John Candy
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
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- Born:
- Oct 30, 1950 In Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 75
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Godspell 2025
- Latest Project:
- Movie Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon 2015-01-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Godspell 2025 | (archive footage) | 2025 |
| Series | Young Comedians | Unknown | 2025 |
| Movie | Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2015-01-25 |
| Movie | Mel Brooks: Make a Noise | Self (archive footage) | 2013-05-20 |
| Movie | Making a 'Splash' | Self (archive footage) | 2004-03-30 |
| Movie | Canadian Bacon | Sheriff Bud B. Boomer | 1995-06-08 |
| Movie | Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
| Movie | Wagons East! | James Harlow | 1994-08-16 |
| Movie | Hostage for a Day | Yuri Petrovich (uncredited) | 1994-04-25 |
| Movie | Rookie of the Year | Cliff Murdoch - Announcer (uncredited) | 1993-07-07 |
| Movie | Cool Runnings | Irv | 1993-10-01 |
| Movie | Boris and Natasha | Kalishak | 1992-04-17 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Crime | Augie Morosco | 1992-03-06 |
| Movie | JFK | Dean Andrews | 1991-12-20 |
| Movie | Delirious | Jack Gable | 1991-08-09 |
| Movie | Nothing but Trouble | Dennis / Eldona | 1991-02-15 |
| Movie | Career Opportunities | C.D. Marsh (uncredited) | 1991-03-29 |
| Movie | Only the Lonely | Danny Muldoon | 1991-05-24 |
| Movie | Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! | Yosh Shmenge | 1990-04-30 |
| Movie | Seriously... Phil Collins | Self | 1990-09-08 |
| Movie | The Rescuers Down Under | Wilbur (voice) | 1990-11-16 |
| Movie | Masters of Menace | Beer Truck Driver | 1990-09-06 |
| Movie | Home Alone | Gus Polinski | 1990-11-16 |
| Movie | Who's Harry Crumb? | Harry Crumb | 1989-02-03 |
| Movie | Speed Zone | Charlie | 1989-04-21 |
| Movie | Rocket Boy | 1989-06-01 | |
| Movie | Who Shrunk Saturday Morning? | Himself | 1989-10-02 |
| Series | Camp Candy | 1989-09-09 | |
| Movie | Uncle Buck | Buck Russell | 1989-08-16 |
| Movie | She's Having a Baby | Chet (uncredited) | 1988-02-05 |
| Movie | The Best of SCTV | 1988-09-05 | |
| Movie | Hot to Trot | Don The Horse (Voice) | 1988-08-26 |
| Movie | Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special | Self | 1988-10-05 |
| Movie | The Great Outdoors | Chet Ripley | 1988-06-17 |
| Movie | Citizen Steve | Clip Maxwell | 1987-01-01 |
| Movie | Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Del Griffith | 1987-11-26 |
| Movie | Spaceballs | Barf | 1987-06-24 |
| Movie | The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood | Wallace Osgood | 1986-03-09 |
| Movie | Armed and Dangerous | Frank Dooley | 1986-08-15 |
| Movie | Little Shop of Horrors | Wink Wilkinson | 1986-12-19 |
| Movie | The Canadian Conspiracy | Various | 1986-06-08 |
| Movie | Really Weird Tales | Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma") | 1986-10-04 |
| Movie | Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas | Marcel | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | The Last Polka | Yosh Shmenge | 1985-04-15 |
| Movie | Follow That Bird | State Trooper | 1985-08-02 |
| Movie | Tears Are Not Enough | Self | 1985-10-04 |
| Movie | Volunteers | Tom Tuttle | 1985-08-16 |
| Movie | Summer Rental | Jack Chester | 1985-08-09 |
| Movie | Brewster's Millions | Spike Nolan | 1985-05-22 |
| Movie | Splash | Freddie Bauer | 1984-03-09 |
| Series | The New Show | 1984-01-13 | |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Vacation | Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld | 1983-07-29 |
| Movie | Going Berserk | John Bourgignon | 1983-09-30 |
| Series | Late Night with David Letterman | Unknown | 1982-02-01 |
| Movie | It Came from Hollywood | Himself | 1982-10-29 |
| Series | The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1982-01-30 |
| Series | SCTV Network 90 | 1981-05-16 | |
| Movie | Stripes | Dewey "Ox" Oxberger | 1981-06-26 |
| Movie | Heavy Metal | Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice) | 1981-08-07 |
| Series | Big City Comedy | 1980-09-20 | |
| Movie | Double Negative | John | 1980-05-12 |
| Movie | The Blues Brothers | Burton Mercer | 1980-06-16 |
| Movie | The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog | Pinky | 1980-01-20 |
| Movie | 1941 | Pvt. Foley | 1979-12-14 |
| Movie | Lost and Found | Carpentier | 1979-07-13 |
| Movie | The Silent Partner | Simonsen | 1978-09-07 |
| Movie | Tunnel Vision | Cooper | 1976-03-12 |
| Series | Second City Television | Unknown | 1976-09-21 |
| Movie | The Clown Murders | Ollie | 1976-09-17 |
| Movie | Find the Lady | Kopek | 1976-11-11 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Movie | It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time | Kopek | 1975-09-11 |
| Movie | Class of '44 | Paule (uncredited) | 1973-04-10 |
| Series | The David Steinberg Show | 1972-07-19 | |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Unknown | 1962-10-01 |