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 | |
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 | |
Hostage for a Day | Yuri Petrovich (uncredited) | 1994-04-25 | |
Wagons East! | James Harlow | 1994-08-16 | |
Cool Runnings | Irv | 1993-10-01 | |
Rookie of the Year | Cliff Murdoch - Announcer (uncredited) | 1993-07-07 | |
Once Upon a Crime | Augie Morosco | 1992-03-06 | |
Boris and Natasha | Kalishak | 1992-04-17 | |
JFK | Dean Andrews | 1991-12-20 | |
Delirious | Jack Gable | 1991-08-09 | |
Career Opportunities | C.D. Marsh (uncredited) | 1991-03-29 | |
Nothing but Trouble | Dennis / Eldona | 1991-02-15 | |
Only the Lonely | Danny Muldoon | 1991-05-24 | |
Seriously... Phil Collins | Self | 1990-09-08 | |
The Rescuers Down Under | Wilbur (voice) | 1990-11-16 | |
Masters of Menace | Beer Truck Driver | 1990-09-06 | |
Home Alone | Gus Polinski | 1990-11-16 | |
Speed Zone | Charlie | 1989-04-21 | |
Uncle Buck | Buck Russell | 1989-08-16 | |
Who Shrunk Saturday Morning? | Himself | 1989-10-02 | |
Rocket Boy | 1989-06-01 | ||
Who's Harry Crumb? | Harry Crumb | 1989-02-03 | |
She's Having a Baby | Chet (uncredited) | 1988-02-05 | |
The Best of SCTV | 1988-09-05 | ||
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special | Self | 1988-10-05 | |
The Great Outdoors | Chet Ripley | 1988-06-17 | |
Jackie Gleason: The Great One | Host | 1988-09-10 | |
Hot to Trot | Don The Horse (Voice) | 1988-08-26 | |
Citizen Steve | Clip Maxwell | 1987-01-01 | |
Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Del Griffith | 1987-11-26 | |
Spaceballs | Barfolemew 'Barf' | 1987-06-24 | |
Really Weird Tales | Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma") | 1986-10-04 | |
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood | Wallace Osgood | 1986-03-09 | |
Little Shop of Horrors | Wink Wilkinson | 1986-12-19 | |
Armed and Dangerous | Frank Dooley | 1986-08-15 | |
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 | |
8th Annual Young Comedians' Show | 1983-12-16 | ||
Going Berserk | John Bourgignon | 1983-09-30 | |
National Lampoon's Vacation | Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld | 1983-07-29 | |
It Came from Hollywood | Himself | 1982-10-29 | |
Stripes | Dewey 'Ox' Oxberger | 1981-06-26 | |
Heavy Metal | Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice) | 1981-08-07 | |
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog | Pinky | 1980-01-20 | |
The Blues Brothers | Burton Mercer | 1980-06-16 | |
Double Negative | John | 1980-05-12 | |
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 |