Frank Cady
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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.
Known for
Credits
Rear Window (1954)
as Man on Fire Escape
He Walked by Night (1949)
as Pete Hammond
Ace in the Hole (1951)
as Mr. Federber
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
as Night Clerk (uncredited)
Father of the Bride (1950)
as Timid Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)
D.O.A. (1949)
as Eddie - Bartender (uncredited)
The Bad Seed (1956)
as Henry Daigle
Zandy's Bride (1974)
as Pa Allan
Trial (1955)
as Canford (uncredited)
The Million Dollar Duck (1971)
as Assayer
Special Agent (1949)
as Motorist (uncredited)
The Tin Star (1957)
as Abe Pickett (uncredited)
When Worlds Collide (1951)
as Harold Ferris
Three Violent People (1956)
as Doctor
The History of Hooterville (2005)
as Self
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Half a Hero (1953)
as Mr. Watts
The Indian Fighter (1955)
as Trader Joe
Flamingo Road (1949)
Actor
Let's Make It Legal (1951)
as Ferguson
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
as Oculist (uncredited)
Take One False Step (1949)
as Reporter (uncredited)
Hearts of the West (1975)
as Pa Tater
7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
as Mayor James Sargent
The Checkered Coat (1948)
as Skinner
Convicted (1950)
as Eddie (uncredited)
Hunt the Man Down (1950)
as Showbox Puppeteer (uncredited)
The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
as John Milstead
Soup and Me (1978)
as Mr. Sutter
The Great Rupert (1950)
as Mr. Taney - Tax Investigator
The Crooked Way (1949)
Actor
The Girl Most Likely (1958)
as Pop
The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949)
as Mr. Wentworth (uncredited)
The Next Voice You Hear... (1950)
as Bald Plant Worker in Locker Room (uncredited)
Pretty Baby (1950)
as Janitor (uncredited)
Abandoned (1949)
as Nolan - City Editor (uncredited)
Three Husbands (1950)
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Pal, Fugitive Dog (1950)
as Doctor
The Atomic City (1952)
as F.B.I. Agent George Weinberg
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)
as Gas Station Man
Sarge Goes to College (1947)
as Prof. Edwards
Dear Brat (1951)
as Parole Officer Creavy
Return to Green Acres (1990)
as Sam Drucker
The Missouri Traveler (1958)
as Willie Poole
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)
as Harry (uncredited)
The Sellout (1952)
as Bennie Amboy
Bungalow 13 (1948)
as Gus Barton
Perfect Strangers (1950)
as Geologist (uncredited)
Experiment Alcatraz (1950)
as Max Henry
The Boy and the Bronc Buster (1973)
as Clothing Store Proprietor
Dial 1119 (1950)
as Fred Backett (uncredited)
Marry Me Again (1953)
as Dr. Day