Frank Cady - # 10

Frank Cady's death brings the list total to 10.

Frank Cady, character actor on TV sitcom 'Green Acres,' dies at 96


Frank Cady, a character actor best known as the general-store owner on the sitcom "Green Acres," has died. He was 96.

Cady's daughter Catherine Turk tells the Los Angeles Times that her father died Friday at his home in Wilsonville, Ore. A cause of death wasn't released.


Cady played Sam Drucker, one of the less loony denizens of Hooterville in "Green Acres." The show, about a Manhattan couple who left the big city to live in a rundown farm, ran from 1965 to 1971. Cady also played the same character in "Petticoat Junction" and "The Beverly Hillbillies."


He also had a recurring role as Doc Williams on "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet." He was in several Disney films including The Million Dollar Duck, The Gnome-Mobile and The Missouri Traveler. He had roles in many older films as well, notable among them a small role in Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, DOA, Father of the Bride, and The Indian Fighter.

His career was put on hold in 1943 when he joined the United States Army Air Corps, serving in England, France, and Germany during World War II.

 

He and his wife, Shirley, moved to Oregon in the 1990s. She died in 2008.

Filmography

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1948      He Walked by Night        Pete Hammond                 Uncredited

1949      Flamingo Road Tom Hill               Uncredited

D.O.A.   Eddie - Bartender             Uncredited

1950      The Asphalt Jungle           Night Clerk          Uncredited

The Great Rupert             Mr. Taney - Tax Collector             

Father of the Bride          Engagement Party Guest              Uncredited

Emergency Wedding       Mr. Hoff               Uncredited

Experiment Alcatraz        Max Henry         

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone   Harry     Uncredited

Hunt the Man Down       Showbox Puppeteer       Uncredited

1951      Lightning Strikes Twice   Gas Station Man               Uncredited

Dear Brat             Creavy

Ace in the Hole Al Ferderber      

Let's Make It Legal           Ferguson            

When Worlds Collide      Harold Ferris     

1952      The Atomic City                 F.B.I. Agent George Weinberg   

The Sellout          Bennie Amboy  

1953      Half a Hero          Mr. Watts           

Marry Me Again                Dr. Day

1954      Rear Window     Man on Fire Escape        

1955      Trial       Canford                Uncredited

The Indian Fighter            Trader Joe          

1956      The Bad Seed     Henry Daigle     

Three Violent People      Dr. Graham         Uncredited

1957      The Tin Star        Abe Pickett         Uncredited

1958      The Missouri Traveler     Willie Poole       

The Girl Most Likely         Pop       

1959      The Man Who Understood Women         John Milstead   

1964      7 Faces of Dr. Lao             Mayor James Sargent    

1967      The Gnome-Mobile         Charlie Pettibone             Uncredited

1970      The Million Dollar Duck Assayer               

1974      Zandy's Bride     Pa Allan               

1975      Hearts of the West          Pa Tater              

1990      Return to Green Acres   Sam Drucker       TV movie; final film role

Television credits

Year       Series    Role       Episode(s)

1954–1965          The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet        Doc Williams      71 episodes

1956      December Bride                                "Lily in a Gas Station"

Private Secretary              Barney "Passing the Buck"

1957      Broken Arrow    Thaddeus Parker              "Devil's Eye"

1958      Maverick              Hamelin               "Rope of Cards"

Trackdown          Bob Tail                "The Wedding"

1959      The Gale Storm Show     Director                "It's Murder My Dear"

Sugarfoot            Lawyer Jay Hollis              "The Mysterious Stranger"

1960      The Alaskans      Bradshaw            "The Last Bullet"

Make Room for Daddy   Will - Town Drunk            "Danny Meets Andy Griffith"

Klondike               Lester    "Swoger's Mule"

1961      Guestward, Ho!                Harry Crawford "Bill, the Fireman"

Hawaiian Eye     Harvey Gamson                "The Stanhope Brand"

Pete and Gladys                Teller     "The Live-In Couple"

Perry Mason       Joe/Hiram Widlock          "The Case of the Pathetic Patient"

1962      Dennis the Menace         Dr. Ferguson      "The Club Initiation"

"The Joey Bishop Show"                Defense Attorney            "Very Warm For Christmas"

Cheyenne           Wayne "The Quick and the Deadly"

1963      The Virginian      Mr. Hardy            "The Exiles"

Glynis    George "The Pros and Cons"

Grindl    Mr. Burroughs   "The Great Bank Robbery"

1963–1970          Petticoat Junction            Mr. Drucker, The General Store Shopkeeper        168 episodes

1964      Hazel     Mr. Pincus           "The Flagpole"

Gunsmoke          Webb Norton     "Aunt Thede[10]"

1965–1966          The Andy Griffith Show Luke       2 episodes

1965–1971          Green Acres       Mr. Drucker, The General Store Shopkeeper        142 episodes

1968–1970          The Beverly Hillbillies      Sam Drucker       10 episodes

1974      Hawaii Five-O    Judge Edgar Bergstrom "Mother's Deadly Helper"

1974–1975          These Are the Days          Homer (voice)    16 episodes

1977      Eight Is Enough                 "Hit and Run"

1977      ABC Weekend Special    Mr. Minney        "The Winged Colt"

1978      ABC Weekend Special    Mr. Sutter           "Soup and Me"

1978      ABC Weekend Special    Mr. Sutter           "Soup for President"