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Receiving his BA in speech and drama, Frank eventually returned to Stanford for graduate work. He met his future wife, actress Shirley Jones (not Die Partridge Familie (1970) star), while teaching acting at the university.

In 2005 he attended Eddie Albert's funeral along with his Green Acres (1965) co-stars Sid Melton and Mary Grace Canfield, who played Alf and Ralph, the "Monroe Brothers".

He played the same character (Sam Drucker) in three different television series: Petticoat Junction (1963), Green Acres (1965) and The Beverly Hillbillies (1962).

He is one of only three co-stars of Petticoat Junction (1963) who stayed with the series for its entire seven-year run (the other two being Edgar Buchanan and Linda Henning).

Retiring to Oregon in 1991, Cady and his wife kept active playing golf and hiking. Until recently, they took annual month-long hiking trips to Switzerland.

In 1984, Frank received a call from Orson Welles asking him to appear in an upcoming film, The Cradle Will Rock. Sadly, the picture was pushed back and Welles died before it could be shot.

His cremains are interred at Los Osos Valley Memorial Park, San Luis Obispo County, Los Osos, California. Plot Court of Good Shepherd, Alcove 2 74-E, the same plot as his wife, Shirley, who predeceased him in 2008.

Graduated from Lassen Union High School in California with the intent of becoming a journalist.

Just prior to serving in WWII, he became a radio announcer and landed a job at KGDM in Stockton California. Eventually he moved on to KYA and subsequently to KGO in San Francisco.

Retired from acting and living in Portland, Oregon (2005)

Two children: Steve Cady and Catherine Turk.