Frank Cady
Biography
Frank Cady was an American actor who was born in Susanville, California, in 1915. At Stanford University he studied journalism and drama, and he later apprenticed at the Westminster Theater in London, acting in plays there and appearing on BBC television in 1938. After serving in the Army Air Forces during World War II, he found stage work around Los Angeles that led to film roles beginning in 1947. Among his movies were Ace in the Hole (1951), When Worlds Collide (1951), Rear Window (1954) and The Bad Seed (1956). Television brought his best-known parts: Doc Williams, his role on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, and then storekeeper Sam Drucker, whom he played on Petticoat Junction, Green Acres and The Beverly Hillbillies, the only actor with a recurring part on three sitcoms running at once. Return to Green Acres, a 1990 television movie, was his final job. He died in 2012.
96years old at death
- Born Susanville
- Died Wilsonville
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as Frank Randolph Cady
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 26 years1949 to 1975
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A first
From 1968 to 1969, Cady held recurring parts on three sitcoms at once, a feat no other actor managed. The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, and Petticoat Junction all featured him at the same time.
Early training
Before turning to acting, Cady studied journalism and drama at Stanford University and worked on the campus humor magazine, the Stanford Chaparral.
Early training
After college, Cady completed an apprenticeship at London's Westminster Theater, where he acted in four plays. While in England, he also appeared on the BBC in an early television broadcast in late 1938.
A first
On Petticoat Junction, Cady was among just three co-stars who remained for the whole seven-year run, 1963 to 1970, alongside Edgar Buchanan and Linda Henning. He turned up in 152 of the show's 222 episodes.
Frank Cady movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Rudolph Maté directed two of these films. Kirk Douglas appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Kirk Douglas's page
Ray Teal's page
Raymond Burr's page
Doris Day's page
Argentina Brunetti's page
Harry Harvey's page
Rudolph MatéDirector, 2 films, 1951 to 1956
All films by Rudolph Maté
Also two films together4 more actors
- Zachary ScottLet's Make It Legal (1951) and Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)
- Sue CaseyRear Window (1954) and It's a Great Feeling (1949)
- Peter HansenThree Violent People (1956) and When Worlds Collide (1951)
- Ross BagdasarianThree Violent People (1956) and Rear Window (1954)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Frank Cady's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$46.9 million
7 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 7 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 8 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 8Figure not found
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$37M79.0% of the total
- 2$2.7M5.8% of the total
- 3$1.6M3.4% of the total
- 4$1.6M3.4% of the total
- 5$1.5M3.2% of the total
- 6$1.3M2.8% of the total
- 7$1.1M2.4% of the total
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Official profiles and reference pages.