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
7.558
Late Night with David Letterman
5.8
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
6.996
Spaceballs
6.8
The Blues Brothers
7.726
Home Alone
7.447
JFK
7.598
Canadian Bacon
5.763
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
7.249
Only the Lonely
6
Uncle Buck
6.788
The Great Outdoors
6.455
Splash
6.257
Armed and Dangerous
5.657
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
8
Stripes
6.569
Little Shop of Horrors
6.951
Wagons East!
4.9
The Rescuers Down Under
6.637
It Came from Hollywood
5.2
National Lampoon's Vacation
7.105
Brewster's Millions
6.6
Rookie of the Year
6.179
1941
5.8
Hot to Trot
5.2
Who's Harry Crumb?
5.9
Heavy Metal
6.5
Nothing but Trouble
5.234
Going Berserk
5
The Silent Partner
7
Speed Zone
4.5
Once Upon a Crime
5.765
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
6.122
Volunteers
5.482
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
4
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
6.629
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
5.5
Boris and Natasha
3.941
Hostage for a Day
4.2
The Rocket Boy
3.7
The Canadian Conspiracy
6
Who Shrunk Saturday Morning?
0
She's Having a Baby
5.925
Career Opportunities
6.9
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
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
0
Rabbit Ears - Stormalong
0
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
6
John Candy: I Like Me
0