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Frank Cady
Frank Cady
96 years (Sep 8, 1915 – Jun 8, 2012)
Susanville, California, USA
45 Movies
21 TV Shows

Frank Cady

Frank Cady is a screen veteran of the old school who arrived well before the current crop and stayed. 'Ace in the Hole' belongs on any short list of his work. The career opened quietly, the way most long ones do. If the filmography has a home genre, it is drama. The career has been split between cinema and television rather than settled in either. 'Rear Window' is the title most people reach for first, with Man on Fire Escape at the center of it.
Frank Cady is a screen veteran of the old school who arrived well before the current crop and stayed. 'Ace in the Hole' belongs on any short list of his work. The career opened quietly, the way most long ones do. If the filmography has a home genre, it is drama. The career has been split between cinema and television rather than settled in either. 'Rear Window' is the title most people reach for first, with Man on Fire Escape at the center of it.
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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 45 movies and 21 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, The Untouchables, Perry Mason.
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Frank Cady
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.

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