Birthday
1950-10-30Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaBiography
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 WikipediaFree Trial Channels
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Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
2015
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as Self / Actor (archive footage)
2015
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987
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as Del Griffith
1987
Really Weird Tales
1986
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as Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma")
1986