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Frank Cady
Born: 8th Sep 1915 Susanville, California, USA - Died 8th Jun 2012
Dept: Acting
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.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 93
Film: 52 (56%)
Television: 41 (44%)
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Filmography
2005
Documentary and interviews with the cast of Petticoat Junction and stories of the show's production. ... view
Character:
Self
1990
Tv movie that reunites most the show's cast members. The Douglases move back to New York. But when Haney tries to get everyone's property so that a de ... view
Character:
Sam Drucker
Sep 1983 (first aired)
AfterMASH is an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from September 26, 1983, to December 11, 1984. A spin-off of the series M*A*S*H, the show ... view
Character:
Gus Bell (1 ep.)
1978
On the day of the Halloween party, Soup and Rob are finding plenty of ways to get into trouble: swimming in a local pond (though their mothers prohibi ... view
Character:
Mr. Sutter
Sep 1977 (first aired)
The ABC Weekend Special is a weekly 30-minute anthology TV series for children that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997. It featured a wi ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (4 ep.)
Sep 1976 (first aired)
Monster Squad is a television series that aired Saturday mornings on NBC from 1976-1977 that is unrelated to the later movie of the same name.
The se ... view
Character:
The Farmer (1 ep.)
1975
Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. When he goes west to find his dream he finds himself in possession ... view
Character:
Pa Tater
Sep 1974 (first aired)
The show was set at the turn of the 20th century, in an old town called Elmsville. It portrayed the everyday lives of the Day family, which consisted ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (16 ep.)
1974
Zandy Allan purchases a mail-order bride, Hannah Lund. He treats her as a possession, without respect or humanity, until their shared ordeal as they s ... view
Character:
Pa Allan
1973
An orphan teen (Vincent Van Patten) follows a rider (Earl Holliman) on the rodeo circuit, unaware his hero is wanted for murder. ... view
Character:
Clothing Store Proprietor
1971
Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a toy for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs. ... view
Character:
Assayer
Sep 1968 (first aired)
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired ... view
Character:
Judge Bergstrom (1 ep.)
Sep 1965 (first aired)
Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by Fil ... view
Character:
Sam Drucker (128 ep.)
Sam Drucker / Ben Drucker (1 ep.)
Unknown/various (26 ep.)
1964
An old Chinese man rides into the town of Abalone, Arizona and changes it forever, as the citizens see themselves reflected in the mirror of Lao's mys ... view
Character:
Mayor James Sargent
Sep 1963 (first aired)
The Great Adventure is a historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963-1964 television season. The series, narrated each week by Van H ... view
Character:
Drover (1 ep.)
Sep 1963 (first aired)
Glynis is an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from September 25 to December 18, 1963. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1963 (first aired)
The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel. ... view
Character:
Sam Drucker (222 ep.)
Sep 1963 (first aired)
Grindl is an American situation comedy that began in the fall of 1963 on NBC, originally sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The show, starring Imogene Coc ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1962 (first aired)
Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of co ... view
Character:
Sam Drucker (10 ep.)
Sep 1962 (first aired)
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is ... view
Character:
Mr. Hardy (1 ep.)
Sep 1961 (first aired)
Hazel is an American sitcom about a fictional live-in maid named Hazel Burke and her employers, the Baxters. The five-season, 154-episode series aired ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 1960 (first aired)
Klondike is a 17-episode half-hour American Western television series starring Ralph Taeger and James Coburn that aired on NBC. The series premiered o ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 1960 (first aired)
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sher ... view
Character:
Luke (1 ep.)
Farley Upchurch (1 ep.)
Sep 1960 (first aired)
Guestward, Ho! is an American situation comedy which aired on the ABC network in the 1960-1961 television season, based on the 1956 book of the same t ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1960 (first aired)
Pete and Gladys is an American situation comedy television series starring Harry Morgan and Cara Williams that aired on CBS on Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Ea ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 1959 (first aired)
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago. ... view
Character:
Larry Croft (1 ep.)
Oct 1959 (first aired)
Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they work both hotel security and are hired by others to look ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 1959 (first aired)
The Alaskans is a 1959-1960 ABC/Warner Brothers western television series set during the late 1890s in the port of Skagway, Alaska. The show features ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 1959 (first aired)
This 1959-1963 television situation comedy series follows the lives of the Mitchell family, Henry, Alice, and their only child Dennis, an energetic, t ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1959
A film director turns his actress wife into a star, leading to marital problems. ... view
Character:
John Milstead
Sep 1959 (first aired)
The Deputy is an American western series that aired on NBC from September 1959, to July 1961. The series stars Henry Fonda as Chief Marshal Simon Fry ... view
Character:
Harry Rickert (1 ep.)
Jan 1959 (first aired)
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventu ... view
Character:
Storekeeper (1 ep.)
Oct 1958 (first aired)
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 a ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1958
Dodie dreams of marrying a millionaire so that she can live 'the life'. Buzz, her boyfriend, however, is not rich as he is a salesman for a housing de ... view
Character:
Pop
1958
Byron Turner, a 15-year-old runaway from the Eatondale Orphan Asylum, receives a ride into the rural Missouri town of Delphi with rich land-owner Tobi ... view
Character:
Willie Poole
1957
An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge. ... view
Character:
Abe Pickett (uncredited)
Oct 1957 (first aired)
Trackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS between 1957 and 1959. More than seventy episodes of this se ... view
Character:
Bob-Tail (1 ep.)
Oct 1957 (first aired)
The Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto Productions", in association with Walter Brennan and Irving Pin ... view
Character:
Ed Oliver (1 ep.)
Sep 1957 (first aired)
The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than me ... view
Character:
Hamelin (1 ep.)
Sep 1957 (first aired)
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent. ... view
Character:
Joe Widlock / Hiram Widlock (1 ep.)
Sep 1957 (first aired)
The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert ... view
Character:
Hiram (1 ep.)
Sep 1957 (first aired)
Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The series stars Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster, an Easterner w ... view
Character:
Jay Hollis (1 ep.)
1956
A rancher, his shady bride and his one-armed brother fight amid carpetbaggers in Texas. ... view
Character:
Doctor
1956
Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps he ... view
Character:
Henry Daigle
1955
A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter. ... view
Character:
Trader Joe
1955
A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A courtroom drama set in 1947 and underlying post-WW2 acute pr ... view
Character:
Canford (uncredited)
Sep 1955 (first aired)
Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawma ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1955 (first aired)
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place ... view
Character:
Webb (1 ep.)
Aug 1955 (first aired)
The Jane Wyman Show is an American anthology drama series that ran on NBC from 1955 to 1958. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 1954 (first aired)
December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series th ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (2 ep.)
1954
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder. ... view
Character:
Man on Fire Escape
Sep 1953 (first aired)
Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results. ... view
Character:
Will Hoople - Town Drunk (1 ep.)
1953
Bill, a jet pilot hero from the Korean War, returns home with intentions of marrying his sweetheart, Doris. But Doris has inherited a million dollars ... view
Character:
Dr. Day
Character:
Mr. Watts
Feb 1953 (first aired)
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponso ... view
Character:
George Hanson (1 ep.)
Feb 1953 (first aired)
Private Secretary is an American sitcom that aired from February 1, 1953 to September 10, 1957 on CBS, alternating with The Jack Benny Program on Sund ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Feb 1953 (first aired)
You Are There is an American historical educational television and radio series broadcast over the CBS Radio and CBS Television networks. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 1952 (first aired)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 through March 26, 1966, starring the real life Nelson fa ... view
Character:
Dr. Williams (2 ep.)
Doctor Williams (1 ep.)
Doc Williams (11 ep.)
1952
A small-town newspaper editor risks everything to expose a corrupt sheriff. ... view
Character:
Bennie Amboy
1952
Spies hold the son of a nuclear physicist (Gene Barry) hostage in exchange for the Los Alamos bomb formula. ... view
Character:
F.B.I. Agent George Weinberg
1951
A woman divorces her husband of 20 years because he gambles too much. ... view
Character:
Ferguson
1951
When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enou ... view
Character:
Harold Ferris
1951
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career. ... view
Character:
Mr. Federber
1951
Mirian Wilkins, the teenage daughter of Senator Wilkins, starts a Society for the Rehabilitation of Criminals and, without the approval or knowledge o ... view
Character:
Parole Officer Creavy
1951
Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wi ... view
Character:
Gas Station Man
1950
A lawyer uncovers secrets behind a 12-year-old murder case. ... view
Character:
Showbox Puppeteer (uncredited)
1950
Harriet O'Malley tries to solve a murder aboard a train en route to New York. ... view
Character:
Harry (uncredited)
1950
A doctor testing drugs on convicts gets mixed up in a murder investigation. ... view
Character:
Max Henry
1950
When a recently deceased playboy gets to heaven and is granted one wish--granted to all newcomers--he requests that he be able to see the reactions of ... view
Character:
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1950
A deranged killer escapes from a mental institution. Intent on locating the psychiatrist whose testimony sent him to the asylum, he holds the patrons ... view
Character:
Fred Backett (uncredited)
1950
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway. ... view
Character:
Janitor (uncredited)
Sep 1950 (first aired)
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notab ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
1950
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted. ... view
Character:
Eddie (uncredited)
1950
The Next Voice You Hear... (1950) is a drama film in which a voice claiming to be that of God preempts all radio programs for days all over the world. ... view
Character:
Bald Plant Worker in Locker Room (uncredited)
1950
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, ... view
Character:
Timid Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)
1950
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of v ... view
Character:
Night Clerk (uncredited)
1950
Romance at a murder trial with a pair of sequestered jurors who are the only ones who think that the woman in the dock is innocent. Separated from the ... view
Character:
Geologist (uncredited)
1950
Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday wil ... view
Character:
Mr. Taney - Tax Investigator
1950
Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jazz instead of the commercial gigs he lands, whilst ... view
Character:
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1949
Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determi ... view
Character:
Eddie - Bartender (uncredited)
1949
Jennifer Smith heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company and her reputation for honesty is her greatest asset. While out boating one day she encounters ... view
Character:
Mr. Wentworth (uncredited)
1949
A Los Angeles newspaperman seeks a woman's sister and finds a black-market baby ring. ... view
Character:
Nolan - City Editor (uncredited)
1949
A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and ... view
Character:
Oculist (uncredited)
1949
Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that ... view
Character:
Reporter (uncredited)
1949
A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express. ... view
Character:
Motorist (uncredited)
1949
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society. ... view
Character:
1949
A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his crimin ... view
Character:
1949
Roy Martin aka Roy Morgan is a burglar and former war-time Radio & Electronics Engineer who listens in to radio police calls, allowing him to stay one ... view
Character:
Pete Hammond
1948
In this detective drama, a gumshoe must find a priceless hunk of jade. His several leads evaporate when the police succeed in killing all of the suspe ... view
Character:
Gus Barton
1948
A psychiatrist tries to help a patient who loses consciousness after he kills someone. When the doctor provides the patient with a letter that explain ... view
Character:
Skinner
1947
A Marine Sergeant wounded in overseas combat requires an operation, and the Navy psychiatrist recommends that ‘Sarge’ be given a few weeks’ rest ... view
Character:
Prof. Edwards
Mar 1945 (first aired)
Broadway plays are presented live in condensed one hour versions. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)