1915-09-08 ( 109 years old ) in 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.
Movies
The History of Hooterville
2005-10-19
Return to Green Acres
1990-05-18
Soup and Me
1978-02-04
Hearts of the West
1975-10-08
Zandy's Bride
1974-05-19
The Million Dollar Duck
1971-06-30
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964-03-18
The Man Who Understood Women
1959-10-02
The Girl Most Likely
1958-02-05
The Missouri Traveler
1958-01-21
The Tin Star
1957-10-23
Three Violent People
1956-12-01
The Bad Seed
1956-09-12
The Indian Fighter
1955-12-21
Trial
1955-10-07
Rear Window
1954-08-01
Marry Me Again
1953-09-22
Half a Hero
1953-05-11
The Sellout
1952-05-30
The Atomic City
1952-05-01
Let's Make It Legal
1951-10-31
When Worlds Collide
1951-09-14
Ace in the Hole
1951-06-29
Dear Brat
1951-05-30
Lightning Strikes Twice
1951-04-12
Hunt the Man Down
1950-12-26
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950-12-08
Experiment Alcatraz
1950-11-21
Three Husbands
1950-11-10
Dial 1119
1950-11-03
Pretty Baby
1950-09-16
Convicted
1950-08-01
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950-06-29
Father of the Bride
1950-05-18
The Asphalt Jungle
1950-05-12
Perfect Strangers
1950-03-11
Young Man with a Horn
1950-03-01
The Great Rupert
1950-03-01
D.O.A.
1949-12-23
Abandoned
1949-10-26
Take One False Step
1949-08-14
It's a Great Feeling
1949-08-01
Special Agent
1949-07-22
Flamingo Road
1949-04-30
The Crooked Way
1949-04-22
He Walked by Night
1949-02-06
Bungalow 13
1948-11-19
The Checkered Coat
1948-07-16
Sarge Goes to College
1947-05-13
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