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John Candy1950 - 1994

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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

Credits

Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine

2021

Documentary

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

10(1)

0.2

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon

2015

Comedy • Documentary • History

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

6.6(65)

0.5

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

2013

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

8.2(12)

0.3

Christmas with SCTV

2006

Comedy

0(0)

0.1

John Candy: Comic Spirit

2005

Comedy • Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

6(2)

0.2

Making a 'Splash'

2004

Comedy • Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

4.6(5)

0.2

Canadian Bacon

1995

Comedy

as Sheriff Bud B. Boomer

5.8(220)

1.2

Wagons East!

1994

Adventure • Comedy • Western

as James Harlow

4.9(98)

1.1

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

1994

Documentary • Family • TV Movie

as Self (archive footage)

7(3)

0.4

Hostage for a Day

1994

Comedy • TV Movie

as Yuri Petrovich (uncredited)

4.2(8)

0.5

Cool Runnings

1993

Adventure • Comedy • Drama

as Irv

7(2,096)

3.2

Rookie of the Year

1993

Comedy • Family

as Cliff Murdoch - Announcer (uncredited)

6.2(361)

1.5

Boris and Natasha

1992

Action • Adventure • Comedy

as Kalishak

3.9(17)

0.4

Once Upon a Crime

1992

Comedy • Crime • Mystery

as Augie Morosco

5.7(109)

1.1

JFK

1991

Drama • History • Thriller

as Dean Andrews

7.6(2,198)

5.4

Delirious

1991

Comedy • Fantasy • Romance

as Jack Gable

5.6(136)

1.6

Only the Lonely

1991

Comedy • Romance

as Danny Muldoon

6(167)

0.8

Career Opportunities

1991

Comedy • Romance

as C.D. Marsh (uncredited)

6.9(683)

2.9

Nothing but Trouble

1991

Adventure • Comedy

as Dennis / Eldona

5.3(368)

1.4

Home Alone

1990

Comedy • Family

as Gus Polinski

7.4(11,652)

0.5

The Rescuers Down Under

1990

Adventure • Animation • Family • Fantasy

as Wilbur (voice)

6.6(1,313)

0.6

Seriously... Phil Collins

1990

Comedy • TV Movie

as Self

0(0)

0.2

Masters of Menace

1990

Comedy

as Beer Truck Driver

5.6(13)

0.3

Rabbit Ears - Stormalong

1990

as Narrator (voice)

0(0)

0.1

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

1990

Comedy • Family • Music

as Yosh Shmenge

6(3)

0.4

Who Shrunk Saturday Morning?

1989

as Himself

0(0)

0.2

Uncle Buck

1989

Comedy • Drama • Family

as Buck Russell

6.8(1,227)

2.7

Rocket Boy

1989

as The Hawk

3.7(3)

0.2

Speed Zone

1989

Action • Comedy

as Charlie

4.5(83)

Who's Harry Crumb?

1989

Comedy • Crime • Mystery

as Harry Crumb

5.9(329)

Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special

1988

Comedy • Family • Music • TV Movie

as Self

6(1)

0.2

Jackie Gleason: The Great One

1988

Documentary • TV Movie

as Host

8(1)

0.1

The Best of SCTV

1988

Comedy

6(1)

0.2

Hot to Trot

1988

Comedy

as Don The Horse (Voice)

5.2(56)

0.7

The Great Outdoors

1988

Comedy

as Chet Ripley

6.5(550)

1.3

She's Having a Baby

1988

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Chet (uncredited)

5.9(206)

1.1

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

1987

Comedy

as Del Griffith

7.3(1,998)

2.5

Spaceballs

1987

Comedy • Science Fiction

as Barf

6.8(3,085)

7.5

Citizen Steve

1987

Comedy

as Clip Maxwell

5.9(8)

0.2

Little Shop of Horrors

1986

Comedy • Horror

as Wink Wilkinson

7(1,497)

2.4

Really Weird Tales

1986

Comedy • Science Fiction • TV Movie

as Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma")

6(1)

0.1

Armed and Dangerous

1986

Action • Comedy • Crime

as Frank Dooley

5.7(187)

1.3

The Canadian Conspiracy

1986

Comedy

as Various

6(1)

0.4

The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood

1986

Adventure • Comedy • History

as Wallace Osgood

5.5(3)

0.1

Tears Are Not Enough

1985

Documentary • Music

as Self

6(1)

0.2

Volunteers

1985

Comedy

as Tom Tuttle

5.5(164)

1.5

Summer Rental

1985

Comedy

as Jack Chester

6.1(210)

1.1

Follow That Bird

1985

Adventure • Comedy • Family • Music

as State Trooper

6.3(84)

0.8

Brewster's Millions

1985

Comedy

as Spike Nolan

6.6(613)

3.5

The Last Polka

1985

Comedy • Music

as Yosh Shmenge

3(2)

0.3

Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas

1985

Comedy

as Marcel

9(2)

0.1

Splash

1984

Comedy • Fantasy • Romance

as Freddie Bauer

6.3(1,389)

3.3

The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show

1983

0(0)

0.1

Going Berserk

1983

Comedy

as John Bourgignon

5.1(35)

0.8

National Lampoon's Vacation

1983

Adventure • Comedy

as Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld

7.1(1,601)

3.5

It Came from Hollywood

1982

Comedy • Documentary

as Himself

5.2(26)

0.1

Heavy Metal

1981

Adventure • Animation • Fantasy • Music • Science Fiction

as Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice)

6.5(720)

2.2

Stripes

1981

Action • Comedy

as Dewey "Ox" Oxberger

6.6(933)

3.1

The Blues Brothers

1980

Action • Comedy • Crime • Music

as Burton Mercer

7.7(4,301)

4.5

Double Negative

1980

Thriller

as John

3.3(4)

0.4

The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog

1980

Action • Adventure • Drama • TV Movie

as Pinky

5.2(6)

0.1

1941

1979

Action • Comedy • War

as Pvt. Foley

5.8(638)

1.7

Lost and Found

1979

Comedy

as Carpentier

6.4(9)

0.3

The Silent Partner

1978

Drama • Thriller

as Simonsen

7(144)

0.9

Find the Lady

1976

Comedy

as Kopek

3.8(12)

0.4

The Clown Murders

1976

Drama • Horror • Mystery • Thriller

as Ollie

3(1)

0.4

Tunnel Vision

1976

Comedy

as Cooper

4.5(13)

0.5

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

1975

Comedy

as Kopek

3.3(10)

0.1

Class of '44

1973

Comedy • Drama

as Paule (uncredited)

5.9(5)

0.2

Godspell 2025

Documentary

as (archive footage)

0(0)

0.4