John Candy
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
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- Born:
- Oct 30, 1950 In Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 74
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1962-10-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Oh. What. Fun. 2025-12-03
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Oh. What. Fun. | Del Griffith (from 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles') (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2025-12-03 |
| Movie | John Candy: I Like Me | Self (archive footage) | 2025-09-04 |
| Movie | Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2015-01-25 |
| Movie | Mel Brooks: Make a Noise | Self (archive footage) | 2013-05-20 |
| Movie | Christmas with SCTV | 2006-01-01 | |
| Movie | Making a 'Splash' | Self (archive footage) | 2004-03-30 |
| Movie | Canadian Bacon | Sheriff Bud B. Boomer | 1995-06-08 |
| Movie | Hostage for a Day | Yuri Petrovich (uncredited) | 1994-04-25 |
| Movie | Wagons East! | James Harlow | 1994-08-16 |
| Movie | Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
| Movie | Rookie of the Year | Cliff Murdoch - Announcer (uncredited) | 1993-07-07 |
| Movie | Cool Runnings | Irv | 1993-10-01 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Crime | Augie Morosco | 1992-03-06 |
| Movie | Boris and Natasha | Kalishak | 1992-04-17 |
| Movie | Nothing But Trouble | Dennis / Eldona | 1991-02-15 |
| Movie | Only the Lonely | Danny Muldoon | 1991-05-24 |
| Movie | Career Opportunities | C.D. Marsh (uncredited) | 1991-03-29 |
| Movie | JFK | Dean Andrews | 1991-12-20 |
| Movie | Delirious | Jack Gable | 1991-08-09 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! | Yosh Shmenge (archive footage) | 1990-04-30 |
| Movie | Masters of Menace | Beer Truck Driver | 1990-09-06 |
| Movie | The Rescuers Down Under | Wilbur (voice) | 1990-11-16 |
| Movie | Home Alone | Gus Polinski | 1990-11-16 |
| Movie | Speed Zone | Charlie | 1989-04-21 |
| Movie | Who's Harry Crumb? | Harry Crumb | 1989-02-03 |
| Movie | The Rocket Boy | The Hawk | 1989-06-01 |
| Movie | Uncle Buck | Buck Russell | 1989-08-16 |
| Movie | Who Shrunk Saturday Morning? | Himself | 1989-10-02 |
| Series | Camp Candy | (voice) | 1989-09-09 |
| Movie | She's Having a Baby | Chet (uncredited) | 1988-02-05 |
| Movie | The Great Outdoors | Chet Ripley | 1988-06-17 |
| Movie | The Best of SCTV | 1988-09-05 | |
| Movie | Hot to Trot | Don The Horse (Voice) | 1988-08-26 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie | Self | 1988-10-05 |
| Movie | Spaceballs | Barf | 1987-06-24 |
| Movie | Citizen Steve | Clip Maxwell | 1987-01-01 |
| Movie | Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Del Griffith | 1987-11-26 |
| Movie | The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood | Wallace Osgood | 1986-03-09 |
| Movie | Armed and Dangerous | Frank Dooley | 1986-08-15 |
| Movie | The Canadian Conspiracy | Self | 1986-06-08 |
| Movie | Little Shop of Horrors | Wink Wilkinson | 1986-12-19 |
| Movie | Really Weird Tales | Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma") | 1986-10-04 |
| Movie | The Last Polka | Yosh Shmenge | 1985-04-15 |
| Movie | Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas | Marcel | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | Brewster's Millions | Spike Nolan | 1985-05-22 |
| Movie | Summer Rental | Jack Chester | 1985-08-09 |
| Movie | Follow That Bird | State Trooper | 1985-08-02 |
| Movie | Tears Are Not Enough | Self | 1985-10-04 |
| Movie | Volunteers | Tom Tuttle | 1985-08-16 |
| Series | The New Show | 1984-01-06 | |
| Movie | Splash | Freddie Bauer | 1984-03-09 |
| Movie | Going Berserk | John Bourgignon | 1983-09-30 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Vacation | Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld | 1983-07-29 |
| Series | The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1982-01-30 |
| Series | Late Night with David Letterman | Unknown | 1982-02-01 |
| Movie | It Came from Hollywood | Self | 1982-10-29 |
| Movie | Stripes | Dewey "Ox" Oxberger | 1981-06-26 |
| Movie | Heavy Metal | Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice) | 1981-08-07 |
| Movie | The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog | Pinky | 1980-01-20 |
| Movie | Double Negative | John | 1980-05-12 |
| Movie | The Blues Brothers | Burton Mercer | 1980-06-16 |
| Series | Big City Comedy | 1980-09-20 | |
| Movie | Lost and Found | Carpentier | 1979-07-13 |
| Movie | 1941 | Pvt. Foley | 1979-12-14 |
| Movie | The Silent Partner | Simonsen | 1978-09-07 |
| Movie | Find the Lady | Kopek | 1976-11-11 |
| Movie | Tunnel Vision | Cooper | 1976-03-12 |
| Movie | The Clown Murders | Ollie | 1976-09-17 |
| Series | Second City Television | Unknown | 1976-09-21 |
| Movie | It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time | Kopek | 1975-09-11 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | Class of '44 | Paule (uncredited) | 1973-04-10 |
| Series | The David Steinberg Show | 1972-07-19 | |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |