John Candy
Gender: Male
Born: 31st October 1950
Died: 4th March 1994
Nationality: Canada
TV programs: Second City Television, Camp Candy, Rabbit Ears Productions, Big City Comedy, Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins, SCTV Network 90, The David Steinberg Show
Movies: Armed and Dangerous, Canadian Bacon, Cool Runnings, Delirious, Find the Lady, Going Berserk, Heavy Metal, Hot to Trot, It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, Little Shop of Horrors, Nothing But Trouble, Once Upon a Crime..., Only the Lonely, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Spaceballs, Speed Zone!, Summer Rental, The Blues Brothers, The Clown Murders, The Great Outdoors, The Rescuers Down Under, Tunnel Vision, Uncle Buck, Volunteers, Wagons East, Who's Harry Crumb?, JFK, Stripes, Brewster's Millions, The Last Polka, 1941, Home Alone, Rookie of the Year, The Silent Partner, The Canadian Conspiracy, Splash, Sesame Street presents Follow That Bird, Boris and Natasha: The Movie, Vacation, Hostage for a Day, Deadly Companion, The Courage of Kavik the Wolf Dog, Career Opportunities, Heavy Metal, The Last Polka, Nothing But Trouble, Heavy Metal, She's Having a Baby, Lost and Found, Class of '44, Masters of Menace
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 branch of The Second City and its related Second City Television series, and through his appearances in comedy films such as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, The Great Outdoors, Spaceballs, and Uncle Buck. One of his most renowned onscreen performances was as Del Griffith, the loquacious, on-the-move shower-curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Candy was born in Newmarket, Ontario in 1950. The son of Sidney James Candy and his wife Evangeline (Aker) Candy, he was raised in a working-class Roman Catholic family. His grandmother was Polish. Candy graduated from Neil McNeil High School, an all-boys Catholic public school in Toronto, where he played football.
Candy's first movie role was a small uncredited appearance in the 1973 film Class of '44. He appeared in several other low-budget films during the 1970s, including the bank-robbery thriller The Silent Partner with Christopher Plummer and Elliott Gould. In 1976, Candy played a supporting role (with Rick Moranis) on Peter Gzowski's short-lived, late-night
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