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John Candy

Acting
Known For

43 Years Old

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

Born

Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 30th October 1950

Died

4th March 1994

All Credits

Late Night with David Letterman Image
Late Night with David Letterman
Self
Second City Television Image
Second City Television
Self - Various Characters
Saturday Night Live Image
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Camp Candy Image
Camp Candy
(voice)
Dinah! Image
Dinah!
Self
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories Image
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (Voice)
Spaceballs Image
Spaceballs
Barf
No Image
The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour
Himself
National Lampoon's Vacation Image
National Lampoon's Vacation
Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld
The Blues Brothers Image
The Blues Brothers
Burton Mercer
JFK Image
JFK
Dean Andrews
Career Opportunities Image
Career Opportunities
C.D. Marsh (uncredited)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles Image
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Del Griffith
Cool Runnings Image
Cool Runnings
Irv
Stripes Image
Stripes
Dewey "Ox" Oxberger
Splash Image
Splash
Freddie Bauer
Heavy Metal Image
Heavy Metal
Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice)
Uncle Buck Image
Uncle Buck
Buck Russell
Nothing but Trouble Image
Nothing but Trouble
Dennis / Eldona
Little Shop of Horrors Image
Little Shop of Horrors
Wink Wilkinson
Brewster's Millions Image
Brewster's Millions
Spike Nolan
Rookie of the Year Image
Rookie of the Year
Cliff Murdoch - Announcer (uncredited)
Follow That Bird Image
Follow That Bird
State Trooper
The Great Outdoors Image
The Great Outdoors
Chet Ripley
1941 Image
1941
Pvt. Foley
Summer Rental Image
Summer Rental
Jack Chester
Speed Zone Image
Speed Zone
Charlie
She's Having a Baby Image
She's Having a Baby
Chet (uncredited)
Armed and Dangerous Image
Armed and Dangerous
Frank Dooley
Volunteers Image
Volunteers
Tom Tuttle
Once Upon a Crime Image
Once Upon a Crime
Augie Morosco
The Silent Partner Image
The Silent Partner
Simonsen
No Image
The David Steinberg Show
Wagons East! Image
Wagons East!
James Harlow
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead Image
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The New Show Image
The New Show
Canadian Bacon Image
Canadian Bacon
Sheriff Bud B. Boomer
Who's Harry Crumb? Image
Who's Harry Crumb?
Harry Crumb
The Rescuers Down Under Image
The Rescuers Down Under
Wilbur (voice)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! Image
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
Only the Lonely Image
Only the Lonely
Danny Muldoon
Double Negative Image
Double Negative
John
Home Alone Image
Home Alone
Gus Polinski
Going Berserk Image
Going Berserk
John Bourgignon
The Last Polka Image
The Last Polka
Yosh Shmenge
Boris and Natasha Image
Boris and Natasha
Kalishak
Delirious Image
Delirious
Jack Gable
Find the Lady Image
Find the Lady
Kopek
Hot to Trot Image
Hot to Trot
Don The Horse (Voice)
Who Shrunk Saturday Morning? Image
Who Shrunk Saturday Morning?
Himself
Tunnel Vision Image
Tunnel Vision
Cooper
Masters of Menace Image
Masters of Menace
Beer Truck Driver
The Canadian Conspiracy Image
The Canadian Conspiracy
Various
No Image
John Candy: I Like Me
Self (archive footage)
Cucumber Image
Cucumber
Weatherman
Hostage for a Day Image
Hostage for a Day
Yuri Petrovich (uncredited)
Class of '44 Image
Class of '44
Paule (uncredited)
Really Weird Tales Image
Really Weird Tales
Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma")
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise Image
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! Image
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Yosh Shmenge
Seriously... Phil Collins Image
Seriously... Phil Collins
Self
Lost and Found Image
Lost and Found
Carpentier
No Image
Godspell 2025
(archive footage)
Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special Image
Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
Self
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog Image
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog
Pinky
The Clown Murders Image
The Clown Murders
Ollie
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood Image
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
Wallace Osgood
The Rocket Boy Image
The Rocket Boy
The Hawk
The Best of SCTV Image
The Best of SCTV
John Candy: Comic Spirit Image
John Candy: Comic Spirit
Self (archive footage)
It Came from Hollywood Image
It Came from Hollywood
Himself
Citizen Steve Image
Citizen Steve
Clip Maxwell
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time Image
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Kopek
Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine Image
Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Making a 'Splash' Image
Making a 'Splash'
Self (archive footage)
Tears Are Not Enough Image
Tears Are Not Enough
Self
Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas Image
Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas
Marcel
No Image
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
Host
No Image
The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show
Christmas with SCTV Image
Christmas with SCTV
No Image
Rabbit Ears - Stormalong
Narrator (voice)