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:
- 72
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1962-10-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead 2015-01-25
Known For
Filmography
| 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 | Career Opportunities | C.D. Marsh (uncredited) | 1991-03-29 |
| Movie | Delirious | Jack Gable | 1991-08-09 |
| Movie | JFK | Dean Andrews | 1991-12-20 |
| Movie | Only the Lonely | Danny Muldoon | 1991-05-24 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! | Yosh Shmenge | 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 | Who's Harry Crumb? | Harry Crumb | 1989-02-03 |
| Movie | Speed Zone | Charlie | 1989-04-21 |
| Movie | The Rocket Boy | The Hawk | 1989-06-01 |
| Movie | Who Shrunk Saturday Morning? | Himself | 1989-10-02 |
| Series | Camp Candy | (voice) | 1989-09-09 |
| Movie | Uncle Buck | Buck Russell | 1989-08-16 |
| 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: An All-Star Musical Special | Self | 1988-10-05 |
| Movie | Citizen Steve | Clip Maxwell | 1987-01-01 |
| Movie | Spaceballs | Barf | 1987-06-24 |
| Movie | Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Del Griffith | 1987-11-26 |
| Movie | The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood | Wallace Osgood | 1986-03-09 |
| 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 | Armed and Dangerous | Frank Dooley | 1986-08-15 |
| Movie | Brewster's Millions | Spike Nolan | 1985-05-22 |
| Movie | The Last Polka | Yosh Shmenge | 1985-04-15 |
| Movie | Follow That Bird | State Trooper | 1985-08-02 |
| Movie | Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas | Marcel | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | Summer Rental | Jack Chester | 1985-08-09 |
| 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 | National Lampoon's Vacation | Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld | 1983-07-29 |
| Movie | Going Berserk | John Bourgignon | 1983-09-30 |
| 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 | Himself | 1982-10-29 |
| Movie | Stripes | Dewey "Ox" Oxberger | 1981-06-26 |
| Movie | Heavy Metal | Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice) | 1981-08-07 |
| Series | Big City Comedy | 1980-09-20 | |
| 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 |
| Movie | Lost and Found | Carpentier | 1979-07-13 |
| Movie | 1941 | Pvt. Foley | 1979-12-14 |
| Movie | The Silent Partner | Simonsen | 1978-09-07 |
| Movie | Tunnel Vision | Cooper | 1976-03-12 |
| Movie | The Clown Murders | Ollie | 1976-09-17 |
| Movie | Find the Lady | Kopek | 1976-11-11 |
| 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 |