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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 8, 1915
Died
June 8, 2012
Place of Birth
Susanville, California, USA
Also Known As
- Frank Randolph Cady
Frank Cady
0.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
0.0
Self
The History of Hooterville
2005
2.3
Sam Drucker
Return to Green Acres
1990
5.1
Gus Bell
AfterMASH
1983
3.3
Mr. Sutter
Soup and Me
1978
🎬
7.6
Weekend Special
1977
5.3
The Farmer
Monster Squad
1976
5.6
Pa Tater
Hearts of the West
1975
3.0
These Are the Days
1974
6.2
Pa Allan
Zandy's Bride
1974
0.0
Clothing Store Proprietor
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
1973
Credits
The History of Hooterville
as Self
2005
0.0
Return to Green Acres
as Sam Drucker
1990
2.3
AfterMASH
as Gus Bell
1983
5.1
Soup and Me
as Mr. Sutter
1978
3.3
🎬
Weekend Special
1977
7.6
Monster Squad
as The Farmer
1976
5.3
Hearts of the West
as Pa Tater
1975
5.6
These Are the Days
1974
3.0
Zandy's Bride
as Pa Allan
1974
6.2
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
as Clothing Store Proprietor
1973
0.0
The Million Dollar Duck
as Assayer
1971
5.8
Hawaii Five-O
as Judge Bergstrom
1968
7.1
Green Acres
as Sam Drucker
1965
7.3
Green Acres
as Sam Drucker / Ben Drucker
1965
7.3
Green Acres
1965
7.3
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
as Mayor James Sargent
1964
6.9
The Great Adventure
as Drover
1963
0.0
🎬
Glynis
1963
0.0
Petticoat Junction
as Sam Drucker
1963
5.7
🎬
Grindl
1963
5.5
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Sam Drucker
1962
6.9
The Virginian
as Mr. Hardy
1962
6.4
Hazel
1961
6.8
Klondike
1960
6.2
The Andy Griffith Show
as Luke
1960
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
as Farley Upchurch
1960
7.6
Guestward, Ho!
1960
4.0
Pete and Gladys
1960
6.0
The Untouchables
as Larry Croft
1959
7.8
Hawaiian Eye
1959
5.2
Dennis the Menace
1959
6.5
The Alaskans
1959
5.5
The Man Who Understood Women
as John Milstead
1959
3.0
The Deputy
as Harry Rickert
1959
6.2
Rawhide
as Storekeeper
1959
7.2
The Girl Most Likely
as Pop
1958
2.6
The Missouri Traveler
as Willie Poole
1958
6.4
The Tin Star
as Abe Pickett (uncredited)
1957
7.0
Trackdown
as Bob-Tail
1957
6.4
Maverick
as Hamelin
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Joe Widlock / Hiram Widlock
1957
7.7
Wagon Train
as Hiram
1957
6.6
Sugarfoot
as Jay Hollis
1957
4.8
Three Violent People
as Doctor
1956
5.9
The Bad Seed
as Henry Daigle
1956
7.1
The Indian Fighter
as Trader Joe
1955
6.2
Trial
as Canford (uncredited)
1955
6.8
Cheyenne
1955
6.0
Gunsmoke
as Webb
1955
6.6
🎬
The Jane Wyman Show
1955
4.8
December Bride
1954
5.5
Rear Window
as Man on Fire Escape
1954
8.3
Marry Me Again
as Dr. Day
1953
0.0
Half a Hero
as Mr. Watts
1953
5.5
You Are There
1953
5.7
Private Secretary
1953
5.0
General Electric Theater
as George Hanson
1953
6.4
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Dr. Williams
1952
5.9
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Doctor Williams
1952
5.9
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Doc Williams
1952
5.9
The Sellout
as Bennie Amboy
1952
5.1
The Atomic City
as F.B.I. Agent George Weinberg
1952
5.4
Let's Make It Legal
as Ferguson
1951
5.4
When Worlds Collide
as Harold Ferris
1951
6.3
Ace in the Hole
as Mr. Federber
1951
7.9
Dear Brat
as Parole Officer Creavy
1951
3.3
Lightning Strikes Twice
as Gas Station Man
1951
5.5
Hunt the Man Down
as Showbox Puppeteer (uncredited)
1950
6.2
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
as Harry (uncredited)
1950
6.0
Experiment Alcatraz
as Max Henry
1950
6.5
Three Husbands
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1950
5.0
Dial 1119
as Fred Backett
1950
5.4
Pretty Baby
as Janitor (uncredited)
1950
6.0
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
Convicted
as Eddie (uncredited)
1950
6.0
The Next Voice You Hear...
as Bald Plant Worker in Locker Room (uncredited)
1950
5.2
Father of the Bride
as Timid Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)
1950
7.0
The Asphalt Jungle
as Night Clerk (uncredited)
1950
7.5
Perfect Strangers
as Geologist (uncredited)
1950
5.4
Young Man with a Horn
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1950
6.4
The Great Rupert
as Mr. Taney - Tax Investigator
1950
5.6
D.O.A.
as Eddie - Bartender (uncredited)
1949
6.9
The Lady Takes a Sailor
as Mr. Wentworth (uncredited)
1949
4.3
Abandoned
as Nolan - City Editor (uncredited)
1949
6.2
It's a Great Feeling
as Oculist (uncredited)
1949
5.8
Take One False Step
as Reporter (uncredited)
1949
5.2
Special Agent
as Motorist (uncredited)
1949
0.0
Flamingo Road
1949
7.0
The Crooked Way
1949
6.2
He Walked by Night
as Pete Hammond
1949
6.7
Bungalow 13
as Gus Barton
1948
1.0
The Checkered Coat
as Skinner
1948
6.5
Sarge Goes to College
as Prof. Edwards
1947
3.3
🎬
Front Row Center
1945
4.0