John Candy

Birthday: 1950-10-30
Deathday: 1994-03-04
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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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Credits

Year Title Character
2006-01-01 Christmas with SCTV
1995-06-08 Canadian Bacon Sheriff Bud B. Boomer
1994-08-16 Wagons East! James Harlow
1994-04-25 Hostage for a Day Yuri Petrovich (uncredited)
1993-10-01 Cool Runnings Irv
1993-07-07 Rookie of the Year Cliff Murdoch - Announcer (uncredited)
1992-04-17 Boris and Natasha Kalishak
1992-03-06 Once Upon a Crime Augie Morosco
1991-12-20 JFK Dean Andrews
1991-08-09 Delirious Jack Gable
1991-05-24 Only the Lonely Danny Muldoon
1991-03-29 Career Opportunities C.D. Marsh (uncredited)
1991-02-15 Nothing but Trouble Dennis / Eldona
1990-11-16 Home Alone Gus Polinski
1990-11-16 The Rescuers Down Under Wilbur (voice)
1990-09-06 Masters of Menace Beer Truck Driver
1990-04-30 Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! Yosh Shmenge
1989-08-16 Uncle Buck Buck Russell
1989-06-01 Rocket Boy The Hawk
1989-04-21 Speed Zone Charlie
1989-02-03 Who's Harry Crumb? Harry Crumb
1988-09-10 Jackie Gleason: The Great One Host
1988-09-05 The Best of SCTV
1988-08-26 Hot to Trot Don The Horse (Voice)
1988-06-17 The Great Outdoors Chet Ripley
1988-02-05 She's Having a Baby Chet (uncredited)
1987-11-26 Planes, Trains and Automobiles Del Griffith
1987-06-24 Spaceballs Barf
1987-01-01 Citizen Steve Clip Maxwell
1986-12-19 Little Shop of Horrors Wink Wilkinson
1986-10-04 Really Weird Tales Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma")
1986-08-15 Armed and Dangerous Frank Dooley
1986-06-08 The Canadian Conspiracy Various
1986-03-09 The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood Wallace Osgood
1985-08-16 Volunteers Tom Tuttle
1985-08-09 Summer Rental Jack Chester
1985-08-02 Follow That Bird State Trooper
1985-05-22 Brewster's Millions Spike Nolan
1985-04-15 The Last Polka Yosh Shmenge
1985-01-01 Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas Marcel
1984-03-09 Splash Freddie Bauer
1983-12-16 The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show
1983-09-30 Going Berserk John Bourgignon
1983-07-29 National Lampoon's Vacation Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld
1981-08-07 Heavy Metal Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice)
1981-06-26 Stripes Dewey "Ox" Oxberger
1980-06-16 The Blues Brothers Burton Mercer
1980-05-12 Double Negative John
1980-01-20 The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog Pinky
1979-12-14 1941 Pvt. Foley
1979-07-13 Lost and Found Carpentier
1978-09-07 The Silent Partner Simonsen
1976-11-11 Find the Lady Kopek
1976-09-17 The Clown Murders Ollie
1976-03-12 Tunnel Vision Cooper
1975-09-11 It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time Kopek
1973-04-10 Class of '44 Paule (uncredited)