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
KNOWN FOR
CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series
Second City Television
7.5
Late Night with David Letterman
5.808
Camp Candy
5
The New Show
5
The David Steinberg Show
6.5
The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour
0
Saturday Night Live
7
Cucumber
0
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
10
Dinah!
6.667
Movies
Cool Runnings
7
Spaceballs
6.841
The Blues Brothers
7.726
Home Alone
7.446
JFK
7.594
Canadian Bacon
5.774
Only the Lonely
6
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
7.248
The Great Outdoors
6.452
Armed and Dangerous
5.636
Uncle Buck
6.779
Splash
6.25
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
8
Stripes
6.555
Little Shop of Horrors
6.949
Wagons East!
4.9
The Rescuers Down Under
6.639
It Came from Hollywood
5.2
National Lampoon's Vacation
7.1
Brewster's Millions
6.593
Rookie of the Year
6.2
1941
5.796
Hot to Trot
5.2
Who's Harry Crumb?
5.9
Heavy Metal
6.508
Nothing but Trouble
5.247
Going Berserk
5
The Silent Partner
7.024
Speed Zone
4.5
Once Upon a Crime
5.7
Citizen Steve
5.875
Lost and Found
6.4
Delirious
5.6
Follow That Bird
6.3
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
8.231
The Clown Murders
3
Masters of Menace
5.6
Summer Rental
6.105
Volunteers
5.5
Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine
10
Tunnel Vision
4.538
The Last Polka
3
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
3.25
The Best of SCTV
6
The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show
0
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog
5.2
Really Weird Tales
6
Find the Lady
3.8
Seriously... Phil Collins
0
Christmas with SCTV
0
Double Negative
3.25
Class of '44
5.9
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
6.6
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
5.5
Boris and Natasha
3.941
Hostage for a Day
4.2
Rocket Boy
3.7
The Canadian Conspiracy
6
Who Shrunk Saturday Morning?
0
She's Having a Baby
5.9
Career Opportunities
6.898
Tears Are Not Enough
6
Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas
9
Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
6
John Candy: Comic Spirit
6
Making a 'Splash'
4.6
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
7
Godspell 2025
0
Rabbit Ears - Stormalong
0
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
6
John Candy: I Like Me
0