John Candy

John Candy

Birthday: 1950-10-30

Deathday: 1994-03-04

Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0001006

Biography:

John Franklin Candy (October 30, 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.

Played in movies:

Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine

Score: 10.0

Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas

Score: 9.0

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Score: 8.2

Seriously... Phil Collins

Score: 8.0

Jackie Gleason: The Great One

Score: 8.0

John Candy: I Like Me

Score: 7.9

The Blues Brothers

Score: 7.7

JFK

Score: 7.6

Home Alone

Score: 7.5

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Score: 7.2

National Lampoon's Vacation

Score: 7.1

Cool Runnings

Score: 7.0

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

Score: 7.0

The Silent Partner

Score: 7.0

Little Shop of Horrors

Score: 7.0

Career Opportunities

Score: 6.9

Spaceballs

Score: 6.9

Uncle Buck

Score: 6.8

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

Score: 6.6

Brewster's Millions

Score: 6.6

The Rescuers Down Under

Score: 6.6

Stripes

Score: 6.6

Heavy Metal

Score: 6.5

The Great Outdoors

Score: 6.5

Follow That Bird

Score: 6.3

Splash

Score: 6.3

Rookie of the Year

Score: 6.2

Summer Rental

Score: 6.1

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

Score: 6.0

John Candy: Comic Spirit

Score: 6.0

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

Score: 6.0

Tears Are Not Enough

Score: 6.0

The Best of SCTV

Score: 6.0

Only the Lonely

Score: 6.0

Who's Harry Crumb?

Score: 5.9

She's Having a Baby

Score: 5.9

Class of '44

Score: 5.9

Citizen Steve

Score: 5.9

Lost and Found

Score: 5.9

1941

Score: 5.8

Once Upon a Crime

Score: 5.7

Armed and Dangerous

Score: 5.7

Canadian Bacon

Score: 5.7

Delirious

Score: 5.6

Masters of Menace

Score: 5.6

The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood

Score: 5.5

Volunteers

Score: 5.5

The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog

Score: 5.2

Nothing But Trouble

Score: 5.2

Hot to Trot

Score: 5.2

It Came from Hollywood

Score: 5.2

The Canadian Conspiracy

Score: 5.0

Going Berserk

Score: 4.9

Wagons East!

Score: 4.9

Making a 'Splash'

Score: 4.6

Speed Zone

Score: 4.5

Tunnel Vision

Score: 4.4

Hostage for a Day

Score: 4.2

Boris and Natasha

Score: 4.0

Really Weird Tales

Score: 4.0

The Rocket Boy

Score: 3.7

Find the Lady

Score: 3.4

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

Score: 3.0

The Last Polka

Score: 3.0

The Clown Murders

Score: 3.0

Double Negative

Score: 2.8

David Steinberg in Concert With John Candy

Score: 0.0

Friends of Gilda

Score: 0.0

Rabbit Ears - Stormalong

Score: 0.0

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...

Score: 0.0

Who Shrunk Saturday Morning?

Score: 0.0

Christmas with SCTV

Score: 0.0

The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

Score: 10.0

SCTV Network 90

Score: 8.0

Second City Television

Score: 7.6

Saturday Night Live

Score: 7.0

Dinah!

Score: 6.7

The David Steinberg Show

Score: 6.5

Late Night with David Letterman

Score: 5.9

Camp Candy

Score: 5.0

The New Show

Score: 4.4

Cucumber

Score: 0.0

The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour

Score: 0.0