Frank Cady

Frank Cady

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

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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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Soup and Me
Family Comedy
Hawaii Five-O
Action & Adventure Drama
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Fantasy Family Western
Glynis
Comedy Drama
Rawhide
Western Drama
The Girl Most Likely
Comedy Romance Music
The Missouri Traveler
Drama Family Western
Maverick
Comedy Western
Perry Mason
Mystery Drama Crime
The Bad Seed
Thriller Drama Horror
Cheyenne
Western Drama
Gunsmoke
Western Action & Adventure Drama
Rear Window
Thriller Mystery
Half a Hero
Comedy Music
Let's Make It Legal
Comedy Drama Romance
Dear Brat
Comedy Romance
Lightning Strikes Twice
Thriller Mystery Crime Drama
Three Husbands
Comedy Romance
Dial 1119
Thriller Crime
Convicted
Crime Drama
Father of the Bride
Comedy Romance Drama
Young Man with a Horn
Drama Music Romance
D.O.A.
Mystery Thriller Crime
Abandoned
Crime Drama Thriller Mystery
Take One False Step
Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Special Agent
Thriller Crime Drama
Flamingo Road
Drama Romance
He Walked by Night
Drama Thriller Crime
  • name:Frank Cady
  • Known For:Acting
  • Gender:Male
  • Birthday:1915-09-08
  • Place of Birth:Susanville, California, USA
  • Also Known As: Frank Randolph Cady ·
  • 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.
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