Frank Randolph Cady (September 8, 1915 – June 8, 2012) was an American actor best known for his role as storekeeper Sam Drucker in three American
television series
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during the 1960s – ''
Petticoat Junction
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'', ''
Green Acres
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'', and ''
The Beverly Hillbillies
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'' – and his earlier role as Doc Williams on ''
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
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''.
Early life
Cady was born in
Susanville, California
Susanville (formerly known as Rooptown) is a town in and the county seat of Lassen County, California, United States. Susanville is located on the Susan River in the southern part of the county, at an elevation of . Its population is 16,728 a ...
, the youngest of three children of Leon and Clara Cady.
In high school, he worked at a local newspaper, ''The Lassen County Advocate''.
Cady's family later moved to
Wilsonville, Oregon
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.
He studied journalism and drama at
Stanford University
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, where he was involved with the campus humor magazine, the ''
Stanford Chaparral
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History
The ''Stanford Chaparral'' was established in 1899 by Bristow Adams. Published for more than 112 yea ...
''. Following college graduation, Cady served an apprenticeship at the Westminster Theater in
London
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, appearing in four plays. In England, he made an early television appearance on the
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in late 1938.
He returned to Stanford in 1939 for graduate studies and a position as a teaching assistant. While at Stanford, Cady met and later married his wife, Shirley Katherine Jones, in 1940. Born in
, Shirley Cady, a Stanford graduate, had several vocations – professional singer, teacher, and legal secretary.
Dissatisfied with academia, Frank began a series of jobs two years later, as an announcer and news broadcaster at various California radio stations. His career was put on hold in 1943 when he joined the
.