Duggie Ferguson

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Douglas "William" Ferguson
Alias	Duggie Ferguson Crusher Mr. Ferguson Duggie
Origin	Coronation Street
Occupation	Pub landlord
Powers / Skills	Charisma Deception Intelligence Exceptional business practicing
Hobby	Expanding his business projections even if that means going illegitimate to do so.
Goals	Succeed in a potentially profitable business partnership with Richard Hillman (failed).
Crimes	Conspiracy Fraud Theft Attempted betrayal
Type of Villain	Affable Opportunitist

Duggie Ferguson is a fictional character and anti-hero of the ITV British Soap Opera Coronation Street.

The character was portrayed by John Bowe, who later played Lawrence White in Emmerdale.

Biography

Duggie Ferguson first came to Weatherfied in 1998 to make amends with his estranged son Tom, who blamed him for his mother's death. In the end Tom refused to play happy families and he left to get away from his father, which left Duggie devasated.

As he settled himself into the street, Duggie became the new landlord of The Rovers Return Inn public house. He soon made an enemy out of Toyah Battersby after having both her and her friend Phil Simmonds illegally evicted from their homes. Even after Phil was rendered homeless Duggie was unrepentant about his actions. Toyah and Phil went to the press with how Duggie had been evicting his poor tenants and converting his flats into ones suitable for yuppies to make a profit. This caused Duggie's financial downfall and ruined his relationship with Debs Bronlow who had an affair with Vinny Sorell.

When the pub was put on sale, Duggie bought it from Natalie Barnes after getting money from investors Mike Baldwin and his friend Fred Elliott. He convinced them to sell their shares to a mysterious buyer, but it later turned out that Duggie was the buyer himself.

In 2002, Duggie went into partnership with financial advisor Richard Hillman converting old flats. Duggie cut corners in order to save money, such as putting in poor fittings on the landings. This ended up being his downfall, as one night he fell over the edge of the landing and was injured following an argument with Richard. Although Richard came close to phoning the police, he decided against it in order to severe loose ends with his business partner. The following money, Duggie is found dead by Richard's horrified partner Gail Platt. Richard allowing Duggie to die wouldn't come out until the following year when he confessed it to Gail along with his other crimes (including two counts of murder).

Trivia

• He appeared in a total of 250 appearances during his time on the show.
• Duggie could be seen as the unintentional overarching antagonist of Richard Hillman's serial killer storyline, as it was him getting Richard involved in the dodgy flats that caused the latter's debt issues and going down a darker path as a murderer.