company, DeMille Pictures Corporation. It wa ...

'' (1925) - Adrian Thompkyns * '' The Wedding Song'' (1925) - Madison Melliah * '' Cobra'' (1925) - Jack Dorning * '' Forbidden Waters'' (1926) - Sylvester * ''

For Alimony Only ''For Alimony Only'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by William C. deMille and starring Leatrice Joy, Clive Brook, and Lilyan Tashman. The film's sets were by the art director Max Parker while the costumes were designed by Adrian ...

'' (1926) - Bertie Waring * '' The King of Kings'' (1927) - Scribe * '' Tenth Avenue'' (1928) - Curley

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferguson, Casson 1891 births 1929 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Male actors from Louisiana 20th-century American male actors