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 | 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 | Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
| Movie | Hostage for a Day | Yuri Petrovich (uncredited) | 1994-04-25 |
| Movie | Wagons East! | James Harlow | 1994-08-16 |
| 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 | Only the Lonely | Danny Muldoon | 1991-05-24 |
| Movie | Nothing but Trouble | Dennis / Eldona | 1991-02-15 |
| 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 | 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 | Speed Zone | Charlie | 1989-04-21 |
| Movie | Who's Harry Crumb? | Harry Crumb | 1989-02-03 |
| Movie | Rocket Boy | 1989-06-01 | |
| Movie | Uncle Buck | Buck Russell | 1989-08-16 |
| Series | Camp Candy | 1989-09-09 | |
| Movie | Who Shrunk Saturday Morning? | Himself | 1989-10-02 |
| Movie | The Great Outdoors | Chet Ripley | 1988-06-17 |
| Movie | She's Having a Baby | Chet (uncredited) | 1988-02-05 |
| Movie | The Best of SCTV | 1988-09-05 | |
| Movie | Hot to Trot | Don The Horse (Voice) | 1988-08-26 |
| 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 | The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood | Wallace Osgood | 1986-03-09 |
| Movie | Armed and Dangerous | Frank Dooley | 1986-08-15 |
| Movie | The Canadian Conspiracy | Various | 1986-06-08 |
| Movie | Little Shop of Horrors | Wink Wilkinson | 1986-12-19 |
| Movie | Really Weird Tales | Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma") | 1986-10-04 |
| Movie | Brewster's Millions | Spike Nolan | 1985-05-22 |
| Movie | The Last Polka | Yosh Shmenge | 1985-04-15 |
| Movie | Follow That Bird | State Trooper | 1985-08-02 |
| Movie | Volunteers | Tom Tuttle | 1985-08-16 |
| Movie | Tears Are Not Enough | Self | 1985-10-04 |
| Movie | Summer Rental | Jack Chester | 1985-08-09 |
| 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 | Lost and Found | Carpentier | 1979-07-13 |
| Movie | 1941 | Pvt. Foley | 1979-12-14 |
| Movie | The Silent Partner | Simonsen | 1978-09-07 |
| Movie | Find the Lady | Kopek | 1976-11-11 |
| Movie | The Clown Murders | Ollie | 1976-09-17 |
| Movie | Tunnel Vision | Cooper | 1976-03-12 |
| Series | Second City Television | 1976-09-21 | |
| 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 | |
| Movie | Godspell 2025 | (archive footage) | 0 |