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Frank Cady
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Frank Cady
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1915-09-08,Susanville, California, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Although Frank Cady's most famous role would be that of 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. Cady 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.

Filmography

8.352

Rear Window
1954-08-01

Perfect Strangers

6.2

Perfect Strangers
1950-03-11

Let's Make It Legal

6.3

Let's Make It Legal
1951-10-31

Ace in the Hole

7.9

Ace in the Hole
1951-06-29

5.5

The Sellout
1952-05-30

It's a Great Feeling

5.9

It's a Great Feeling
1949-08-20

Experiment Alcatraz

6.5

Experiment Alcatraz
1950-11-21

7.115

The Bad Seed
1956-09-12

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

6.9

7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964-03-18

When Worlds Collide

6.336

When Worlds Collide
1951-09-14

Hearts of the West

5.4

Hearts of the West
1975-10-08

The Indian Fighter

6.3

The Indian Fighter
1955-12-21

0

Marry Me Again
1953-09-22

The Atomic City

5.2

The Atomic City
1952-05-01

6.3

Zandy's Bride
1974-05-19

Young Man with a Horn

6.3

Young Man with a Horn
1950-03-01

6.7

Trial
1955-10-07

The Next Voice You Hear...

5.7

The Next Voice You Hear...
1950-06-29

4

Dear Brat
1951-05-30

6.911

D.O.A.
1949-12-23

5.5

Half a Hero
1953-05-11

The Crooked Way

6.203

The Crooked Way
1949-04-22

5

Three Husbands
1950-11-10

The Checkered Coat

6.5

The Checkered Coat
1948-07-16

The Missouri Traveler

6.4

The Missouri Traveler
1958-01-21

6.2

Abandoned
1949-10-26

The Girl Most Likely

3.7

The Girl Most Likely
1958-02-05

5.6

Dial 1119
1950-11-03

The Asphalt Jungle

7.487

The Asphalt Jungle
1950-05-12

Return to Green Acres

2.5

Return to Green Acres
1990-05-18

1

Bungalow 13
1948-11-19

0

Special Agent
1949-07-22

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

6

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950-12-08

The Great Rupert

5.63

The Great Rupert
1950-03-01

He Walked by Night

6.617

He Walked by Night
1949-02-06

7

The Tin Star
1957-10-23

Sarge Goes to College

4

Sarge Goes to College
1947-05-13

The Million Dollar Duck

5.798

The Million Dollar Duck
1971-06-30

Three Violent People

6.1

Three Violent People
1956-12-01

Lightning Strikes Twice

5.7

Lightning Strikes Twice
1951-04-12

6

Pretty Baby
1950-09-16

Father of the Bride

7

Father of the Bride
1950-05-18

6.3

Convicted
1950-08-01

Hunt the Man Down

6.2

Hunt the Man Down
1950-12-26

Take One False Step

5.5

Take One False Step
1949-08-14

The History of Hooterville

0

The History of Hooterville
2005-10-19

4

Soup and Me
1978-02-04

The Man Who Understood Women

3.3

The Man Who Understood Women
1959-10-02

7

Flamingo Road
1949-04-30

The Boy and the Bronc Buster

0

The Boy and the Bronc Buster
1973-03-18

The Andy Griffith Show

7.603

The Andy Griffith Show
1960-10-03

The Great Adventure

0

The Great Adventure
1963-09-27

5.8

Cheyenne
1955-09-20

5.5

December Bride
1954-10-04

The Colgate Comedy Hour

6.833

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950-09-10

7.077

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

The Beverly Hillbillies

6.8

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962-09-26

7.7

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

6.6

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

General Electric Theater

6.25

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

5.2

Hawaiian Eye
1959-10-07

0

Glynis
1963-09-25

Weekend Special

7.571

Weekend Special
1977-09-10

6.2

Klondike
1960-10-10

7.2

Rawhide
1959-01-09

Dennis the Menace

6.5

Dennis the Menace
1959-10-04

6.467

The Virginian
1962-09-19

6.9

Hazel
1961-09-28

Pete and Gladys

6.5

Pete and Gladys
1960-09-19

Private Secretary

5

Private Secretary
1953-02-01

5.7

You Are There
1953-02-01

5.5

Grindl
1963-09-15

4

Guestward, Ho!
1960-09-29

5.5

The Alaskans
1959-10-04

4.8

Sugarfoot
1957-09-17

These Are the Days

3

These Are the Days
1974-09-07

Front Row Center

4

Front Row Center
1945-03-25

The Jane Wyman Show

4.8

The Jane Wyman Show
1955-08-30

6.8

Maverick
1957-09-22

Petticoat Junction

5.8

Petticoat Junction
1963-09-24

The Andy Griffith Show

7.603

The Andy Griffith Show
1960-10-03

7.3

Green Acres
1965-09-15

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

5.885

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952-10-03

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

5.885

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952-10-03

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

5.885

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952-10-03

5.1

AfterMASH
1983-09-26

7.3

Green Acres
1965-09-15

The Untouchables

7.9

The Untouchables
1959-10-15

6.4

Trackdown
1957-10-04

6.2

The Deputy
1959-09-12

5.3

Monster Squad
1976-09-11