---
name: "Larry Ferguson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/larry-ferguson"
fi1m_id: "larry-ferguson"
imdb_id: "nm0272511"
tmdb_id: 912
wikidata_id: "Q3218046"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T23:17:05.776217+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Larry Ferguson

## Identity

Larry Ferguson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/larry-ferguson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** larry-ferguson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0272511
- **TMDB ID:** 912
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3218046
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Ferguson_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3218046, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0272511/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/912

Writer. Born 1 January 1940 in Madison, Illinois.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1940, Madison, Illinois
- **Active:** 1986–1992
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 1 acting, 3 writing, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Sean Connery](https://film.one/person/sean-connery.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 62, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 62 (2), 1990s 69 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 62 to 50 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $473m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Ferguson_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3218046, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0272511/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/912

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Highlander*](https://film.one/film/highlander.md) (75)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Larry Ferguson is an American screenwriter, film director and occasional actor. He was born in 1940 in Madison, Illinois, and studied at the University of Oregon and the University of California, Davis.

His screenwriting credits include *Highlander* (1986), *Beverly Hills Cop II* (1987), *The Presidio* (1988), *The Hunt for Red October* (1990), *Alien 3* (1992), *Maximum Risk* (1996) and *Rollerball* (2002). He also wrote and directed *Beyond the Law* (1993) and *Gunfighter's Moon* (1995). Ferguson was active from the early 1980s until 2002 and has several uncredited script revisions to his name.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Hunt for Red October* (1990), Fi1m 82, as Chief of the Boat (USS Dallas) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunt-for-red-october.md)

### Wrote (3) — the average rests on these

- *Alien³* (1992), Fi1m 62, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/alien3.md)
- *Beverly Hills Cop II* (1987), Fi1m 48, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/beverly-hills-cop-ii.md)
- *Highlander* (1986), Fi1m 75, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/highlander.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Last Action Hero* (1993), Fi1m 62, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/last-action-hero.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Rollerball* (2002), Screenplay
- *Gunfighter's Moon* (1997), Director, Writer
- *Maximum Risk* (1996), Writer
- *Beyond the Law* (1993), as Kelly · Screenplay, Director
- *Nails* (1992), Screenplay
- *Alien³* (1992), Screenplay — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/alien3.md)
- *Talent for the Game* (1991), Writer
- *The Hunt for Red October* (1990), as Chief of the Boat (USS Dallas) · Screenplay — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunt-for-red-october.md)
- *The Presidio* (1988), Screenplay
- *Beverly Hills Cop II* (1987), Screenplay — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/beverly-hills-cop-ii.md)
- *Highlander* (1986), Screenplay — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/highlander.md)
- *St. Helens* (1982), Screenplay

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