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:
- 74
- 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
| 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 | Wagons East! | James Harlow | 1994-08-16 |
| Movie | Hostage for a Day | Yuri Petrovich (uncredited) | 1994-04-25 |
| Movie | Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
| Movie | Rookie of the Year | Cliff Murdoch - Announcer (uncredited) | 1993-07-07 |
| Movie | Cool Runnings | Irv | 1993-10-01 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Crime | Augie Morosco | 1992-03-06 |
| Movie | Boris and Natasha | Kalishak | 1992-04-17 |
| Movie | Career Opportunities | C.D. Marsh (uncredited) | 1991-03-29 |
| Movie | Nothing but Trouble | Dennis / Eldona | 1991-02-15 |
| Movie | Only the Lonely | Danny Muldoon | 1991-05-24 |
| Movie | Delirious | Jack Gable | 1991-08-09 |
| Movie | JFK | Dean Andrews | 1991-12-20 |
| Movie | Masters of Menace | Beer Truck Driver | 1990-09-06 |
| Movie | Seriously... Phil Collins | Self | 1990-09-08 |
| Movie | The Rescuers Down Under | Wilbur (voice) | 1990-11-16 |
| 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 Great Outdoors | Chet Ripley | 1988-06-17 |
| Movie | The Best of SCTV | 1988-09-05 | |
| Movie | Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special | Self | 1988-10-05 |
| Movie | Hot to Trot | Don The Horse (Voice) | 1988-08-26 |
| Movie | Citizen Steve | Clip Maxwell | 1987-01-01 |
| Movie | Spaceballs | Barf | 1987-06-24 |
| Movie | Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Del Griffith | 1987-11-26 |
| Movie | The Canadian Conspiracy | Various | 1986-06-08 |
| Movie | The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood | Wallace Osgood | 1986-03-09 |
| Movie | Armed and Dangerous | Frank Dooley | 1986-08-15 |
| Movie | Really Weird Tales | Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma") | 1986-10-04 |
| Movie | Little Shop of Horrors | Wink Wilkinson | 1986-12-19 |
| Movie | The Last Polka | Yosh Shmenge | 1985-04-15 |
| Movie | Brewster's Millions | Spike Nolan | 1985-05-22 |
| Movie | Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas | Marcel | 1985-01-01 |
| 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 |
| Series | The New Show | 1984-01-13 | |
| Movie | Splash | Freddie Bauer | 1984-03-09 |
| Movie | Going Berserk | John Bourgignon | 1983-09-30 |
| Movie | National Lampoon's Vacation | Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld | 1983-07-29 |
| Series | The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1982-01-30 |
| Series | Late Night with David Letterman | Unknown | 1982-02-01 |
| Movie | It Came from Hollywood | Himself | 1982-10-29 |
| Series | SCTV Network 90 | 1981-05-16 | |
| Movie | Heavy Metal | Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice) | 1981-08-07 |
| Movie | Stripes | Dewey "Ox" Oxberger | 1981-06-26 |
| Movie | Double Negative | John | 1980-05-12 |
| Movie | The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog | Pinky | 1980-01-20 |
| Series | Big City Comedy | 1980-09-20 | |
| Movie | The Blues Brothers | Burton Mercer | 1980-06-16 |
| Movie | Lost and Found | Carpentier | 1979-07-13 |
| Movie | 1941 | Pvt. Foley | 1979-12-14 |
| Movie | The Silent Partner | Simonsen | 1978-09-07 |
| Movie | Tunnel Vision | Cooper | 1976-03-12 |
| Series | Second City Television | Unknown | 1976-09-21 |
| Movie | Find the Lady | Kopek | 1976-11-11 |
| Movie | The Clown Murders | Ollie | 1976-09-17 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Godspell 2025 | (archive footage) | 0 |