Frank Cady
Sep 8, 1915 — Jun 8, 2012 (96 years)
Susanville, California, USA
45 Movies
20 Series
A career spanning 79+ years and 65+ titles makes Frank Cady one of the trade's long-distance runners. his Man on Fire Escape in 'Rear Window' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Drama has been his most frequent territory.
96R.I.P.
45Movies
20Series
Frank Cady
45 Movies
20 Series
A career spanning 79+ years and 65+ titles makes Frank Cady one of the trade's long-distance runners. his Man on Fire Escape in 'Rear Window' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Drama has been his most frequent territory.
96 R.I.P.
R.I.P.
45
Movies
20
Series
Movies
Rear Window
1954
The Bad Seed
1956
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
When Worlds Collide
1951
Ace in the Hole
1951
Zandy's Bride
1974
Three Violent People
1956
The Tin Star
1957
The Million Dollar Duck
1971
Trial
1955
The Indian Fighter
1955
He Walked by Night
1949
Hearts of the West
1975
Half a Hero
1953
The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949
Young Man with a Horn
1950
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
1964
Let's Make It Legal
1951
Lightning Strikes Twice
1951
It's a Great Feeling
1949
Perfect Strangers
1950
Pretty Baby
1950
Hunt the Man Down
1950
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950
D.O.A.
1949
Three Husbands
1950
The Missouri Traveler
1958
The Girl Most Likely
1958
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
The Atomic City
1952
Dial 1119
1950
Convicted
1950
The Great Rupert
1950
Dear Brat
1951
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950
Take One False Step
1949
Soup and Me
1978
The Sellout
1952
Experiment Alcatraz
1950
Abandoned
1949
Sarge Goes to College
1947
Bungalow 13
1948
TV Shows
Petticoat Junction
1963
Green Acres
1965
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
The Great Adventure
1963
Gunsmoke
1955
Perry Mason
1957
General Electric Theater
1953
The Virginian
1962
Sugarfoot
1957
Maverick
1957
AfterMASH
1983
The Untouchables
1959
Trackdown
1957
The Deputy
1959
Monster Squad
1976
Wagon Train
1957
The Danny Thomas Show
1953
The Real McCoys
1957
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AfterMASH
Gus Bell
1983–1984
TV
Soup and Me
Mr. Sutter
1978
Film
Monster Squad
The Farmer
1976
TV
Hearts of the West
Pa Tater
1975
Film
Zandy's Bride
Pa Allan
1974
Film
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
Clothing Store Proprietor
1973
Film
The Million Dollar Duck
Assayer
1971
Film
Green Acres
Sam Drucker
1965–
TV
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Mayor James Sargent
1964
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Frank Cady still alive?
Frank Cady passed away on June 8, 2012 at age 96.
What are the most famous roles of Frank Cady?
Frank Cady is best known for roles in Rear Window, Ace in the Hole, The Asphalt Jungle.
How many movies has Frank Cady been in?
Over a 65-year career (since 1947), Frank Cady has appeared in 52 movies and 41 TV shows.
What was Frank Cady's first movie?
The career of Frank Cady began with Sarge Goes to College (1947).
What is Frank Cady's most recent movie or series?
Frank Cady's most recent release is The History of Hooterville, which premiered on October 19, 2005.
What TV shows has Frank Cady appeared in?
On television, Frank Cady has appeared in The Andy Griffith Show, Hawaii Five-O, Perry Mason, The Untouchables.
Frank Cady
1915-09-08 · Susanville, California, USA
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.