Craig Ferguson#Family

Ferguson was born on 17 May 1962 in Stobhill Hospital in the Springburn district of Glasgow, to Robert (1930–2006),{{cite web |title=Craig Ferguson Eulogises His Father (Part 1) | website=YouTube | date=2 September 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8DHP6GoN7c |access-date=2 November 2023 |language=en}} a post office worker and Scottish Nationalist,{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlrDirTqcGs | title=Craig Ferguson gives a eulogy to father | website=YouTube | date=16 October 2015 }} and Janet Ferguson (1933–2008),{{cite episode |title=Episode dated 8  December 2008 |series=The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson |series-link=The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson |network=CBS |airdate=8 December 2008}} a primary school teacher.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scpo9hvXitE | title=Craig Ferguson Eulogises His Mother | website=YouTube | date=2 September 2011 }}{{cite magazine |title=Monitor |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=17 May 2013 |issue=1259 |page=27}}{{cite web |url=http://talkshows.about.com/od/craigferguson/p/BioCraig.htm |title=Bio Brief: Craig Ferguson |publisher=About.com |first=Thomas |last=Tennant |access-date=6 April 2012 |archive-date=6 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406212231/http://talkshows.about.com/od/craigferguson/p/BioCraig.htm |url-status=dead }} When he was six months old, he and his family moved from their Springburn flat to a Development Corporation house in the nearby New Town of Cumbernauld, where he grew up "chubby and bullied".{{sfn |Ferguson |2009 |pp=14–15}} They lived there as Cumbernauld was rehousing many Glaswegians away from the poor housing conditions and damage to the city from World War II.{{sfn |Ferguson |2009 |pp=14–15}} Ferguson attended Muirfield Primary School{{cite web|url=https://www.hubsouthwestscotland.co.uk/news/134-new-cumbernauld-community-centre-handed-over|title=New Cumbernauld Community Centre handed over!|website=hubsouthwestscotland.co.uk}} and Cumbernauld High School.{{sfn |Ferguson |2009 |p=31}} At age 16, Ferguson left high school and began an apprenticeship to be an electronics technician at a local factory of American company Burroughs Corporation.{{sfn |Ferguson |2009 |pp=66–68}} Ferguson has two sisters (one older and one younger) and one older brother.{{cite web |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019502/bio |title=Craig Ferguson – Biography |work=Yahoo! Movies |access-date=24 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125165746/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019502/bio |archive-date=25 November 2005 }} His younger sister, Lynn Ferguson Tweddle, is also a comedian, presenter and actress, who voiced Mac in the 2000 stop-motion animation film Chicken Run. She was a writer on The Late Late Show until July 2011.{{Cite web|title=The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson: An Evening with Archbishop Desmond Tutu|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/the-late-late-show-with-craig-ferguson-an-evening-with-archbishop-desmond-t|access-date=17 February 2021|website=www.peabodyawards.com|language=en}}

His first visit to the United States was in 1975, when he was 13, to visit an uncle who lived on Long Island, near New York City.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJWlNPq0ftM | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229010222/http://www.youtube.com//watch?v=QJWlNPq0ftM| archive-date=29 December 2010 | url-status=dead|title=Craig Ferguson Eulogizes his Father |via=YouTube |access-date=17 August 2008}} When he moved to New York City in 1983, he worked in construction in Harlem.{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/10/05/late-nights-craig-ferguson/ |title=Great Scot |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |first=Ken |last=Tucker |issue=958 |date=12 October 2007 |access-date=17 April 2020 |archive-date=19 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219150651/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20144925,00.html |url-status=live }}{{sfn |Ferguson |2009 |p=110}} He was later a bouncer at the nightclub Save the Robots before returning to the United Kingdom.{{sfn |Ferguson |2009 |pp=112–113}}

Ferguson's entertainment career began as a teenager, drumming for Glasgow punk bands such as the Night Creatures and Exposure. He then had a brief stint as a drummer for the post-punk band Ana Hausen, which released a single for Human Records in 1981.{{cite news |url=https://audioboom.com/posts/5028441-episode-96-craig-ferguson-comedian-celebrity-name-game-the-drew-carry-show-the-late-late-show?t=0|title=Episode 96 - Craig Ferguson (Comedian, Celebrity Name Game, The Drew Carry Show, The Late Late Show)|newspaper=Audioboom |publisher=Turned Out A Punk|date=9 September 2016|access-date=7 June 2020}} Following that, he joined punk band The Bastards from Hell, later renamed the Dreamboys, and fronted by vocalist and future actor Peter Capaldi. They performed regularly in Glasgow from 1980 to 1982.{{harvnb|Ferguson|2009}} Ferguson credits Capaldi for inspiring him to try comedy.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/books/review/Borowitz-t.html |title=The Scotsman |work=The New York Times |first=Andy |last=Borowitz |author-link=Andy Borowitz |date=1 October 2009 |access-date=6 November 2009}} When Ferguson was 18, he worked as a session musician and performed as a drummer for Nico during a few gigs when she toured Scotland.

After a nerve-wracking first comedy appearance, he decided to create a character he described as a "parody of all the über-patriotic native folk singers who seemed to infect every public performance in Scotland," using the name "Bing Hitler" borrowed from Peter Capaldi. Ferguson first performed as the character in Glasgow, and was subsequently a hit at the 1986 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. However, by the end of the year, Ferguson was already discussing his intention to retire Bing. At the press launch for an alternative pantomime of "Sleeping Beauty" (which he co-wrote with Capaldi),{{cite web |title=Winter for Hitler |url=https://archive.list.co.uk/the-list/1986-10-03/5/ |publisher=The List |access-date=4 July 2019 |date=3 October 1986}} he said, "You can't write for just one character forever."{{cite web |last1=Caldwell |first1=Graham |title=Bing's Whiter Than White Christmas |url=https://archive.list.co.uk/the-list/1986-12-12/8/ |publisher=The List |access-date=2 July 2019 |date=12 December 1986}} A recording of his act as Bing Hitler was made at Glasgow's Tron Theatre and released in the 1980s;{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Bing-Hitler-Live-At-The-Tron/release/2150881 |title=Bing Hitler: Live at the Tron |year=1986 |publisher=Discogs |access-date=21 February 2010}} a Bing Hitler monologue ("A Lecture for Burns Night") appears on the compilation cassette Honey at the Core.{{Cite web|title=Craig Ferguson|url=https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/876506-Craig-Ferguson|access-date=17 February 2021|website=Discogs|language=de}}

After enjoying success at the Edinburgh Festival,{{cite web |title=Advertisement: Craig Ferguson at the Edinburgh Playhouse |url=https://archive.list.co.uk/the-list/1989-08-11/66/ |publisher=The List |access-date=14 August 2020 |date=11 August 1989}} Ferguson appeared on television as 'Confidence' in Red Dwarf, on STV's Hogmanay Shows,{{cite web |url=http://www.scotlandontv.tv/scotland_on_tv/video.html?vxSiteId=60fdd544-9c52-4e17-be7e-57a2a2d76992&vxChannel=Culture%20On%20Stage&vxClipId=1380_SMG1264&vxBitrate=300 |title=Craig Ferguson stand-up comedy clip |work=ScotlandonTV.tv |publisher=SMG Productions |access-date=23 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008110318/http://www.scotlandontv.tv/scotland_on_tv/video.html?vxSiteId=60fdd544-9c52-4e17-be7e-57a2a2d76992&vxChannel=Culture%20On%20Stage&vxClipId=1380_SMG1264&vxBitrate=300 |archive-date=8 October 2008 }} and on the 1993 One Foot in the Grave Christmas special One Foot in the Algarve. In 1990, a pilot of The Craig Ferguson Show, a one-off comedy pilot for Granada Television, was broadcast, co-starring Paul Whitehouse and Helen Atkinson-Wood.{{cite web |title=Craig Ferguson's Edinburgh Fringe comeback |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2017/04/20/36231/craig_fergusons_edinburgh_fringe_comeback |website=www.chortle.co.uk |publisher=Chortle |access-date=26 January 2024}} In 1991, Channel 4 asked him to host Friday at the Dome, a 75-minute live music show.{{cite web |last1=Lappin |first1=Tom |title=The dome service |url=https://archive.list.co.uk/the-list/1991-05-03/88/ |publisher=The List |access-date=2 July 2019 |date=3 May 1991}} In 1992, he was given his own BBC Scotland show, 2000 Not Out.{{cite web |last1=Lappin |first1=Tom |title=Hollywood to Hillhead |url=https://archive.list.co.uk/the-list/1992-10-09/71/ |publisher=The List |access-date=2 July 2019 |date=9 October 1992}} In 1993, he presented a six-part archaeology TV series, The Dirt Detective, for STV,{{cite web |title=The Dirt Detective |url=https://player.stv.tv/summary/dirt-detective |publisher=Scottish Television |access-date=2 July 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://www.scotlandontv.tv/scotland_on_tv/video.html?vxSiteId=60fdd544-9c52-4e17-be7e-57a2a2d76992&vxChannel=History%20Archaeology&vxClipId=1380_SMG124&vxBitrate=300 |title=Craig Ferguson in Dirt Detective |work=ScotlandonTV.tv |publisher=SMG Productions |access-date=22 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008110434/http://www.scotlandontv.tv/scotland_on_tv/video.html?vxSiteId=60fdd544-9c52-4e17-be7e-57a2a2d76992&vxChannel=History%20Archaeology&vxClipId=1380_SMG124&vxBitrate=300 |archive-date=8 October 2008 }} and was given a six-part TV series on BBC One, The Ferguson Theory, a mix of stand-up and sketches recorded the day before transmission.{{cite web |title=The Ferguson Theory |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p030z3wz |publisher=BBC |access-date=2 July 2019}}{{cite web |title=The Ferguson Theory (BBC1) |url=https://archive.list.co.uk/the-list/1993-09-24/70/ |publisher=The List |date=24 September 1993}}

Ferguson also found success in musical theatre. Beginning in 1991, he appeared on stage as Brad Majors in the London production of The Rocky Horror Show.{{cite web |url=http://www.rockymusic.org/album/rhs-vocalselections.php |title=The Rocky Horror Show Vocal Selections Book & CD |publisher=Rockymusic.org |access-date=7 March 2013}} In 1994, he played Father MacLean in production of Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom at the Union Chapel in London. That year he appeared again at the Edinburgh Fringe, as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/arts/television/29fergus.html |title=Late Night Transplant Looks Back at His Path |work=The New York Times |first=Bill |last=Carter |date=29 September 2009 |access-date=6 November 2009 |quote=We did it exactly the same except for soccer references instead of baseball, and we brought down the house every night.}}

After living and working in the United States for many years, in 2017, it was announced that he would return to UK television for the first time in 25 years{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-40769271|title=US host Ferguson to appear in Still Game|work=BBC News|date=30 July 2017|via=bbc.co.uk}} in a guest role in BBC Scotland's comedy Still Game, to be shown in 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-40769271|title=US host Ferguson to appear in Still Game|date=30 July 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=26 January 2018}}

In 2022, an adaptation of Ferguson's film Saving Grace (2000) was announced as a stage musical aimed for a 2023 run in West End, in which Ferguson will portray a "villainous banker". It was adapted by April De Angelis from Ferguson's and Mark Crowdy's screenplay, with music by KT Tunstall.{{Cite web |last=Cristi |first=A.A. |date=24 February 2022 |title=New British Musical 'Saving Grace' Aiming for 2023 West End Bow |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/New-British-Musical-SAVING-GRACE-Aiming-for-2023-West-End-Bow-20220224 |access-date=16 March 2022 |website=BroadwayWorld}}

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Ferguson moved to Los Angeles in November 1994, after his soon-to-be agent Rick Siegel had seen Ferguson during the Edinburgh Festival and suggested that he come to America.{{sfn|Ferguson|2009|loc=ch. 31}} His first American role was as baker Logan McDonough on the short-lived 1995 ABC comedy Maybe This Time, which starred Betty White and Marie Osmond.

His breakthrough in the United States came when he was cast on The Drew Carey Show as the title character's boss, Mr. Wick, a role he played from 1996 to 2003. He played the role with an over-the-top posh English accent, explaining it was "to make up for generations of English actors doing crap Scottish accents." In his comedy special "A Wee Bit o' Revolution", he specifically identified James Doohan's portrayal of Montgomery Scott on Star Trek as the foundation of his "revenge". (At the end of one episode, though, Ferguson broke the fourth wall and began talking to the audience at home in his normal Scottish accent.) His character was memorable for his unique methods of laying employees off, almost always "firing Johnson", the most common last name of the to-be-fired workers.{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/craig-ferguson-may-be-next-letterman-h7psg9t2rt7 |title=Craig Ferguson 'may be next Letterman' |work=The Sunday Times |first=Mark |last=Macaskill |date=4 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517065353/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article3868137.ece |archive-date=17 May 2008|url-status=live |access-date=5 January 2022}} Even after leaving the show in 2003, he remained a recurring character on the series for the last two seasons, and was part of the two-part series finale in 2004.

During the production of The Drew Carey Show, Ferguson devoted his off-time as a cast member to writing, working in his trailer on set in between shooting his scenes. He wrote and starred in three films: The Big Tease, Saving Grace, and I'll Be There; he also directed the latter, for which he won the Audience Award for Best Film at the Aspen, Dallas, and Valencia film festivals. He was named Best New Director at the Napa Valley Film Festival. These were among other scripts that, "in the great tradition of the movie business, about half a dozen that I got paid a fortune for but never got made."{{cite episode |title=Episode dated 17 February 2009 |series=Conversations with Michael Eisner |network=CNBC |date=17 February 2009}}

His other acting credits in films include Niagara Motel, Lenny the Wonder Dog, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Chain of Fools, Born Romantic, The Ugly Truth, Kick-Ass, and, as a voice-over actor, How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Brave, and Winnie the Pooh.{{cite web|url=https://www.tribute.ca/people/craig-ferguson/2559/|title=Craig Ferguson biography and filmography {{!}} Craig Ferguson movies|website=Tribute.ca|access-date=26 January 2018}}

Ferguson has been touring the United States and Canada with a comedy show since the late 2000s, including a performance at Carnegie Hall on 23 October 2010 and a performance at Radio City Music Hall on 6 October 2012. He has performed two stand-up television specials on Comedy Central, both released on DVD: A Wee Bit o' Revolution in 2009 and Does This Need to Be Said? in 2011. His third comedy special, I'm Here to Help, was released on Netflix in 2013, garnering positive reviews of 4 out of 5 stars on Netflix and peaking at number 6 on Billboard top comedy albums.{{cite web |url=http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Craig_Ferguson_I_m_Here_to_Help/70270530 |title=Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help |publisher=Netflix |access-date=7 December 2013}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/5638642/craig-ferguson/chart |title=Craig Ferguson: Chart History |magazine=Billboard |access-date=7 December 2013}} It also received a 2014 Grammy Award nomination for Best Comedy Album.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/grammy-awards-2014-full-nominations-list-complete-nominees/ |title=Grammy Awards 2014: Full Nominations List |magazine=Billboard |date=6 December 2013 |access-date=5 January 2022}}

Ferguson was awarded the Peter Ustinov Comedy Award by the Banff World Media Festival on 11 June 2013.{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2013/tv/markets-festivals/banff-to-honor-craig-ferguson-with-ustinov-award-1200354756/ |title=Banff to Fete Craig Ferguson with Ustinov Comedy Award |work=Variety |first=Shalini |last=Dore |date=12 April 2013}}

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In December 2004, it was announced that Ferguson would succeed Craig Kilborn on CBS's The Late Late Show. His first show as the regular host aired on 3 January 2005. The show was unique in that it had no "human" sidekicks such as Ed McMahon on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson or Conan O'Brien's Andy Richter. Beginning in 2010, a robotic skeleton named Geoff Peterson and two silent performers in a pantomime horse costume were added to the show. His monologues were conducted within a few feet of the camera versus the long distance Johnny Carson kept from the camera and audience.{{cite web |url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a5473/4350887/|title=Craig Ferguson's New Mythbuster Robot Sidekick: Exclusive Pics |work=Popular Mechanics |date=2 April 2010 |access-date=29 July 2010}}

The Late Late Show averaged 2.0 million viewers in its 2007 season, compared with 2.5 million for Late Night with Conan O'Brien.{{cite web |url=http://nbcumv.com/entertainment/release_detail.nbc/entertainment-20070510000000-jayandconanrulet.html |title=Jay and Conan Rule The Late-Night Week, Stretching Their Year-Ago Leads |work=NBC Universal |access-date=18 May 2007}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}} In April 2008, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson beat Late Night with Conan O'Brien for weekly ratings (1.88 million to 1.77 million) for the first time since the two shows went head-to-head with their respective hosts.{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/11/tv.fergusons.first.ap/ |title=Ferguson beats Conan in ratings for 1st time |publisher=CNN |date=11 April 2008 |access-date=3 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512225331/http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/11/tv.fergusons.first.ap/ |archive-date=12 May 2008}}

In March 2009, Craig Ferguson topped Jimmy Fallon in the ratings with Ferguson getting a 1.8 rating and Fallon receiving a 1.6 rating.{{cite web |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/late-night-ratings-craig-ferguson-tops-jimmy-fallon-34349 |title=Late Night Ratings: Craig Ferguson Tops Jimmy Fallon |publisher=NextTV |first=Alex |last=Weprin |date=17 March 2009|access-date=5 January 2022}} By 2014, Ferguson's ratings had faltered, trailing those of Late Night with Seth Meyers with an average of 1.35 million viewers versus 2.02 million.{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-04-11/cbs-s-moonves-says-woman-would-be-great-as-late-late-host|title=Moonves Says Woman Would Be 'Great' as 'Late Late' Host |work=Bloomberg |first=Andy |last=Fixmer |date=11 April 2014 |access-date=12 April 2014}}

On 28 April 2014, Ferguson announced he would leave The Late Late Show at the end of 2014,{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/business/media/craig-ferguson-to-leave-cbs-at-end-of-year.html |title=Craig Ferguson to Leave CBS at End of Year |work=The New York Times |first=Bill |last=Carter |date=28 April 2014 |access-date=28 April 2014}} with the final episode airing on 19 December.{{cite news |url=http://tvline.com/2014/12/19/craig-ferguson-late-late-show-finale-bob-newhart-drew-carey/ |title=Late Late Show: Craig Ferguson Says Goodbye With Incredible Twist Ending |work=TV Line |first=Andy |last=Swift |date=19 December 2014 |access-date=27 February 2015}} His contract was set to expire in June 2014, but a six-month extension was agreed on to provide a more graceful exit and give CBS more time to find a replacement host.{{cite news |url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/04/craig-ferguson-is-leaving-cbss-late-late-show.html |title=Craig Ferguson Is Leaving CBS's Late Late Show |work=Vulture |first=Josef |last=Adalian |date=28 April 2014 |access-date=30 April 2014}}{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/craig-ferguson-i-wanted-to-leave-the-show-before-i-stopped-enjoying-it-exclusive-1201166239/ |title=Craig Ferguson: 'I Wanted to Leave the Show Before I Stopped Enjoying It' (Exclusive) |work=Variety |first=Cynthia |last=Littleton |date=28 April 2014 |access-date=30 April 2014}} He reportedly received {{US$|5 million}} as part of his contract because he was not selected as the replacement for David Letterman's Late Show.{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/craig-ferguson-replacement-wont-be-699948/ |title=CBS' Nina Tassler: No Craig Ferguson Replacement Before Upfronts (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |first1=Michael |last1=O'Connell |first2=Lacey |last2=Rose |date=30 April 2014 |access-date=5 January 2022}} Ferguson made the decision prior to Letterman's announcement but agreed to delay making his own decision public until the reaction to Letterman's decision (announced 3 April) had died down. CBS entertainment chair Nina Tassler said, following the announcement, that in his decade as host Ferguson had "infused the broadcast with tremendous energy, unique comedy, insightful interviews and some of the most heartfelt monologues seen on television."{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/craig-ferguson-announces-late-night-retirement-23508685 |title=Craig Ferguson Announces Late-Night Retirement |work=ABC News |agency=Associated Press |first=David |last=Bauder |date=29 April 2014 |access-date=29 April 2014}} CBS continued the franchise with James Corden as the new host.{{cite news |url=https://people.com/tv/james-corden-officially-announced-to-replace-craig-ferguson-on-late-late-show/ |title=James Corden Officially Announced to Replace Craig Ferguson on Late Late Show |work=People |first=Lynette |last=Rice |date=8 September 2014 |access-date=5 January 2022}}

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In October 2013, it was announced that Ferguson would host the syndicated game show Celebrity Name Game, produced by Coquette Productions, beginning in late 2014.{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/craig-ferguson-host-syndicated-game-651204 |title=Craig Ferguson to Host Syndicated Game Show 'Celebrity Name Game' |work=The Hollywood Reporter |series=The Live Feed |first=Michael |last=O'Connell |date=28 October 2013 |access-date=29 April 2014}} Ferguson's involvement in the project dates back to 2011, when it was originally pitched and piloted as a CBS primetime series.{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/courteney-cox-david-arquette-sell-202163 |title=Courteney Cox, David Arquette Sell Game Show Pilot to CBS (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |first=Lacey |last=Rose |date=16 June 2011 |access-date=30 April 2014}}{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/craig-ferguson-works-the-cabana-for-celebrity-name-game-1201073369/ |title=Craig Ferguson Talks Latenight Moves, New Game Show at NATPE |work=Variety |first=Cynthia |last=Littleton |date=27 January 2014 |access-date=30 April 2014}} {{As of|2014|04}}, the series had an initial order of 180 episodes. The syndicated series began airing on 22 September 2014. Ferguson won Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Game Show Host for Celebrity Name Game in 2015{{cite news |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/daytime-emmys-2015-complete-winners-list-soaps-talk-shows-win-big-2015274 |title=Daytime Emmys 2015 Complete Winners List: Soaps, Talk Shows Win Big |work=Us Weekly |first=Madeline |last=Boardman |date=27 April 2015 |access-date=12 August 2015}} and 2016.{{cite web|title=The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Award Winners |url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_43rd_winners.pdf |publisher=emmyonline.org and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |access-date=4 May 2016 |date=1 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815094830/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_43rd_winners.pdf |archive-date=15 August 2016 |location=Los Angeles |url-status=dead }} On 2 December 2016, it was announced that the series would end after three seasons.{{cite web |url=http://www.tvratingsguide.com/2016/12/celebrity-name-game-has-been-cancelled.html |title=Celebrity Name Game Cancelled |publisher=The TV Ratings Guide |first=Rebecca |last=Bunch |date=2 December 2016 |access-date=2 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220052126/http://www.tvratingsguide.com/2016/12/celebrity-name-game-has-been-cancelled.html |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}

Ferguson signed in 2015 to play Prentiss Porter in The King of 7B, a comedy pilot for ABC.{{cite news |last=Lyons |first=Beverley |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/late-late-shows-craig-ferguson-5339755 |title=Late Late Show's Craig Ferguson begins work on new comedy pilot for US television |work=Daily Record |location=Glasgow, Scotland |date=15 March 2015 |access-date=15 March 2015}} The show was not picked up.{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/craig-ferguson-host-historical-talk-824204 |title=Craig Ferguson to Host Historical Talk Show on History |work=The Hollywood Reporter |first=Lesley |last=Goldberg |date=17 September 2015 |access-date=7 February 2016}}

On 18 February 2016, Ferguson began to host a historical talk show on History titled Join or Die with Craig Ferguson. The title is a reference to a Benjamin Franklin political cartoon published in the Pennsylvania Gazette on 9 May 1754, which Ferguson had tattooed on his forearm after becoming an American citizen.{{cite news |url=https://www.yahoo.com/tv/craig-ferguson-join-or-die-history-214915519.html |title=See Craig Ferguson Invade History for 'Join or Die' |work=Yahoo! TV |first=Mandi |last=Bierly |date=4 February 2016 |access-date=7 February 2016}} Ferguson and a three-guest panel of comedians and historians conduct a humorous discussion of a different topic on each episode, such as the most doomed presidential campaign, greatest Founding Father and greatest invention, with viewers invited to share their opinions via Twitter.

Between January 2021 and April 2022, Ferguson hosted the American game show The Hustler, which aired on ABC. The show followed five contestants who collaborate to build up a cash prize by answering a series of trivia questions presented by Ferguson, while one of the contestants is secretly designated as the Hustler beforehand and given the answers to all the questions. By the end of the game, two of the honest contestants have been eliminated; the other two must correctly choose the Hustler in order to stop the Hustler from winning the entire prize. The series premiered on 4 January 2021, before moving to its regular timeslot on 7 January 2021, airing on Thursdays at 10 p.m.{{cite web|title=ABC Announces Early 2021 Unscripted Premiere Dates|url=https://thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/11/10/abc-announces-early-2021-unscripted-premiere-dates-594102/20201110abc03/|work=The Futon Critic|date=10 November 2020}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In April 2022, it was reported that the series was cancelled, having aired 19 episodes across two seasons.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/alec-baldwin-match-game-canceled-abc-card-sharks-1235221591/|title=Alec Baldwin's Match Game Canceled at ABC, Along With Card Sharks and More as Network Firms Up Summer Plans (EXCLUSIVE)|work=Variety|author=Michael Schneider|date=1 April 2022|access-date=1 April 2022}}

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Craig Ferguson has made guest appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Rachael Ray, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, The Howard Stern Show, The Daily Show, The View, Loveline, Real Time with Bill Maher, The Soup, The Talk, The Price Is Right, Kevin Pollak's Chat Show, The Dennis Miller Show and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He also co-hosted Live with Regis & Kelly with Kelly Ripa and was guest host on the April Fools' Day episode of The Price Is Right in 2014.

In 2009, Ferguson made a cameo live-action appearance in the episode "We Love You, Conrad" on Family Guy. Ferguson hosted the 32nd annual People's Choice Awards on 10 January 2006.{{cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-114531161.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921210029/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-114531161.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 September 2014 |title=Ferguson to host U.S. "People's Choice Awards" show |work=Associated Press via Highbeam.com |date=26 October 2005 |access-date=1 June 2008}} TV Guide magazine printed a "Cheers" (Cheers and Jeers section) for appearing on his own show that same evening.{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}} From 2007 to 2010, Ferguson hosted the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on 4 July, broadcast nationally by CBS. Ferguson was the featured entertainer at 26 April 2008 White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, DC.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7369510.stm |title=Bush pokes fun at his successors |work=BBC News |date=27 April 2008 |access-date=27 April 2008}}

Ferguson co-presented the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama with Brooke Shields in 2008. He has done voice work in cartoons, including being the voice of Barry's evil alter-ego in the "With Friends Like Steve's" episode of American Dad!; in Freakazoid! as Roddy MacStew, Freakazoid's mentor; and on Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as the robot vampire NOS-4-A2. He was the voice of Susan the boil on Futurama, which was a parody of Scottish singer Susan Boyle. He makes stand-up appearances in Las Vegas and New York City. He headlined in the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal and in October 2008 Ferguson taped his stand-up show in Boston for a Comedy Central special entitled A Wee Bit o' Revolution, which aired on 22 March 2009.

British television comedy drama Doc Martin was based on a character from Ferguson's film Saving Grace – with Ferguson getting writing credits for 12 episodes.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} On 6 November 2009, Ferguson appeared as himself in a SpongeBob SquarePants special titled SpongeBob's Truth or Square.{{cite web |url=http://www.onewed.com/wedding-news/2009/10/14/spongebob-squarepants-tie-knot |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915075006/http://www.onewed.com/wedding-news/2009/10/14/spongebob-squarepants-tie-knot |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 September 2012 |title=SpongeBob SquarePants to tie the knot |publisher=OneWed.com |date=14 October 2009 }} He hosted Discovery Channel's 23rd season of Shark Week in 2010. Ferguson briefly appeared in Toby Keith's "Red Solo Cup" music video, released on 10 October 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.countryweekly.com/news/toby-releases-star-studded-stupid-perfect-song |title=Toby Releases Star-Studded "Stupid," "Perfect" Song |work=Country Weekly |first=Brad |last=Schmitt |date=14 October 2011 |access-date=19 October 2011}}

In September 2013, Ferguson guest-starred on the season finale of Hot in Cleveland as a priest/tabloid journalist who turns out to be the father of Joy's (Jane Leeves) son. The show reunited him with former co-star and frequent Late Late Show guest Betty White. Ferguson reprised the role for several episodes when the show returned in March 2014.

In January 2023, Sony Pictures Television (SPT) announced a new, half-hour syndicated late night talk show with Craig Ferguson as host. Channel Surf with Craig Ferguson will be produced by Whisper North and will be distributed by SPT. A pilot for Channel Surf with Craig Ferguson was shot in the UK this month{{When|date=March 2025|reason="This month" is not a very useful time frame. When was the pilot shot DEFINITIVELY? Even just saying the month and the year would be better.}} at Dock10 studios, and SPT will take the show out to potential buyers in Los Angeles.

On 27 February 2017, Ferguson launched The Craig Ferguson Show, a two-hour talk radio show on the Comedy Greats channel and Faction Talk on SiriusXM Satellite Radio.{{cite web|last1=Press Release|title=Comedian Craig Ferguson Launches Daily Show Exclusively on SiriusXM|url=http://investor.siriusxm.com/investor-overview/press-releases/press-release-details/2017/Comedian-Craig-Ferguson-Launches-Daily-Show-Exclusively-on-SiriusXM/default.aspx|website=SiriusXM Holdings Inc.|publisher=SiriusXM|access-date=19 March 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.siriusxm.com/channels/faction-talk|title=Faction Talk|website=SiriusXM|date=6 July 2023 }} His last new show aired 11 May 2018.

Ferguson's novel Between the Bridge and the River was published on 10 April 2006. He appeared at the Los Angeles Festival of Books, as well as other author literary events. "This book could scare them", he said, referring to audiences familiar with his television work. "The sex, the violence, the dream sequences and the iconoclasm. I think a lot of people are uncomfortable with that. I understand that. It was very uncomfortable to write some of it."{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/04/arts/04ferg.html |title=From Craig Ferguson, a Novel Born of Literary Rambles |work=The New York Times |first=Jacques |last=Steinberg |date=4 April 2006 |url-status=live |quote=...{{nbsp}}it's a book that may not necessarily sit well with many of [his] two million viewers{{nbsp}}... It may also jolt those who know him best from his previous job, playing{{nbsp}}... Mr. Wick, on Mr. Carey's sitcom.{{pb}}"{{'}}This book could scare them', Mr. Ferguson said in a recent interview{{nbsp}}...|archive-date=9 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109193016/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/04/arts/from-craig-ferguson-a-novel-born-of-literary-rambles.html}} The novel is dedicated to his elder son, Milo, and to his grandfather, Adam. He revealed in an interview that he is writing a sequel to the book, to be titled The Sphynx of the Mississippi.{{cite web |url=http://www.chroniclebooks.com/landing-pages/Chronicle/excerpt/0811853756a.html |title=Between the Bridge and the River: Q&A with Craig Ferguson |publisher=Chroniclebooks.com |access-date=24 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722052609/http://www.chroniclebooks.com/landing-pages/Chronicle/excerpt/0811853756a.html |archive-date=22 July 2012 |url-status=dead}} He also stated in a 2006 interview with David Letterman that he intends the book to be the first in a trilogy.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQA-W4htXaY |title=Letterman interviews Ferguson about Novel, 2006|website=YouTube }} As of February 2019, Ferguson has produced no further novels, although he has published non-fiction.

Ferguson signed a deal with HarperCollins to publish his memoirs.{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/features/craig-ferguson-set-to-pen-memoirs-1117985255/ |title=Craig Ferguson set to pen memoirs |work=Variety |first=Michael |last=Schneider |date=7 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106052940/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117985255 |archive-date=6 November 2012|access-date=5 January 2022}} The book, entitled American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot, focuses on "how and why [he] became an American" and covers his years as a punk rocker, dancer, bouncer and construction worker as well as the rise of his career in Hollywood as an actor and comic. It went on sale 22 September 2009 in the United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/books/American-Purpose-Craig-Ferguson/?isbn=9780061719547 |title=About the Book: American on Purpose |publisher=HarperCollins.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026013743/http://www.harpercollins.com/books/American-Purpose-Craig-Ferguson/?isbn=9780061719547 |archive-date=26 October 2012 |url-status=dead}}{{sfn|Ferguson|2009}} On 1 December 2010 the audiobook version was nominated for a Best Spoken Word Album Grammy.{{cite web |url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees?year=2010&genre=32 |title=53. Best Spoken Word Album |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |year=2010 |access-date=2 December 2010}}

In July 2009, Jackie Collins was a guest on The Late Late Show to promote her new book Married Lovers. Collins said a character in her book, Don Verona, was based on Ferguson because she was such a fan of him and his show.{{cite episode |title=Episode dated 21 July 2009 |series=The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson |series-link=The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson |network=CBS |airdate=21 July 2009}}

Ferguson wrote a short story for In Sunlight or in Shadow (2017, Pegasus Crime), an anthology edited by Lawrence Block and featuring works inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper (1882–1967). Block is a favorite writer of Ferguson's and appeared multiple times on The Late Late Show. His third book, Riding the Elephant: A Memoir of Altercations, Humiliations, Hallucinations, and Observations which released 7 May 2019.{{Cite book|title=Riding the Elephant: A Memoir of Altercations, Humiliations, Hallucinations, and Observations|last=Ferguson|first=Craig|date=7 May 2019|publisher=Blue Rider Press|isbn=9780525533917|location=S.l.|language=en}}

He holds an FAA private pilot certificate, issued in 2009.{{cite web|url=https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/airmeninquiry/Detail.aspx?uniqid=A4806608&certNum=1 |title=FAA Airmen Certification Database |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721041015/https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/airmeninquiry/Detail.aspx?uniqid=A4806608&certNum=1 |archive-date=21 July 2011 }} Ferguson has been a vegan since 2013.{{cite web | access-date = 3 April 2017 | quote = I’ve been a vegan for almost three years. | title = Craig Ferguson: 25 Things You Don't Know About Me (I've Written 800 Nail Salon Yelp Reviews!) | date = 12 February 2016 | url = http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/craig-ferguson-25-things-you-dont-know-about-me-w163855 | magazine = Us Weekly | first = Craig | last = Ferguson }} A recovering alcoholic, he has been sober since 1992.{{cite web|last=Ouzounian|first=Richard|title=Craig Ferguson: Measure of a man|website=Toronto Star|date=8 April 2010|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2010/04/08/craig_ferguson_measure_of_a_man.html|access-date=10 May 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105073843/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2010/04/08/craig_ferguson_measure_of_a_man.html|archive-date=5 November 2014}}{{cite web|title=Craig Ferguson Cuts Spears Slack|website=cbsnews.com|date=20 February 2007|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/craig-ferguson-cuts-spears-slack|access-date=5 January 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419031111/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/craig-ferguson-cuts-spears-slack|archive-date=19 April 2014}}

During his early career, Ferguson resided in St John's Wood, London.American On PurposeRiding the Elephant

Ferguson has been married three times and divorced twice. His first marriage was to Anne Hogarth from 1983 to 1986, during which time they lived in New York. His second marriage was to Sascha Corwin (founder and proprietor of Los Angeles' SpySchool), with whom he has one child, born in 2001. He and Corwin shared custody of their child, and lived near each other in the Hollywood Hills. Ferguson married art dealer Megan Wallace-Cunningham in a private ceremony on her family's farm in Chester, Vermont in 2008.{{cite news |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/craig-ferguson-ties-knot-over-holidays-wbna28521674 |title=Craig Ferguson ties the knot over holidays |work=Access Hollywood via Today |date=6 January 2009 |access-date=5 January 2022}} They have a son together, who was born in 2011.{{cite news |url=https://people.com/parents/craig-ferguson-welcomes-son-liam-james/ |title=It's a Boy for Craig Ferguson |work=People |first=Sarah |last=Michaud |date=2 February 2011 |access-date=5 January 2022}}

Ferguson wrote in his book American on Purpose that he and actress Helen Atkinson-Wood were in a romantic relationship prior to his going sober in 1992. The relationship lasted five years. He acknowledges that she changed his life "beyond recognition" by improving his health and his career.{{Cite book|author=Craig Ferguson|year=2009|title=American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot|pages=158–59}}{{sfn|Ferguson|2009}}{{cite web | url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/craig-ferguson-measure-of-a-man/article_efdbeec5-b4cd-58a6-a3c8-18bdb18dd468.html | title=Craig Ferguson: Measure of a man | website=Toronto Star | date=8 April 2010 }}

Ferguson has stated that his comedy influences include Monty Python, Marx Brothers, The Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy,{{cite news |url=https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/craig-ferguson-my-job-is-to-be-the-naughty-kid/ |title=Craig Ferguson: 'My Job Is to Be the Naughty Kid' |work=AdWeek|first=Nancy |last=Lazarus |date=5 October 2012 |access-date=5 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105045335/http://www.mediabistro.com/prnewser/craig-ferguson-my-job-is-to-be-the-naughty-kid_b46744 |archive-date=5 November 2012 |url-status=dead }} and David Letterman.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2014/04/03/david-letterman-legacy/amp/?client=safari|title=The David Letterman Legacy will live on in every other late-night host|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=Jeff|last=Jensen|date=3 April 2014|access-date=13 February 2017|archive-date=13 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213171639/https://ew.com/article/2014/04/03/david-letterman-legacy/amp/?client=safari|url-status=dead}}

Ferguson has five tattoos which include the Join, or Die political cartoon on his right forearm;{{cite episode |title=Episode dated 22 September 2009 |series=The View |series-link=The View (Americam TV series) |network=ABC |airdate=22 September 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://tweetphoto.com/10992555 |title=The Rallying Cry of the Robot Skeleton Army |publisher=Tweetphoto.com |date=11 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214004531/http://tweetphoto.com/10992555 |archive-date=14 February 2010 }} a Ferguson family crest with the Latin motto Dulcius ex asperis ("Sweeter out of [or from] difficulty") on his upper right arm in honour of his father;{{sfn|Ferguson|2009|p=259}} and a Celtic cross with the Ingram clan motto Magnanimus esto (Be great of mind) on his upper left arm in honour of his mother.{{cite episode |title=Episode dated 05 August 2011 |series=The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson |series-link=The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson |network=CBS |airdate=5 August 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://sites.google.com/site/craigyflogs/craigyfaq |title=CraigyFAQ – Frequently Asked Questions about Craig Ferguson & The Late Late Show |work=Craigyflogs |access-date=5 August 2011}} He has often said that his Join, or Die tattoo is intended to signal his American patriotism.

Ferguson became an American citizen on 1 February 2008 and broadcast the taking of his citizenship test as well as his swearing in on The Late Late Show.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-01-28-craig-ferguson_N.htm |title=Craig Ferguson passes citizenship test |work=Associated Press via USA Today |date=28 January 2008 |access-date=7 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103152058/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-01-28-craig-ferguson_N.htm |archive-date=3 November 2012}}{{cite episode |title=Episode dated 4 February 2008 |series=The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson |network=CBS |season=4 |number=69 |date=4 February 2008}}{{cite web | url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/gallery/craig-fergusons-house-in-hollywood-13843800 | title=Craig Ferguson's house in Hollywood | date=11 January 2019 }}

In 2011, Ferguson bought Bargany House.{{cite web | url=https://www.scottishfield.co.uk/homes-gardens/on-the-market-17th-century-mansion-owned-by-scottish-comedian-craig-ferguson/ | title=On the market: 17th century mansion owned by Scottish comedian Craig Ferguson | date=25 September 2023 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/14-bedroom-scotland-mansion-with-300-years-of-history-asks-2-2-million-223548 | title=14-Bedroom Scotland Mansion with 300 Years of History Asks £2.2 Million | date=10 February 2021 }}

in October 2017 three years after his talk show ended, His clip interviews with many women and actresses on YouTube by a YouTuber named The Jayleno Fly were later gaining notoriety and viral and were critically resurfaced and re-examined in the wake of the "MeToo" and "Time's Up" movements following Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations due to his flirting interviews with many women and actresses such as Julie Andrews, Hayley Atwell, Kate Beckinsale, Kristen Bell, Maria Bello, Selma Blair, Emily Blunt, Helena Bonham Carter, Kristin Chenoweth, Toni Collette, Marion Cotillard, Rosario Dawson, Catherine Deneuve, Kat Dennings, Zooey Deschanel, Natalie Dormer, Jenna Elfman, Alice Eve, Vera Farmiga, Tina Fey, Carrie Fisher, Karen Gillan, Lauren Graham, Carla Gugino, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Chelsea Handler, Naomie Harris, Christina Hendricks, Natasha Henstridge, Laurie Holden, Katherine Jenkins, Scarlett Johansson, Felicity Jones, Rashida Jones, Ashley Judd, Anna Kendrick, Miranda Kerr, Angela Kinsey, Lisa Kudrow, Mila Kunis, Brie Larson, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Demi Lovato, Jane Lynch, Kate Mara, Meghan Markle, Bérénice Marlohe, Jayma Mays, Mary McCormack, Jennette McCurdy, Rose McGowan, Alyssa Milano, Kylie Minogue, Emily Mortimer, Elisabeth Moss, Carey Mulligan, Olivia Munn, Lupita Nyong'o, Jennifer Ouellette, Teresa Palmer, Sarah Paulson, Pauley Perrette, Paula Poundstone, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Sedaris, Kyra Sedgwick, Léa Seydoux, Lindsay Sloane, Amy Smart, Kristen Stewart, Audrey Tautou, Rachael Taylor, Juno Temple, Emma Thompson, Ariel Tweto, Kerry Washington, Betty White, Olivia Williams and Shailene Woodley in which Craig flirts with actresses who supercut his interviews with them to teach themselves how it's done, In his 2019 memoir Riding the Elephant, Ferguson later reflected on the movements and also spoke about his 2013 interview with Meghan Markle.{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/wjyjyn/how-craig-ferguson-became-a-flirting-god-on-youtube|title=How Craig Ferguson Became a Flirting God on YouTube |publisher=VICE |date=2018-10-10|access-date=2018-10-10}}{{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/meghan-markle-awkwardly-laughs-off-tv-hosts-comments-about-her-hairless-body/news-story/8d32ee1ad5d6d532e4fe0b463c8e7494|title=Meghan Markle awkwardly laughs off TV host’s comments about her ‘hairless body’ |publisher=News.com.au |date=2018-05-28|access-date=2018-05-28}}{{Cite book|title=Riding the Elephant: A Memoir of Altercations, Humiliations, Hallucinations, and Observations|last=Ferguson|first=Craig|date=7 May 2019|publisher=Blue Rider Press|isbn=9780525533917|location=S.l.|language=en}}

• Live at the Tron{{Citation |title=Bing Hitler - Live At The Tron |date=1986 |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1195353-Bing-Hitler-Live-At-The-Tron |access-date=13 October 2023 |language=en}} (as Bing Hitler). Jammy Records. 1986. Catalogue number JRLP 861.
• Mental; Bing Hitler Is Dead? Polydor. 1988.
• A Big Stoatir.{{Citation |title=Craig Ferguson - A Big Stoatir |date=1990 |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/329556-Craig-Ferguson-A-Big-Stoatir |access-date=13 October 2023 |language=en}} Polydor. 1990.
• I'm Here to Help.{{Citation |title=Craig Ferguson - I'm Here To Help |date=2013 |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/2627807-Craig-Ferguson-Im-Here-To-Help |access-date=13 October 2023 |language=en}} New Wave Dynamics. 2013.
• Tickle Fight{{Citation |title=Craig Ferguson - Tickle Fight |date=7 September 2018 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/24386828-Craig-Ferguson-Tickle-Fight |access-date=13 October 2023 |language=en}} - 2018
• Hobo Fabulous{{Citation |title=Craig Ferguson - Hobo Fabulous |date=2020 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/18859432-Craig-Ferguson-Hobo-Fabulous |access-date=13 October 2023 |language=en}} - 2020

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• {{cite book |title=Between the Bridge and the River |publisher=Chronicle Books |first=Craig |last=Ferguson |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-8118-5375-0 }}
• {{cite book |title=American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot |publisher=HarperCollins |first=Craig |last=Ferguson |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-06-171954-7 }}
• Ferguson, Craig (2019). Riding the Elephant: A Memoir of Altercations, Humiliations, Hallucinations, and Observations. Penguin Group.

• {{Cite news |last=Laman |first=Lisa |date=3 February 2023 |title=How Craig Ferguson Changed the Late-Night Game Forever |url=https://collider.com/craig-ferguson-changed-late-night-tv/ |access-date=10 May 2023 |website=Collider |language=en}}

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