Frank Cady

Frank Cady

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: Acting
Birthday: 1915-09-08
Place of Birth: Susanville, California, USA
Also Known As: Frank Randolph Cady

Movies List of Frank Cady

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Rear Window

1954 Movie
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Perfect Strangers

1950 Movie
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Let's Make It Legal

1951 Movie
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Ace in the Hole

1951 Movie
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The Sellout

1952 Movie
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It's a Great Feeling

1949 Movie
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Experiment Alcatraz

1950 Movie
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The Bad Seed

1956 Movie
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7 Faces of Dr. Lao

1964 Movie
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When Worlds Collide

1951 Movie
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Hearts of the West

1975 Movie
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The Indian Fighter

1955 Movie
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Marry Me Again

1953 Movie
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The Atomic City

1952 Movie
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Zandy's Bride

1974 Movie
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Young Man with a Horn

1950 Movie
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Trial

1955 Movie
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Dear Brat

1951 Movie
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D.O.A.

1949 Movie
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Half a Hero

1953 Movie
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The Crooked Way

1949 Movie
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Three Husbands

1950 Movie
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The Checkered Coat

1948 Movie
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The Missouri Traveler

1958 Movie
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Abandoned

1949 Movie
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The Girl Most Likely

1958 Movie
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Dial 1119

1950 Movie
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The Asphalt Jungle

1950 Movie
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Return to Green Acres

1990 Movie
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Bungalow 13

1948 Movie
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Special Agent

1949 Movie
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The Great Rupert

1950 Movie
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He Walked by Night

1949 Movie
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The Tin Star

1957 Movie
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Sarge Goes to College

1947 Movie
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Three Violent People

1956 Movie
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Pretty Baby

1950 Movie
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Father of the Bride

1950 Movie
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Convicted

1950 Movie
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Hunt the Man Down

1950 Movie
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Take One False Step

1949 Movie
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Soup and Me

1978 Movie
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Flamingo Road

1949 Movie