
Frank Cady
Known for ActingBorn 1915-09-08Died 2012-06-08Susanville, California, USA
Frank Cady (September 8, 1915 – June 8, 2012) was an American actor. His most famous role was general-store owner Sam Drucker, one of the less-nutty residents of Hooterville in both Green Acres (1965) and Petticoat Junction (1963). He had a history as a film, stage, and television actor long before those shows, and also appeared on some radio programs including Gunsmoke. In the 1950s, Cady played Doc Williams in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952), along with numerous supporting parts in movies and also appeared in television commercials for (among other products) Shasta Grape Soda. Cady has been most prolific in television and was the only actor to play a recurring character on three TV sitcoms at the same time, The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), Green Acres (1965), and Petticoat Junction (1963). Usually cast as a gregarious small-town businessman, druggist, store clerk or other type of all-around Midwestern-type good guy, Cady was actually a California native, born in Susanville in 1915. The acting bug bit him when he sang in an elementary school play, and after graduating from Stanford University he headed to London, England, to train in the theater. When World War II broke out he was already in Europe, so he enlisted in the Army Air Force and spent the next several years in postings all over the continent. After his discharge he returned to the US and headed for Hollywood. An agent saw him in a local play, signed him, and he was on his way. One of his earlier--and more atypical--roles was as a seedy underworld character pulled in for questioning in a cop's murder in the noir classic He Walked by Night (1948), and he played a succession of hotel clerks, bureaucrats, henpecked husbands and the like for the next 40+ years. He did much television work from the mid-'50s onward. Cady resided in Wilsonville, Oregon and at the time of his death had two children, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.Read more
Movies & web series
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The Great Adventure
1963 · Series
Glynis
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Glynis
1963 · Series
Pal, Fugitive Dog
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Pal, Fugitive Dog
1950 · Movie
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Special Agent
1949 · Movie
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Rear Window
1954 · Movie
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The Checkered Coat
1948 · Movie
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Marry Me Again
1953 · Movie
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The Untouchables
1959 · Series
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Ace in the Hole
1951 · Movie
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Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Weekend Special
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Weekend Special
1977 · Series
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The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Series
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The Asphalt Jungle
1950 · Movie
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Green Acres
1965 · Series
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Hawaii Five-O
1968 · Series
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Rawhide
1959 · Series
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The Bad Seed
1956 · Movie
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The Tin Star
1957 · Movie
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7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964 · Movie
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Flamingo Road
1949 · Movie
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The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Series
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Maverick
1957 · Series
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Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950 · Movie
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Trial
1955 · Movie
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Father of the Bride
1950 · Movie
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Trackdown
1957 · Series
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Hazel
1961 · Series
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The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Series
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Experiment Alcatraz
1950 · Movie
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D.O.A.
1949 · Movie
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General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
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Pretty Baby
1950 · Movie
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The Missouri Traveler
1958 · Movie
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The Alaskans
1959 · Series
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Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
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He Walked by Night
1949 · Movie
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Klondike
1960 · Series
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Half a Hero
1953 · Movie
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Wagon Train
1957 · Series
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Dennis the Menace
1959 · Series
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The Virginian
1962 · Series
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Guestward, Ho!
1960 · Series
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The Deputy
1959 · Series
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Zandy's Bride
1974 · Movie
Front Row Center
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Front Row Center
1945 · Series
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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · Series
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The Indian Fighter
1955 · Movie
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Young Man with a Horn
1950 · Movie