John Candy
Actor
Born October 31, 1950 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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.
Filmography
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You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
Self (archive footage)
Marty, Life Is Short
Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
Self (archive footage)
Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Self (archive footage)
Christmas with SCTV
Making a 'Splash'
Self (archive footage)
Canadian Bacon
Sheriff Bud B. Boomer
Wagons East!
James Harlow
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
Hostage for a Day
Yuri Petrovich (uncredited)
Cool Runnings
Irv
Rookie of the Year
Cliff Murdoch - Announcer (uncredited)
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice)
Boris and Natasha
Kalishak
Once Upon a Crime
Augie Morosco
JFK
Dean Andrews
Delirious
Jack Gable
Only the Lonely
Danny Muldoon
Career Opportunities
C.D. Marsh (uncredited)
Nothing but Trouble
Dennis / Eldona
Home Alone
Gus Polinski
The Rescuers Down Under
Wilbur (voice)
Seriously... Phil Collins
Self
Masters of Menace
Beer Truck Driver
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Yosh Shmenge (archive footage)
Who Shrunk Saturday Morning?
Himself
Camp Candy
(voice)
Uncle Buck
Buck Russell
The Rocket Boy
The Hawk
Speed Zone
Charlie
Who's Harry Crumb?
Harry Crumb
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Self
The Best of SCTV
Hot to Trot
Don The Horse (Voice)
The Great Outdoors
Chet Ripley
She's Having a Baby
Chet (uncredited)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Del Griffith
Spaceballs
Barf
Citizen Steve
Clip Maxwell
Little Shop of Horrors
Wink Wilkinson
Really Weird Tales
Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma")
Armed and Dangerous
Frank Dooley
Donald, the Star-Struck Duck
Himself
The Canadian Conspiracy
Self
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
Wallace Osgood
Tears Are Not Enough
Self
Volunteers
Tom Tuttle
Summer Rental
Jack Chester
Follow That Bird
State Trooper
Brewster's Millions
Spike Nolan
The Last Polka
Yosh Shmenge
Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas
Marcel
David Steinberg in Concert With John Candy
Self
Splash
Freddie Bauer
The New Show
The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show
Going Berserk
John Bourgignon
National Lampoon's Vacation
Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld
It Came from Hollywood
Self
Rome, Italian Style
Late Night with David Letterman
Self
Heavy Metal
Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice)
Stripes
Dewey "Ox" Oxberger
SCTV Network 90
Various
The Blues Brothers
Burton Mercer
Double Negative
John
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog
Pinky
1941
Pvt. Foley
Lost and Found
Carpentier
The Silent Partner
Simonsen
Find the Lady
Kopek
Second City Television
Self - Various Characters
The Clown Murders
Ollie
Tunnel Vision
Cooper
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Kopek
Dinah!
Self
Cucumber
Weatherman
Class of '44
Paule (uncredited)
Foxy Lady
The Oscars
Self