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Frank Cady‌

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Birthday

calendar1915-09-08

Popularity

star4.6

Frank Cady

Susanville, California, USA

Frank Cady

Susanville, California, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1915-09-08

Popularity

star4.6

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.

Movie Credits

Rear Window

Rear Window‌
star8.4
calendar 1954

Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers‌
star6.2
calendar 1950

Let's Make It Legal

Let's Make It Legal‌
star6.3
calendar 1951

Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole‌
star7.8
calendar 1951

The Sellout

The Sellout‌
star5.5
calendar 1952

It's a Great Feeling

It's a Great Feeling‌
star5.9
calendar 1949

Experiment Alcatraz

Experiment Alcatraz‌
star6.5
calendar 1950

The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed‌
star7.1
calendar 1956

7 Faces of Dr. Lao

7 Faces of Dr. Lao‌
star6.9
calendar 1964

When Worlds Collide

When Worlds Collide‌
star6.3
calendar 1951

Hearts of the West

Hearts of the West‌
star5.4
calendar 1975

The Indian Fighter

The Indian Fighter‌
star6.1
calendar 1955

Marry Me Again

Marry Me Again‌
star0.0
calendar 1953

The Atomic City

The Atomic City‌
star5.2
calendar 1952

Zandy's Bride

Zandy's Bride‌
star6.3
calendar 1974

Young Man with a Horn

Young Man with a Horn‌
star6.2
calendar 1950

Trial

Trial‌
star6.7
calendar 1955

The Next Voice You Hear...

The Next Voice You Hear...‌
star5.7
calendar 1950

Dear Brat

Dear Brat‌
star4.0
calendar 1951

D.O.A.

D.O.A.‌
star6.9
calendar 1949

Half a Hero

Half a Hero‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

The Crooked Way

The Crooked Way‌
star6.3
calendar 1949

Three Husbands

Three Husbands‌
star5.0
calendar 1950

The Checkered Coat

The Checkered Coat‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

The Missouri Traveler

The Missouri Traveler‌
star6.4
calendar 1958

Abandoned

Abandoned‌
star6.2
calendar 1949

The Girl Most Likely

The Girl Most Likely‌
star3.7
calendar 1958

Dial 1119

Dial 1119‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle‌
star7.5
calendar 1950

Return to Green Acres

Return to Green Acres‌
star2.5
calendar 1990

Bungalow 13

Bungalow 13‌
star1.0
calendar 1948

Special Agent

Special Agent‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

The Great Rupert

The Great Rupert‌
star5.8
calendar 1950

He Walked by Night

He Walked by Night‌
star6.7
calendar 1949

The Tin Star

The Tin Star‌
star7.0
calendar 1957

Sarge Goes to College

Sarge Goes to College‌
star4.0
calendar 1947

The Million Dollar Duck

The Million Dollar Duck‌
star5.7
calendar 1971

Three Violent People

Three Violent People‌
star6.1
calendar 1956

Lightning Strikes Twice

Lightning Strikes Twice‌
star5.7
calendar 1951

Pretty Baby

Pretty Baby‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride‌
star7.0
calendar 1950

Convicted

Convicted‌
star6.3
calendar 1950

Hunt the Man Down

Hunt the Man Down‌
star6.2
calendar 1950

Take One False Step

Take One False Step‌
star5.4
calendar 1949

The History of Hooterville

The History of Hooterville‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

Soup and Me

Soup and Me‌
star4.0
calendar 1978

The Man Who Understood Women

The Man Who Understood Women‌
star3.6
calendar 1959

Flamingo Road

Flamingo Road‌
star7.0
calendar 1949

Tv Credits

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show‌
star7.6
calendar 1960

The Great Adventure

The Great Adventure‌
star0.0
calendar 1963

Cheyenne

Cheyenne‌
star5.8
calendar 1955

December Bride

December Bride‌
star5.5
calendar 1954

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour‌
star7.0
calendar 1950

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies‌
star6.9
calendar 1962

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Hawaiian Eye

Hawaiian Eye‌
star5.0
calendar 1959

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Glynis

Glynis‌
star0.0
calendar 1963

Weekend Special

Weekend Special‌
star7.2
calendar 1977

Klondike

Klondike‌
star6.3
calendar 1960

Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace‌
star6.7
calendar 1959

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

Hazel

Hazel‌
star7.0
calendar 1961

Pete and Gladys

Pete and Gladys‌
star6.5
calendar 1960

Private Secretary

Private Secretary‌
star5.0
calendar 1953

You Are There

You Are There‌
star5.7
calendar 1953

Grindl

Grindl‌
star5.5
calendar 1963

Guestward, Ho!

Guestward, Ho!‌
star4.0
calendar 1960

The Deputy

The Deputy‌
star6.2
calendar 1959

The Alaskans

The Alaskans‌
star5.5
calendar 1959

Sugarfoot

Sugarfoot‌
star4.2
calendar 1957

These Are the Days

These Are the Days‌
star5.0
calendar 1974

Front Row Center

Front Row Center‌
star4.0
calendar 1945

The Jane Wyman Show

The Jane Wyman Show‌
star2.7
calendar 1955

Maverick

Maverick‌
star6.8
calendar 1957

Petticoat Junction

Petticoat Junction‌
star5.8
calendar 1963

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show‌
star7.6
calendar 1960

Green Acres

Green Acres‌
star7.3
calendar 1965

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet‌
star6.0
calendar 1952

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet‌
star6.0
calendar 1952

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet‌
star6.0
calendar 1952

AfterMASH

AfterMASH‌
star5.1
calendar 1983

Green Acres

Green Acres‌
star7.3
calendar 1965