
Person
Ferlin Husky
Acting · 1925–2011 · Cantwell, Missouri, USA
Biography
Ferlin Eugene Husky (December 3, 1925 – March 17, 2011) was an early American country music singer who was equally adept at the genres of traditional honky-tonk, ballads, spoken recitations, and rockabilly pop tunes. He had two dozen top-20 hits in the Billboard country charts between 1953 and 1975; his versatility and matinee-idol looks propelled a seven-decade entertainment career. In the 1950s and 1960s, Husky's hits included "Gone" and "Wings of a Dove", each reaching number one on the country charts. He also created a comic outspoken hayseed character, Simon Crum; and recorded under the stage name Terry Preston from 1948 to 1953. In 2010, Husky was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self

The Ed Sullivan Show
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The Lux Show
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Las Vegas Hillbillys
Woody Wetherby

Swamp Girl
Swamp Ranger

Country Music Holiday
Verne Brand

Opry Video Classics: Love Songs
2007
The Big Beat
1957

Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Woody Wetherby

Opry Video Classics: Songs That Topped the Charts
Himself (archive footage)
Filmography
- 2007Opry Video Classics: Love Songs
- 2007Opry Video Classics: Songs That Topped the ChartsHimself (archive footage)
- 1971Swamp GirlSwamp Ranger
- 1967Hillbillys in a Haunted HouseWoody Wetherby
- 1966Las Vegas HillbillysWoody Wetherby
- 1965Forty Acre FeudSimon Crumb
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1958Country Music HolidayVerne Brand
- 1957Mister Rock and RollSelf
- 1957The Lux ShowSelf
- 1957The Big Beat
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
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