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.

Filmography

• 1990Return to Green Acres — Sam Drucker
• AfterMASH — Gus Bell
• 1978Soup and Me — Mr. Sutter
• ABC Weekend Specials
• Monster Squad — The Farmer
• 1975Hearts of the West — Pa Tater
• These Are the Days
• 1974Zandy's Bride — Pa Allan
• 1973The Boy and the Bronc Buster — Clothing Store Proprietor
• 1971The Million Dollar Duck — Assayer
• Hawaii Five-O — Judge Bergstrom
• Green Acres — Sam Drucker
• 19647 Faces of Dr. Lao — Mayor James Sargent
• Glynis
• Grindl
• Petticoat Junction — Sam Drucker
• The Great Adventure — Drover
• The Beverly Hillbillies — Sam Drucker
• The Virginian — Mr. Hardy
• Hazel
• Guestward, Ho!
• Klondike
• Pete and Gladys
• The Andy Griffith Show — Luke, Farley Upchurch
• Dennis the Menace
• Hawaiian Eye
• Rawhide — Storekeeper
• The Alaskans
• The Deputy — Harry Rickert
• 1959The Man Who Understood Women — John Milstead
• The Untouchables — Larry Croft
• 1958The Girl Most Likely — Pop
• 1958The Missouri Traveler — Willie Poole
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
• Maverick — Hamelin
• Perry Mason — Joe Widlock / Hiram Widlock
• Sugarfoot — Jay Hollis
• The Real McCoys — Ed Oliver
• 1957The Tin Star — Abe Pickett (uncredited)
• Trackdown — Bob-Tail
• Wagon Train — Hiram
• 1956The Bad Seed — Henry Daigle
• 1956Three Violent People — Doctor
• Cheyenne
• Gunsmoke — Webb
• 1955The Indian Fighter — Trader Joe
• The Jane Wyman Show
• 1955Trial — Canford (uncredited)
• December Bride
• 1954Rear Window — Man on Fire Escape
• General Electric Theater — George Hanson
• 1953Half a Hero — Mr. Watts
• 1953Marry Me Again — Dr. Day
• Private Secretary
• The Danny Thomas Show — Will Hoople - Town Drunk
• You Are There — John Stark
• The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet — Dr. Williams, Doctor Williams, Doc Williams, Sporting Goods Salesman
• 1952The Atomic City — F.B.I. Agent George Weinberg
• 1952The Sellout — Bennie Amboy
• 1951Ace in the Hole — Mr. Federber
• 1951Dear Brat — Parole Officer Creavy
• 1951Let's Make It Legal — Ferguson
• 1951Lightning Strikes Twice — Gas Station Man
• 1951When Worlds Collide — Harold Ferris
• 1950Convicted — Eddie (uncredited)
• 1950Dial 1119 — Fred Backett (uncredited)
• 1950Experiment Alcatraz — Max Henry
• 1950Father of the Bride — Timid Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)
• 1950Hunt the Man Down — Showbox Puppeteer (uncredited)
• 1950Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone — Harry (uncredited)
• 1950Pal, Fugitive Dog — Doctor
• 1950Perfect Strangers — Geologist (uncredited)
• 1950Pretty Baby — Janitor (uncredited)
• 1950The Asphalt Jungle — Night Clerk (uncredited)
• 1950The Great Rupert — Mr. Taney - Tax Investigator
• 1950The Next Voice You Hear... — Bald Plant Worker in Locker Room (uncredited)
• 1950Three Husbands — Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• 1950Young Man with a Horn — Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• 1949Abandoned — Nolan - City Editor (uncredited)
• 1949D.O.A. — Eddie - Bartender (uncredited)
• 1949Flamingo Road
• 1949He Walked by Night — Pete Hammond
• 1949It's a Great Feeling — Oculist (uncredited)
• 1949Special Agent — Motorist (uncredited)
• 1949Take One False Step — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1949The Crooked Way
• 1949The Lady Takes a Sailor — Mr. Wentworth (uncredited)
• 1948Bungalow 13 — Gus Barton
• 1948The Checkered Coat — Skinner
• 1947Sarge Goes to College — Prof. Edwards
• Front Row Center

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2005The History of Hooterville — Self
• The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self