'Green Acres' actor Frank Cady dies at 96

[Cooley Hurd]

Source: LA Times

By Claire Noland

June 10, 2012, 1:22 p.m.
Frank Cady, 96, a character actor who played Hooterville general-store proprietor Sam Drucker on the TV sitcoms “Green Acres” and “Petticoat Junction,” died Friday at his home in Wilsonville, Ore., said his daughter, Catherine Turk. No specific cause was given.

Like Mr. Haney, Eb Dawson, Hank Kimball and Arnold the Pig, Cady’s Sam Drucker was a supporting cast member on “Green Acres” to lawyer Oliver Wendell Douglas and his socialite wife, Lisa, played by Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor, who had ditched the high life in New York City for the charms of a farm in Hooterville.

Cady played Drucker for the entire run of “Green Acres” on CBS, from 1965 to 1971, when it was canceled. The show continued to air for years in syndication. He also portrayed Drucker on “Petticoat Junction” and “The Beverly Hillbillies,” programs that shared some secondary characters. He reprised the role for the 1990 TV movie “Return to Green Acres.”
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Wow! I didn't know he was still alive!

[no_hypocrisy]

1. To me, character actors like Frank Cady are far more interesting than "stars".

Next time you watch a Frank Capra movie, Green Acres, Beverly Hillbillies, etc., look at the supporting players. They are incredibly talented.

[rateyes]

2. rip, Frank.

[drm604]

3. I also didn't know he was still alive.

RIP Mr. Cady. You brought us much laughter.

Green Acres is one of the goofy sixties sitcoms that has actually held up over the years and is still entertaining. I loved it as a kid, and I still enjoy the reruns when they're available.

[Ishoutandscream2]

4. I believe of the original cast

There are only two left - Tom Lester who played Eb, and the actress who played Ralph Monroe (I can't recall her name).

[KansDem]

13. Mary Grace Canfield

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0133936/

[Bluenorthwest]

5. He was in many things. Rear Window.

When Worlds Collide. Every TV show of the 50's and 60's as well....RIP Frank.

[tabasco]

30. He really was.

A fine actor, in everything in which I saw him.

[wendylaroux]

6. RIP Mr. Drucker

All of my childhood tv friends are passing away. I want this to stop now. This getting older sucks.

[ChazII]

15. You are not alone.

They were my childhood tv friends as well. Sam Drucker was a kind soul just the kind of person you'd want for a neighbor if he has been a real person instead of a tv character. Mr. Cady, rest in peace.

[yurbud]

21. he played Mr. Drucker on Petticoat Junction too

a much gentler comedy than Green Acres.

[ChazII]

26. I preferred Petticoat Junction

to Green Acres but I was in the primary grades at the time. The jokes in Green Acres probably went over my head.

[yurbud]

27. Petticoat Junction had more of the Brady Bunch/Andy Griffith feel

It felt like a safe place.

Green Acres wasn't so much sophisticated as Deliverance with a laugh track.

[hamsterjill]

7. Thanks for the entertainment, Sam

RIP. My sympathies to your family and friends on the loss of a great talent.

[drm604]

8. Hulu has free episodes of Green Acres available.

http://www.hulu.com/search?query=green+acres&st=0
It looks like they may have the entire series.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

9. Sheesh, he was only about 50 when he did that part?

He always seemed about as old as Edgar Buchannon.

[lastlib]

10. So long, Sam...

.

[David__77]

11. I went through a Green Acres craze recently, and was surprised he was still alive...

He did a great character portrayal on that show. I wish they made TV like that still...

[PlanetBev]

12. He was also my parent's Real Estate agent

Sold my parents their home in Encino, CA in 1961. Actors sold homes on the side during their down times. I was 11 years old at the time and remember him well.

[Ferretherder]

22. That's cool....him selling your parents that house and all.

Thanks for the laughs, Mr. Cady.

[Vidar]

14. RIP Mr. Cady.

[twogunsid]

16. " Oh, raise a glass to Clarkwell...."

"...in rain and sleet and hail.
Raise your glass for Clarkwell,
where you'll study through the mail."

Best TV show. Ever.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. I have often used Green Acres to illustrate our current political problem

There was a time when Republicans would have picked Mr. Douglas as a candidate and Democrats would have recruited Sam Drucker but since the DLC came along and Newt came out with his "Word List" both the Democrats and Republicans would try to recruit Mr. Haney.

[Towlie]

18. In other news, the actress who played Lisa Douglas went on to found the Huffington Post.

[wendylaroux]

20. LOL!

This has been a Filmways presentation dawling.

[Festivito]

19. Sam Drucker was also postmaster for Hooterville.

[revolution breeze]

23. RIP Sam Drucker n/t

[MightyOkie]

24. Honest Truth

About three weeks ago I was looking up this guy to see if he was still living. Loved Green Acres as a child.

[Kingofalldems]

25. He played Ozzie and Harriet's neighbor 'Doc'

for the last few years of the show. Must have had two jobs during that time.

[Mean Gene]

28. RIP Sam. Gonna miss your talent.

[hrmjustin]

29. RIP my friend. n/t