John Candy

Acting 87 credits

Birthday

Oct 31, 1950

Day of Death

Mar 04, 1994 (43 years)

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biography

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.

John Candy

Biography

Movies (74)

Spaceballs

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

Little Shop of Horrors

The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show

The Blues Brothers

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Nothing But Trouble

JFK

Cool Runnings

National Lampoon's Vacation

The Canadian Conspiracy

Stripes

Splash

Heavy Metal

Career Opportunities

Uncle Buck

John Candy: I Like Me

Brewster's Millions

TV Shows (13)

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Late Night with David Letterman

Second City Television

The Oscars

Dinah!

Camp Candy

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

SCTV Network 90

The New Show

The David Steinberg Show

The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour

Cucumber

As Crew... (11)

Camp Candy

Camp Candy

SCTV Network 90

Wagons East!

Citizen Steve

Who's Harry Crumb?

Foxy Lady

The Last Polka

Rome, Italian Style

The Best of SCTV

Hostage for a Day