Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 31, 1950
Died
Mar 04, 1994
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Credits
89 titles
John Candy
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
Self (archive footage)
Marty, Life Is Short
Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
Self (archive footage)
Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Self (archive footage)
Christmas with SCTV
John Candy: Comic Spirit
Self (archive footage)
Making a 'Splash'
Self (archive footage)
Canadian Bacon
Sheriff Bud B. Boomer
Wagons East!
James Harlow
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
Hostage for a Day
Yuri Petrovich (uncredited)
Friends of Gilda
Self
Cool Runnings
Irv
Rookie of the Year
Cliff Murdoch - Announcer (uncredited)
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice)
Boris and Natasha
Kalishak
Once Upon a Crime
Augie Morosco
JFK
Dean Andrews
Delirious
Jack Gable
Only the Lonely
Danny Muldoon
Career Opportunities
C.D. Marsh (uncredited)
Nothing but Trouble
Dennis / Eldona
Home Alone
Gus Polinski
The Rescuers Down Under
Wilbur (voice)
Seriously... Phil Collins
Self
Masters of Menace
Beer Truck Driver
Rabbit Ears - Stormalong
Narrator (voice)
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Yosh Shmenge (archive footage)
Who Shrunk Saturday Morning?
Himself
Camp Candy
(voice)
Uncle Buck
Buck Russell
The Rocket Boy
The Hawk
Speed Zone
Charlie
Who's Harry Crumb?
Harry Crumb
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Self
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
Host
The Best of SCTV
Hot to Trot
Don The Horse (Voice)
The Great Outdoors
Chet Ripley
She's Having a Baby
Chet (uncredited)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Del Griffith
Spaceballs
Barf
Citizen Steve
Clip Maxwell
Little Shop of Horrors
Wink Wilkinson
Really Weird Tales
Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma")
Armed and Dangerous
Frank Dooley
Donald, the Star-Struck Duck
Himself
The Canadian Conspiracy
Self