Frank Cady

Frank Cady

Acting 1915-09-08 Susanville, California, USA

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.

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1990 Sam Drucker
1983 Gus Bell
1978 Mr. Sutter
1976 The Farmer
1975 Pa Tater
1974 Pa Allan
1973 Clothing Store Proprietor
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1971 Assayer
1968 Judge Bergstrom
1965 Sam Drucker
1965 Sam Drucker / Ben Drucker
1964 Mayor James Sargent
1963 Drover
1963
1963
1963 Sam Drucker
1962 Sam Drucker
1962 Mr. Hardy
1961
1960
1960 Farley Upchurch
1959 John Milstead
1959 Storekeeper
1959 Larry Croft
1959 Harry Rickert
1958 Willie Poole
1958 Pop
1957 Abe Pickett (uncredited)
1957 Joe Widlock / Hiram Widlock
1957 Jay Hollis
1957 Hamelin
1957 Bob-Tail
1957 Hiram
1956 Henry Daigle
1956 Doctor
1955 Trader Joe
1955 Canford (uncredited)
1955
1955 Webb
1954 Man on Fire Escape
1953 Dr. Day
1953 Mr. Watts
1953 George Hanson
1952 Bennie Amboy
1952 F.B.I. Agent George Weinberg
1952 Doctor Williams
1951 Ferguson
1951 Mr. Federber
1951 Harold Ferris
1951 Parole Officer Creavy
1951 Gas Station Man
1950 Geologist (uncredited)
1950 Max Henry
1950 Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1950 Bald Plant Worker in Locker Room (uncredited)
1950 Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1950 Fred Backett
1950 Night Clerk (uncredited)
1950 Harry (uncredited)
1950 Mr. Taney - Tax Investigator
1950 Janitor (uncredited)
1950 Timid Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)
1950 Eddie (uncredited)
1950 Showbox Puppeteer (uncredited)
1949 Oculist (uncredited)
1949 Eddie - Bartender (uncredited)
1949 Nolan - City Editor (uncredited)
1949 Motorist (uncredited)
1949 Pete Hammond
1949 Reporter (uncredited)
1949 Mr. Wentworth (uncredited)
1948 Skinner
1948 Gus Barton
1947 Prof. Edwards