Frank Cady
- Interprétation
- 8 septembre 1915 · Susanville, California, USA
- 8 juin 2012
Biographie
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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Filmographie
- The History of Hooterville · En personne
- Return to Green Acres · Sam Drucker
- AfterMASH · Gus Bell
- Soup and Me · Mr. Sutter
- ABC Weekend Specials
- Monster Squad · The Farmer
- Hearts of the West · Pa Tater
- These Are the Days
- Zandy's Bride · Pa Allan
- The Boy and the Bronc Buster · Clothing Store Proprietor
- La Cane aux œufs d'or · Assayer
- Hawaï police d'État · Judge Bergstrom
- Les Arpents verts · Sam Drucker
- Le Cirque du docteur Lao · Mayor James Sargent
- The Great Adventure · Drover
- Glynis
- Petticoat Junction · Sam Drucker
- Grindl
- The Beverly Hillbillies · Sam Drucker
- Le Virginien · Mr. Hardy
- Adèle
- Klondike
- The Andy Griffith Show · Luke, Farley Upchurch
- Guestward, Ho!
- Pete and Gladys
- Les Incorruptibles · Larry Croft
- Hawaiian Eye
- Denis la petite peste
- The Alaskans
- L'Homme qui comprend les femmes · John Milstead
- The Deputy · Harry Rickert
- Rawhide · Storekeeper
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
- The Girl Most Likely · Pop
- The Missouri Traveler · Willie Poole
- Du sang dans le désert · Abe Pickett (uncredited)
- Trackdown · Bob-Tail
- The Real McCoys · Ed Oliver
- Maverick · Hamelin
- Perry Mason · Joe Widlock / Hiram Widlock
- Wagon Train · Hiram
- Sugarfoot · Jay Hollis
- Terre sans pardon · Doctor
- La Mauvaise Graine · Henry Daigle
- La Rivière de nos amours · Trader Joe
- Trial · Canford (uncredited)
- Cheyenne
- Gunsmoke Police Des Plaines · Webb
- The Jane Wyman Show
- December Bride
- Fenêtre sur cour · Man on Fire Escape
- The Danny Thomas Show · Will Hoople - Town Drunk
- Marry Me Again · Dr. Day
- Half a Hero · Mr. Watts
- General Electric Theater · George Hanson
- Private Secretary
- You Are There · John Stark
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet · Dr. Williams, Doctor Williams
- The Sellout · Bennie Amboy
- The Atomic City · F.B.I. Agent George Weinberg
- Chéri, divorçons · Ferguson
- Le Choc des mondes · Harold Ferris
- Le Gouffre aux chimères · Mr. Federber
- Dear Brat · Parole Officer Creavy
- Lightning Strikes Twice · Gas Station Man
- Hunt the Man Down · Showbox Puppeteer (uncredited)
- Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone · Harry (uncredited)
- Experiment Alcatraz · Max Henry
- Three Husbands · Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- Dial 1119 · Fred Backett (uncredited)
- Pal, Fugitive Dog · Doctor
- Pretty Baby · Janitor (uncredited)
- The Colgate Comedy Hour · En personne
- La loi des bagnards · Eddie (uncredited)
- La voix que vous allez entendre · Bald Plant Worker in Locker Room (uncredited)
- Le père de la mariée · Timid Engagement Party Guest (uncredited)
- Quand la ville dort · Night Clerk (uncredited)
- Perfect Strangers · Geologist (uncredited)
- La femme aux chimères · Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- The Great Rupert · Mr. Taney - Tax Investigator