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