John Candy
Birthday: 1950-10-31
Deathday: 1994-03-04
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
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2006-01-01 | Christmas with SCTV | |
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1995-06-08 | Canadian Bacon | Sheriff Bud B. Boomer |
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1994-08-16 | Wagons East! | James Harlow |
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1994-04-25 | Hostage for a Day | Yuri Petrovich (uncredited) |
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1993-10-01 | Cool Runnings | Irv |
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1993-07-07 | Rookie of the Year | Cliff Murdoch - Announcer (uncredited) |
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1992-04-17 | Boris and Natasha | Kalishak |
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1992-03-06 | Once Upon a Crime | Augie Morosco |
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1991-12-20 | JFK | Dean Andrews |
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1991-08-09 | Delirious | Jack Gable |
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1991-05-24 | Only the Lonely | Danny Muldoon |
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1991-03-29 | Career Opportunities | C.D. Marsh (uncredited) |
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1991-03-29 | Career Opportunities | Target Store Manager |
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1991-02-15 | Nothing But Trouble | Dennis / Eldona |
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1990-11-16 | Home Alone | Gus Polinski |
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1990-11-16 | The Rescuers Down Under | Wilbur (voice) |
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1990-09-06 | Masters of Menace | Beer Truck Driver |
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1989-08-16 | Uncle Buck | Buck Russell |
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1989-06-01 | The Rocket Boy | The Hawk |
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1989-04-21 | Speed Zone | Charlie |
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1989-02-03 | Who's Harry Crumb? | Harry Crumb |
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1988-09-10 | Jackie Gleason: The Great One | Host |
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1988-09-05 | The Best of SCTV | |
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1988-08-26 | Hot to Trot | Don The Horse (Voice) |
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1988-06-17 | The Great Outdoors | Chet Ripley |
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1988-02-05 | She's Having a Baby | Chet (uncredited) |
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1987-11-26 | Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Del Griffith |
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1987-06-24 | Spaceballs | Barf |
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1987-01-01 | Citizen Steve | Clip Maxwell |
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1986-12-19 | Little Shop of Horrors | Wink Wilkinson |
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1986-10-04 | Really Weird Tales | Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma") |
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1986-08-15 | Armed and Dangerous | Frank Dooley |
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1986-03-09 | The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood | Wallace Osgood |
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1985-08-16 | Volunteers | Tom Tuttle |
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1985-08-09 | Summer Rental | Jack Chester |
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1985-08-02 | Follow That Bird | State Trooper |
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1985-05-22 | Brewster's Millions | Spike Nolan |
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1985-04-15 | The Last Polka | Yosh Shmenge |
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1985-01-01 | Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas | Marcel |
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1984-03-09 | Splash | Freddie Bauer |
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1983-12-16 | The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show | |
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1983-09-30 | Going Berserk | John Bourgignon |
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1983-07-29 | National Lampoon's Vacation | Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld |
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1981-08-07 | Heavy Metal | Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice) |
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1981-06-26 | Stripes | Dewey "Ox" Oxberger |
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1980-06-16 | The Blues Brothers | Burton Mercer |
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1980-05-12 | Double Negative | John |
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1980-01-20 | The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog | Pinky |
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1979-12-14 | 1941 | Pvt. Foley |
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1979-07-13 | Lost and Found | Carpentier |
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1978-09-07 | The Silent Partner | Simonsen |
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1976-11-11 | Find the Lady | Kopek |
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1976-09-17 | The Clown Murders | Ollie |
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1976-03-12 | Tunnel Vision | Cooper |
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1975-09-11 | It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time | Kopek |
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1973-04-10 | Class of '44 | Paule (uncredited) |