J. Don Ferguson


J. Don Ferguson, sometimes credited as Don Ferguson, was an American character actor who appeared in feature films and television programs. He was a prominent stage actor in Savannah, Georgia, regional stage theater productions. Ferguson also was an NCAA basketball tournament referee for ten years, and this experience led to his being cast in several related acting roles.

Filmography

Film

The Longest Yard as Football Referee Gator as BartenderThe Lincoln Conspiracy as Lt. Luther BakerOur Winning Season as Coach Michael MurphyNorma Rae as Peter GallatThe Prize Fighter as Referee #1Little Darlings as HusbandThe Long Riders as PreacherThe Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia as HawkinsThe Loveless as TarverSharky's Machine as Rally EmceeTennessee Stallion as FredThe American Snitch as Sonny BartonTank as Gov. Harold R. Sims, TennesseeKidco as TV Show AnnouncerMaximum Overdrive as AndyRunning Mates as Robert AdamsDate with an Angel as Harlan RaffertyFinal Cut as Sheriff ThompsonFast Food as Dean WitlerThe Return of Swamp Thing as BobFreejack as PromoterMy Cousin Vinny as Guard #1The Program as RefereeRadioland Murders as Johnny Ace, Hard Boiled Dick The War as Mine ForemanSomething to Talk About as AnnouncerEddie as Game RefereeFled as ChairmanRaney as Thurman Daddy BellI Know What You Did Last Summer as MCMajor League: Back to the Minors as Mick the UmpireRemember the Titans as Executive DirectorThe Legend of Bagger Vance as CitizenMovievoyeur.com as Sheriff AmesThe Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option as Colonel TeagueJuwanna Mann as UBA RefereeThe Second Chance as Jeremiah Jenkins

Television

F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles' as Man in SpeakeasyThe Greatest Gift as Jim FriedlinSummer of My German Soldier as Mr. JacksonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings as Mr. DonleavyBarnaby Jones as Ross ChapmanWhen the Circus Came to Town as Andre ProbashkaMurder in Coweta County as Jim HillinWindmills of the Gods as Ian VillersUnconquered as Mr. WoodsTraveling Man as RikerIn the Heat of the Night as Rev. Winchell / Kevin Riley / Rev. Kenneth HaskellMurder in Mississippi When Will I Be Loved? as Man at Bar #1In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas as James BlasingameNightmare in Columbia County as Bob SmithIn the Line of Duty: Street War as Gun Shop OwnerI'll Fly Away as Harry SaundersLinda as Davis VernonA Kiss to Die For as Harold GrahamMatlock as Reverend Wesley Masters / Mr. Walters / Mr. BostwickBig Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story as Wendy BlevinsFrom the Earth to the Moon as Senator Stephen Young