People
John Candy
- Name: John Candy
- Birthday: 1950-10-30
- Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Popularity: 17.687
Biography:
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.
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2021-11-29 |
| Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon as Self / Actor (archive footage) | 2015-01-25 |
| Mel Brooks: Make a Noise as Self (archive footage) | 2013-05-20 |
| Christmas with SCTV | 2006-01-01 |
| John Candy: Comic Spirit as Self (archive footage) | 2005-05-03 |
| Making a 'Splash' as Self (archive footage) | 2004-03-30 |
| Canadian Bacon as Sheriff Bud B. Boomer | 1995-06-08 |
| Wagons East! as James Harlow | 1994-08-16 |
| Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
| Hostage for a Day as Yuri Petrovich (uncredited) | 1994-04-25 |
| Cool Runnings as Irv | 1993-10-01 |
| Rookie of the Year as Cliff Murdoch - Announcer (uncredited) | 1993-07-07 |
| Boris and Natasha as Kalishak | 1992-04-17 |
| Once Upon a Crime as Augie Morosco | 1992-03-06 |
| JFK as Dean Andrews | 1991-12-20 |
| Delirious as Jack Gable | 1991-08-09 |
| Only the Lonely as Danny Muldoon | 1991-05-24 |
| Career Opportunities as C.D. Marsh (uncredited) | 1991-03-29 |
| Nothing but Trouble as Dennis / Eldona | 1991-02-15 |
| Home Alone as Gus Polinski | 1990-11-16 |
| The Rescuers Down Under as Wilbur (voice) | 1990-11-16 |
| Seriously... Phil Collins as Self | 1990-09-08 |
| Masters of Menace as Beer Truck Driver | 1990-09-06 |
| Rabbit Ears - Stormalong as Narrator (voice) | 1990-09-01 |
| Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! as Yosh Shmenge | 1990-04-30 |
| Who Shrunk Saturday Morning? as Himself | 1989-10-02 |
| Uncle Buck as Buck Russell | 1989-08-16 |
| Rocket Boy | 1989-06-01 |
| Speed Zone as Charlie | 1989-04-21 |
| Who's Harry Crumb? as Harry Crumb | 1989-02-03 |
| Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special as Self | 1988-10-05 |
| Jackie Gleason: The Great One as Host | 1988-09-10 |
| The Best of SCTV | 1988-09-05 |
| Hot to Trot as Don The Horse (Voice) | 1988-08-26 |
| The Great Outdoors as Chet Ripley | 1988-06-17 |
| She's Having a Baby as Chet (uncredited) | 1988-02-05 |
| Planes, Trains and Automobiles as Del Griffith | 1987-11-26 |
| Spaceballs as Barf | 1987-06-24 |
| Citizen Steve as Clip Maxwell | 1987-01-01 |
| Little Shop of Horrors as Wink Wilkinson | 1986-12-19 |
| Really Weird Tales as Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma") | 1986-10-04 |
| Armed and Dangerous as Frank Dooley | 1986-08-15 |
| The Canadian Conspiracy as Various | 1986-06-08 |
| The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood as Wallace Osgood | 1986-03-09 |
| Tears Are Not Enough as Self | 1985-10-04 |
| Volunteers as Tom Tuttle | 1985-08-16 |
| Summer Rental as Jack Chester | 1985-08-09 |
| Follow That Bird as State Trooper | 1985-08-02 |
| Brewster's Millions as Spike Nolan | 1985-05-22 |
| The Last Polka as Yosh Shmenge | 1985-04-15 |
| Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas as Marcel | 1985-01-01 |
| Splash as Freddie Bauer | 1984-03-09 |
| The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show | 1983-12-16 |
| Going Berserk as John Bourgignon | 1983-09-30 |
| National Lampoon's Vacation as Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld | 1983-07-29 |
| It Came from Hollywood as Himself | 1982-10-29 |
| Heavy Metal as Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice) | 1981-08-07 |
| Stripes as Dewey "Ox" Oxberger | 1981-06-26 |
| The Blues Brothers as Burton Mercer | 1980-06-16 |
| Double Negative as John | 1980-05-12 |
| The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog as Pinky | 1980-01-20 |
| 1941 as Pvt. Foley | 1979-12-14 |
| Lost and Found as Carpentier | 1979-07-13 |
| The Silent Partner as Simonsen | 1978-09-07 |
| Find the Lady as Kopek | 1976-11-11 |
| The Clown Murders as Ollie | 1976-09-17 |
| Tunnel Vision as Cooper | 1976-03-12 |
| It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time as Kopek | 1975-09-11 |
| Class of '44 as Paule (uncredited) | 1973-04-10 |
