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:
- 71
- First Appeared:
- In the series Young Comedians
- Latest Project:
- Movie Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon 2015-01-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon | Himself / Actor (archive footage) | 2015-01-25 |
| Movie | John Candy: Comic Spirit | Himself (Archival Footage) | 2005-05-03 |
| Movie | Spaceballs: The Documentary | Himself | 2005-05-05 |
| 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 | 1994-04-25 |
| Movie | Wagons East! | James Harlow | 1994-08-26 |
| 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 | 1991-02-14 |
| Movie | Career Opportunities | C.D. Marsh (uncredited) | 1991-03-29 |
| Movie | Delirious | Jack Gable | 1991-08-09 |
| Movie | Only the Lonely | Danny Muldoon | 1991-05-24 |
| Movie | JFK | Dean Andrews | 1991-12-20 |
| 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 Cronan | 1989-04-21 |
| Movie | Rocket Boy | 1989-06-01 | |
| Movie | Who Shrunk Saturday Morning? | Himself | 1989-10-02 |
| Series | Camp Candy | 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 | Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special | Himself | 1988-10-05 |
| Movie | Hot to Trot | Don The Horse (Voice) | 1988-08-26 |
| Movie | The Best of SCTV | 1988-09-05 | |
| Movie | Really Weird Tales | Howard Jensen | 1987-02-02 |
| Movie | Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Del Griffith | 1987-11-26 |
| Movie | Spaceballs | Barfolemew 'Barf' | 1987-06-24 |
| Movie | Armed and Dangerous | Frank Dooley | 1986-08-15 |
| Movie | The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood | Wallace Osgood | 1986-03-09 |
| Movie | Little Shop of Horrors | Wink Wilkinson | 1986-12-19 |
| Movie | The Last Polka | Yosh Shmenge | 1985-04-15 |
| Movie | The Canadian Conspiracy | Various | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | Brewster's Millions | Spike Nolan | 1985-05-22 |
| Movie | Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas | Marcel | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | Tears Are Not Enough | Himself | 1985-10-04 |
| Movie | Volunteers | Tom Tuttle | 1985-08-16 |
| Movie | Summer Rental | Jack Chester | 1985-08-09 |
| Movie | Follow That Bird | State Trooper | 1985-08-02 |
| Series | The New Show | 1984-01-13 | |
| Movie | Splash | Freddie Bauer | 1984-03-09 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Vacation | Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld | 1983-07-28 |
| Movie | Going Berserk | John Bourgignon | 1983-09-30 |
| Series | The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1982-01-30 |
| Movie | It Came from Hollywood | Himself | 1982-12-10 |
| Series | Late Night with David Letterman | Unknown | 1982-02-01 |
| Series | SCTV Network 90 | 1981-05-16 | |
| Movie | Stripes | Dewey 'Ox' Oxberger | 1981-06-25 |
| Movie | Heavy Metal | Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice) | 1981-08-07 |
| Movie | Double Negative | John | 1980-05-12 |
| Movie | Kavik the Wolf Dog | Pinky | 1980-01-01 |
| Series | Big City Comedy | 1980-09-20 | |
| 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 | 1973-04-10 |
| Series | The David Steinberg Show | 1972-07-19 | |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |
| Series | Young Comedians | Unknown | 0 |