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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| Organization | Category | Movie |
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Petticoat Junction
as Sam Drucker
Episodes: 222
First Aired: Sep 24, 1963
Green Acres
as Sam Drucker
Episodes: 128
First Aired: Sep 15, 1965
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Sam Drucker
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Sep 26, 1962
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Doc Williams
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Oct 03, 1952
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Dr. Williams
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 03, 1952
The Andy Griffith Show
as Luke
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1960
The Great Adventure
as Drover
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 27, 1963
Hawaii Five-O
as Judge Bergstrom
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1968
Perry Mason
as Joe Widlock / Hiram Widlock
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Gunsmoke
as Webb
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
General Electric Theater
as George Hanson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 01, 1953
Rawhide
as Storekeeper
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1959
The Virginian
as Mr. Hardy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
Sugarfoot
as Jay Hollis
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1957
Maverick
as Hamelin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1957
The Andy Griffith Show
as Farley Upchurch
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1960
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Doctor Williams
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1952
AfterMASH
as Gus Bell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1983
Green Acres
as Sam Drucker / Ben Drucker
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1965
The Untouchables
as Larry Croft
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1959
Trackdown
as Bob-Tail
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1957
These Are the Days
Episodes: 16
First Aired: Sep 07, 1974
Weekend Special
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Sep 10, 1977
December Bride
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 04, 1954
Cheyenne
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1955
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1950
Hawaiian Eye
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1959
Glynis
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1963
Klondike
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 1960
Dennis the Menace
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1959
Hazel
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 28, 1961
Pete and Gladys
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1960
Private Secretary
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 01, 1953
You Are There
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 01, 1953
Grindl
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1963
Guestward, Ho!
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1960
The Alaskans
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1959
The Deputy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1959
Front Row Center
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 25, 1945
The Jane Wyman Show
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 30, 1955
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