Frank Cady
Also Known As: Frank Randolph Cady
Biography: Although Frank Cady's most famous role would be that of 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. Cady 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Susanville, California, USA
Birthday: September 08, 1915
Deathday: June 08, 2012
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Rear Window
Overview: A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-08-01
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Perfect Strangers
Overview: Romance at a murder trial with a pair of sequestered jurors who are the only ones who think that the woman in the dock is innocent. Separated from their normal lives, jurors Terry Scott and David Campbell start to fall in love.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-11
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Let's Make It Legal
Overview: A woman divorces her husband of 20 years because he gambles too much.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-31
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Ace in the Hole
Overview: An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-29
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The Sellout
Overview: A small-town newspaper editor risks everything to expose a corrupt sheriff.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-30
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It's a Great Feeling
Overview: A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan agree to help her.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-08-01
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Experiment Alcatraz
Overview: A doctor testing drugs on convicts gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-21
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The Bad Seed
Overview: Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a schoolmate of Rhoda's dies mysteriously, her self-deception unravels.
Genres: Thriller Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-09-12
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7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Overview: An old Chinese man rides into the town of Abalone, Arizona and changes it forever, as the citizens see themselves reflected in the mirror of Lao's mysterious circus of mythical beasts.
Genres: Fantasy Family Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-03-18
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When Worlds Collide
Overview: When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the planet.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-14
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Hearts of the West
Overview: Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. When he goes west to find his dream he finds himself in possession of the loot box of two crooks who tried to rob him.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-08
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The Indian Fighter
Overview: A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-21
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Marry Me Again
Overview: Bill, a jet pilot hero from the Korean War, returns home with intentions of marrying his sweetheart, Doris. But Doris has inherited a million dollars and Bill won't marry her because he dreams of a home and babies, with himself as the sole source of income on his $65 a week. Doris has to find a way to make him change his mind.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-09-22
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The Atomic City
Overview: Spies hold the son of a nuclear physicist (Gene Barry) hostage in exchange for the Los Alamos bomb formula.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-01
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Zandy's Bride
Overview: Zandy Allan purchases a mail-order bride, Hannah Lund. He treats her as a possession, without respect or humanity, until their shared ordeal as they struggle to survive develops in him a growing love.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-19
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Young Man with a Horn
Overview: Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jazz instead of the commercial gigs he lands, whilst also coping with the problems caused by his tempestuous marriage to an aloof heiress.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-01
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Trial
Overview: A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A courtroom drama set in 1947 and underlying post-WW2 acute problems facing the USA such as stormy race relations and the growing threat of local communism.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-07
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The Next Voice You Hear...
Overview: The Next Voice You Hear... (1950) is a drama film in which a voice claiming to be that of God preempts all radio programs for days all over the world. It stars James Whitmore and Nancy Davis as Joe and Mary Smith, a typical American couple. It was based on a short story of the same name by George Sumner Albee.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-29
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Dear Brat
Overview: Mirian Wilkins, the teenage daughter of Senator Wilkins, starts a Society for the Rehabilitation of Criminals and, without the approval or knowledge of her father, elects him to the position of honorary president. When the family's new gardener, Baxter, turns out to be a notorious ex-convict who was sentenced to prison by Senator Wilkins when he was a judge, Wilkins considers firing him until his daughter points out that would be an unwise decision considering the position her father held on society.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-05-30
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D.O.A.
Overview: Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his assistant and girlfriend, Paula, begins to trace back over his last steps. As he frantically tries to unravel the mystery behind his own impending demise, his sleuthing leads him to a group of crooked businessmen and another murder.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-23
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Half a Hero
Overview: A man moves his family from the big city to the suburbs.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-11
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The Crooked Way
Overview: A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his criminal past.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-22
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Three Husbands
Overview: When a recently deceased playboy gets to heaven and is granted one wish--granted to all newcomers--he requests that he be able to see the reactions of three husbands, with whom he regularly played poker, to a letter he left each of them claiming to have had an affair with each's wife.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-10
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The Checkered Coat
Overview: A psychiatrist tries to help a patient who loses consciousness after he kills someone. When the doctor provides the patient with a letter that explains his problem, he inadvertently implicates himself in the crimes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-16
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The Missouri Traveler
Overview: Byron Turner, a 15-year-old runaway from the Eatondale Orphan Asylum, receives a ride into the rural Missouri town of Delphi with rich land-owner Tobias Brown.
Genres: Drama Family Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-21
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Abandoned
Overview: A Los Angeles newspaperman seeks a woman's sister and finds a black-market baby ring.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-26
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The Girl Most Likely
Overview: Dodie dreams of marrying a millionaire so that she can live 'the life'. Buzz, her boyfriend, however, is not rich as he is a salesman for a housing development. He proposes and Dodie accepts. Dodie next meets Pete, who she thinks is rich, but she soon finds out that he is just a boat mechanic. They have fun on their date and Pete proposes and Dodie accepts. Then Dodie meets Neil Patterson who is rich. They go to Mexico on his yacht and have fun on their date. Neil proposes and Dodie accepts. Now she has to choose.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-02-05
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Dial 1119
Overview: A deranged killer escapes from a mental institution, intent on locating the psychiatrist whose testimony sent him to the asylum, holds the patrons of a bar hostage.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-03
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The Asphalt Jungle
Overview: Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-12
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Return to Green Acres
Overview: Tv movie that reunites most the show's cast members. The Douglases move back to New York. But when Haney tries to get everyone's property so that a developer can build on them, the residents go to New York to get Douglas to help them. But he's a little hesitant.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-18
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Bungalow 13
Overview: In this detective drama, a gumshoe must find a priceless hunk of jade. His several leads evaporate when the police succeed in killing all of the suspects.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-19
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Special Agent
Overview: A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-22
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Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
Overview: Harriet O'Malley tries to solve a murder aboard a train en route to New York.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-08
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The Great Rupert
Overview: Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday will come and go without so much as a Christmas tree, Rupert acts as the family's guardian angel - not only saving Christmas, but changing their lives forever.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-01
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He Walked by Night
Overview: Roy Martin aka Roy Morgan is a burglar and former war-time Radio & Electronics Engineer who listens in to radio police calls, allowing him to stay one step ahead of the cops.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-06
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The Tin Star
Overview: An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-23
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Sarge Goes to College
Overview: A Marine Sergeant, wounded in overseas service, requires an operation, and the Navy psychiatrist recommends to the Captain and Colonel that "Sarge" be given a few weeks rest before hospitalization. Through the Dean of San Juan Junior College, Sarge enters the school on a temporary basis.
Genres: Comedy Music War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-13
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The Million Dollar Duck
Overview: Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a toy for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-30
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Three Violent People
Overview: A rancher, his shady bride and his one-armed brother fight amid carpetbaggers in Texas.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-01
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Lightning Strikes Twice
Overview: Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-12
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Pretty Baby
Overview: A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-16
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Father of the Bride
Overview: Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-18
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Convicted
Overview: A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-01
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Hunt the Man Down
Overview: A lawyer uncovers secrets behind a 12-year-old murder case.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-26
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Take One False Step
Overview: Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-08-14
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The History of Hooterville
Overview: Documentary and interviews with the cast of Petticoat Junction and stories of the show's production.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-19
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Soup and Me
Overview: On the day of the Halloween party, Soup and Rob are finding plenty of ways to get into trouble: swimming in a local pond (though their mothers prohibit swimming so late in the year), pitching apples over a barn, and borrowing a cart which had drifted away from its owner. The grandest mischief of all, however, comes from their attempt to win the prize at the Halloween party, given to the entrant with the largest pumpkin.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-04
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The Man Who Understood Women
Overview: A film director turns his actress wife into a star, leading to marital problems.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-02
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Flamingo Road
Overview: A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-30
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