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'Green Acres' actor Frank Cady dies at 96
L.A. Times ^ | 6/10/12 | Claire Noland

Posted on 06/10/2012 5:08:25 PM PDT by Borges

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.

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To: Dilbert San Diego

You know what?

Gilligan’s Island was sexually charged but only in my mind. Not a thing in the show to make me thing that way but I remember daydreaming about being ship wrecked with Mary Ann.


41 posted on 06/10/2012 6:12:10 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: Borges

Wow. Didn’t know he was still living. Great character actor


42 posted on 06/10/2012 6:13:49 PM PDT by Figment
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To: M1903A1
Yes, Silverman started the purge, citing “research” that showed advertisers preferred to purchase time on more “socially relevant” shows, or those that appealed to younger audiences. To be honest, some of those shows were running out of steam. Petticoat Junction, for example, never quite recovered after Bea Benadaret died. Some were still pretty popular, however, like Mayberry R.F.D., which was the follow-on to Andy Griffith.
43 posted on 06/10/2012 6:17:46 PM PDT by chimera
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To: UglyinLA
I remember the three sisters that worked at the hotel next to the train station. The show always opened with them bathing in the water tower. Oh yeah.

Lots of curves, you bet.
Even more when you get
to the Junction.

44 posted on 06/10/2012 6:20:19 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Borges

He was a great actor. He also sang well.


45 posted on 06/10/2012 6:20:59 PM PDT by Jemian
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To: Sacajaweau

I like watching the older shows too. Especially westerns. They make me actually feel like a human being. And a proud American. When I watch modern television programming, I feel an overwhelming need to take a shower, as if some putrid, noxious film has enveloped my mind and body.


46 posted on 06/10/2012 6:28:58 PM PDT by greene66
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To: Charles Martel

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L O L !
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47 posted on 06/10/2012 6:36:45 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they were.)
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To: Borges

“Oh, raise a glass for Clarkwell,
In sleet and snow and hail.
Oh, raise a glass (sniff, sniff) for Clarkwell,
Your diploma’s in the mail.”

RIP Frank Cady.


48 posted on 06/10/2012 6:39:33 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: windcliff; stylecouncilor

#48


49 posted on 06/10/2012 6:40:48 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: SharpRightTurn

Mr. Haney cracked me up - - a voice that went with his slick sales routine


50 posted on 06/10/2012 6:40:48 PM PDT by gortklattu (God knows who is best, everybody else is making guesses - Tony Snow)
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To: Gay State Conservative

>> “A far more innocent time for sure...” <<

.
And to think that such depraved times as the ‘60s and ‘70s could comparitively be called ‘innocent’ is quite a commentary on our current situation.


51 posted on 06/10/2012 6:42:15 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they were.)
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To: onedoug

Thank You for the heads up to a funny. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39QfpUl261s


52 posted on 06/10/2012 6:46:11 PM PDT by SMGFan
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To: UglyinLA

The Opening Petticoat Junction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7_-N_zTJnk

in color
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jx2jEPvh88


53 posted on 06/10/2012 6:51:14 PM PDT by SMGFan
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To: Charles Martel
Lori Saunders was super hot, as was Gunilla Hutton. Frank also played Claude Daigle's father in a truly bizarre scene from The Bad Seed
54 posted on 06/10/2012 6:51:50 PM PDT by Krankor
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To: chimera

Petticoat Junction was never funny.
The Andy Griffith Show never recovered from Don Knott’s exit.
Green Acres was warped. People either loved it or hated it.
The Beverly Hillbillies was a classic.


55 posted on 06/10/2012 6:54:15 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post):)
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To: Krankor

Agreed re: Lori and Gunilla. “Hooterville”, indeed.


56 posted on 06/10/2012 6:57:10 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Krankor

O my, I forgot that Frank Cady played Mr. Daigle. Who was that great character actress that played Mrs. Daigle? I forgot her name. She was fantastic. Her grief broke your heart.


57 posted on 06/10/2012 7:03:24 PM PDT by nicksaunt
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To: nicksaunt

Eileen Heckart played Hortense Daigle who kept telling Christine Penmark (Nancy Kelly), “You’re a superior person.”


58 posted on 06/10/2012 7:12:11 PM PDT by Krankor
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To: Krankor

Thank you so much! I remembered the character’s name was Hortense but forgot the actress’s name. Eileen Heckart was outstanding and Frank Cady held his own as Mr. Daigle. You felt so sorry for them. Great actors, great movie.


59 posted on 06/10/2012 7:23:35 PM PDT by nicksaunt
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To: Charles Martel

Tom Lester (Eb)was alive a couple of years ago, as he was a guest speaker at a Vitae sponsored pro life gathering I attended.


60 posted on 06/10/2012 7:25:15 PM PDT by taterjay
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