John Candy
Acting · Born 1950-10-31 · age 43 at death · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
John Franklin Candy (October 30, 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.
Titles
Home Alone
The Blues Brothers
Spaceballs
JFK
Cool Runnings
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
National Lampoon's Vacation
Little Shop of Horrors
Splash
The Rescuers Down Under
Uncle Buck
Stripes
Heavy Metal
Career Opportunities
1941
Brewster's Millions
The Great Outdoors
Saturday Night Live
Nothing but Trouble
Rookie of the Year
Who's Harry Crumb?
Canadian Bacon
Summer Rental
She's Having a Baby
Armed and Dangerous
Only the Lonely
Volunteers
The Silent Partner
Delirious
Once Upon a Crime
Wagons East!
Speed Zone
Follow That Bird
Hot to Trot
Going Berserk
Second City Television
Boris and Natasha
Tunnel Vision
Find the Lady
Masters of Menace
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Lost and Found
Hostage for a Day
Citizen Steve
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog
Class of '44
Camp Candy
The New Show
Double Negative
SCTV Network 90
Really Weird Tales
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
The Last Polka
The Rocket Boy
Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
The Clown Murders
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
The Best of SCTV
The David Steinberg Show