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Jimmy Calloway Jr. Ferguson Obituary

Jimmy Calloway Jr. Ferguson attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, CA. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Jimmy Calloway Jr. Ferguson.

Graduation Year Class of 1984
Date of Passing Dec 26, 2014
About Passed away while in Dialysis.
Known in school as, "FERG."

FERG was an Actor aka, Big Jim Calloway, and an Afghanistan War Veteran serving in the US Marines.

You may have seen Ferg in Jared Jewlers commercials during the Super Bowl, or a Snickers Commercial with Robin Williams as the Coach of a football team where he became Robin Williams. He played Stage Security in Charlies Angel's with a nice speaking part on a Soul Train scene with another POLY alum, Cameron Diaz. He played Suge Knight in a Tupac film, and a inmate named James, on the TV sitcom, My Name Is Earl, where he's giving his new Girlfriend a TATOO.

Born in Ohio and raised in Long Beach, CA. Ferg grew to be 6'7 and 310Lbs. He died 6 months after getting Married.
He also worked as a Crane Operator at the Long Beach Harbor, and moonlighted with a backstage security company for Concerts and special event.
Jimmy Calloway Jr. Ferguson

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