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:
- 66
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Godspell 2025
- Latest Project:
- Movie Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon 2015-01-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Godspell 2025 | (archive footage) | 2025 |
| Movie | Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2015-01-25 |
| Movie | Mel Brooks: Make a Noise | Self (archive footage) | 2013-05-20 |
| Movie | Making a 'Splash' | Self (archive footage) | 2004-03-30 |
| Movie | Canadian Bacon | Sheriff Bud B. Boomer | 1995-06-08 |
| Movie | Wagons East! | James Harlow | 1994-08-16 |
| Movie | Hostage for a Day | Yuri Petrovich (uncredited) | 1994-04-25 |
| Movie | Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
| 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 | Career Opportunities | C.D. Marsh (uncredited) | 1991-03-29 |
| Movie | Nothing but Trouble | Dennis / Eldona | 1991-02-15 |
| Movie | Only the Lonely | Danny Muldoon | 1991-05-24 |
| Movie | Delirious | Jack Gable | 1991-08-09 |
| Movie | JFK | Dean Andrews | 1991-12-20 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! | Yosh Shmenge | 1990-04-30 |
| Movie | The Rescuers Down Under | Wilbur (voice) | 1990-11-16 |
| Movie | Masters of Menace | Beer Truck Driver | 1990-09-06 |
| Movie | Home Alone | Gus Polinski | 1990-11-16 |
| Movie | Speed Zone | Charlie | 1989-04-21 |
| Movie | Rocket Boy | 1989-06-01 | |
| Movie | Who's Harry Crumb? | Harry Crumb | 1989-02-03 |
| Movie | Uncle Buck | Buck Russell | 1989-08-16 |
| Movie | Who Shrunk Saturday Morning? | Himself | 1989-10-02 |
| Series | Camp Candy | 1989-09-09 | |
| Movie | She's Having a Baby | Chet (uncredited) | 1988-02-05 |
| Movie | The Great Outdoors | Chet Ripley | 1988-06-17 |
| Movie | Hot to Trot | Don The Horse (Voice) | 1988-08-26 |
| Movie | The Best of SCTV | 1988-09-05 | |
| Movie | Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special | Self | 1988-10-05 |
| Movie | Citizen Steve | Clip Maxwell | 1987-01-01 |
| Movie | Spaceballs | Barf | 1987-06-24 |
| Movie | Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Del Griffith | 1987-11-26 |
| Movie | Little Shop of Horrors | Wink Wilkinson | 1986-12-19 |
| Movie | The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood | Wallace Osgood | 1986-03-09 |
| Movie | The Canadian Conspiracy | Various | 1986-06-08 |
| Movie | Really Weird Tales | Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma") | 1986-10-04 |
| Movie | Armed and Dangerous | Frank Dooley | 1986-08-15 |
| Movie | The Last Polka | Yosh Shmenge | 1985-04-15 |
| Movie | Brewster's Millions | Spike Nolan | 1985-05-22 |
| Movie | Summer Rental | Jack Chester | 1985-08-09 |
| Movie | Follow That Bird | State Trooper | 1985-08-02 |
| Movie | Tears Are Not Enough | Self | 1985-10-04 |
| Movie | Volunteers | Tom Tuttle | 1985-08-16 |
| Movie | Splash | Freddie Bauer | 1984-03-09 |
| Movie | Going Berserk | John Bourgignon | 1983-09-30 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Vacation | Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld | 1983-07-29 |
| Series | SCTV Network 90 | 1981-05-16 | |
| Movie | Stripes | Dewey "Ox" Oxberger | 1981-06-26 |
| Movie | Heavy Metal | Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice) | 1981-08-07 |
| Movie | The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog | Pinky | 1980-01-20 |
| Movie | Double Negative | John | 1980-05-12 |
| Movie | The Blues Brothers | Burton Mercer | 1980-06-16 |
| Series | Big City Comedy | 1980-09-20 | |
| Movie | 1941 | Pvt. Foley | 1979-12-14 |
| Movie | Lost and Found | Carpentier | 1979-07-13 |
| Movie | The Silent Partner | Simonsen | 1978-09-07 |
| Movie | Tunnel Vision | Cooper | 1976-03-12 |
| Movie | Find the Lady | Kopek | 1976-11-11 |
| Series | Second City Television | 1976-09-21 | |
| Movie | The Clown Murders | Ollie | 1976-09-17 |
| Movie | It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time | Kopek | 1975-09-11 |
| Movie | Class of '44 | Paule (uncredited) | 1973-04-10 |
| Series | The David Steinberg Show | 1972-07-19 |