John Candy


    Starbirth:
    October 30, 1950
    Supernova:
    March 3, 1994
    Birthplace:
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Overview

John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian. He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto, Ontario branch of The Second City, its related Second City Television series, and in his role in comedy films such as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, The Great Outdoors, and Uncle Buck. One of his most renowned onscreen performances was that of Del Griffith, the loquacious, on the move, shower curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Candy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


MOVIECHARACTERYEAR
Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2021
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon Self / Actor (archive footage) 2015
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise Self (archive footage) 2013
Christmas with SCTV 2006
John Candy: Comic Spirit Self (archive footage) 2005
Making a 'Splash' Self (archive footage) 2004
Canadian Bacon Sheriff Bud B. Boomer 1995
Wagons East! James Harlow 1994
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! Self (archive footage) 1994
Hostage for a Day Yuri Petrovich (uncredited) 1994
Cool Runnings Irv 1993
Rookie of the Year Cliff Murdoch - Announcer (uncredited) 1993
Boris and Natasha Kalishak 1992
Once Upon a Crime Augie Morosco 1992
JFK Dean Andrews 1991
Delirious Jack Gable 1991
Only the Lonely Danny Muldoon 1991
Career Opportunities C.D. Marsh (uncredited) 1991
Nothing but Trouble Dennis / Eldona 1991
The Rescuers Down Under Wilbur (voice) 1990
Home Alone Gus Polinski 1990
Seriously... Phil Collins Self 1990
Masters of Menace Beer Truck Driver 1990
Who Shrunk Saturday Morning? Himself 1989
Uncle Buck Buck Russell 1989
Rocket Boy 1989
Speed Zone Charlie 1989
Who's Harry Crumb? Harry Crumb 1989
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special Self 1988
Jackie Gleason: The Great One Host 1988
The Best of SCTV 1988
Hot to Trot Don The Horse (Voice) 1988
The Great Outdoors Chet Ripley 1988
She's Having a Baby Chet (uncredited) 1988
Planes, Trains and Automobiles Del Griffith 1987
Spaceballs Barfolemew 'Barf' 1987
Citizen Steve Clip Maxwell 1987
Little Shop of Horrors Wink Wilkinson 1986
Really Weird Tales Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma") 1986
Armed and Dangerous Frank Dooley 1986
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood Wallace Osgood 1986
Tears Are Not Enough Himself 1985
Volunteers Tom Tuttle 1985
Summer Rental Jack Chester 1985
Follow That Bird State Trooper 1985
Brewster's Millions Spike Nolan 1985
The Last Polka Yosh Shmenge 1985
The Canadian Conspiracy Various 1985
Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas Marcel 1985
Splash Freddie Bauer 1984
8th Annual Young Comedians' Show 1983
Going Berserk John Bourgignon 1983
National Lampoon's Vacation Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld 1983
It Came from Hollywood Himself 1982
Heavy Metal Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice) 1981
Stripes Dewey 'Ox' Oxberger 1981
The Blues Brothers Burton Mercer 1980
Double Negative John 1980
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog Pinky 1980
1941 Pvt. Foley 1979
Lost and Found Carpentier 1979
The Silent Partner Simonsen 1978
Find the Lady Kopek 1976
The Clown Murders Ollie 1976
Tunnel Vision Cooper 1976
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time Kopek 1975
Class of '44 Paule (uncredited) 1973
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Late Night with David Letterman Self <mt>
Camp Candy <blank> <mt>
The New Show <blank> <mt>
SCTV Network 90 <blank> <mt>
Second City Television <blank> <mt>
The David Steinberg Show <blank> <mt>
Big City Comedy <blank> <mt>
The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour Himself <mt>
Young Comedians Himself - Host <mt>
Saturday Night Live Self - Host <mt>
Cucumber Weatherman <mt>
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories Narrator (Voice) <mt>
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