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
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 | 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 | Nothing but Trouble | Dennis / Eldona | 1991-02-15 |
Movie | JFK | Dean Andrews | 1991-12-20 |
Movie | Career Opportunities | C.D. Marsh (uncredited) | 1991-03-29 |
Movie | Only the Lonely | Danny Muldoon | 1991-05-24 |
Movie | Delirious | Jack Gable | 1991-08-09 |
Movie | Masters of Menace | Beer Truck Driver | 1990-09-06 |
Movie | Home Alone | Gus Polinski | 1990-11-16 |
Movie | The Rescuers Down Under | Wilbur (voice) | 1990-11-16 |
Movie | Who Shrunk Saturday Morning? | Himself | 1989-10-02 |
Movie | Who's Harry Crumb? | Harry Crumb | 1989-02-03 |
Movie | Speed Zone | Charlie | 1989-04-21 |
Series | Camp Candy | 1989-09-09 | |
Movie | Uncle Buck | Buck Russell | 1989-08-16 |
Movie | Rocket Boy | 1989-06-01 | |
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 | Spaceballs | Barf | 1987-06-24 |
Movie | Planes, Trains and Automobiles | Del Griffith | 1987-11-26 |
Movie | The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood | Wallace Osgood | 1986-03-09 |
Movie | The Canadian Conspiracy | Various | 1986-06-08 |
Movie | Little Shop of Horrors | Wink Wilkinson | 1986-12-19 |
Movie | Armed and Dangerous | Frank Dooley | 1986-08-15 |
Movie | Really Weird Tales | Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma") | 1986-10-04 |
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 | Volunteers | Tom Tuttle | 1985-08-16 |
Movie | Tears Are Not Enough | Himself | 1985-10-04 |
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 |
Movie | It Came from Hollywood | Himself | 1982-10-29 |
Series | The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1982-01-30 |
Series | Late Night with David Letterman | Unknown | 1982-02-01 |
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 | The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog | Pinky | 1980-01-20 |
Movie | Double Negative | John | 1980-05-12 |
Movie | The Blues Brothers | Burton Mercer | 1980-06-16 |
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 | 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 |