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 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

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

Jackie Gleason: The Great One

Score: 8.0

The Blues Brothers

Score: 7.7

JFK

Score: 7.6

Home Alone

Score: 7.4

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Score: 7.3

National Lampoon's Vacation

Score: 7.1

The Silent Partner

Score: 7.0

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

Score: 7.0

Cool Runnings

Score: 7.0

Little Shop of Horrors

Score: 7.0

Career Opportunities

Score: 6.9

Spaceballs

Score: 6.8

Uncle Buck

Score: 6.8

The Rescuers Down Under

Score: 6.6

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon

Score: 6.6

Brewster's Millions

Score: 6.6

Stripes

Score: 6.6

Heavy Metal

Score: 6.5

The Great Outdoors

Score: 6.5

Lost and Found

Score: 6.4

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: An All-Star Musical Special

Score: 6.0

Tears Are Not Enough

Score: 6.0

The Canadian Conspiracy

Score: 6.0

Really Weird Tales

Score: 6.0

The Best of SCTV

Score: 6.0

Who's Harry Crumb?

Score: 6.0

Only the Lonely

Score: 6.0

She's Having a Baby

Score: 5.9

Class of '44

Score: 5.9

Citizen Steve

Score: 5.9

1941

Score: 5.8

Canadian Bacon

Score: 5.8

Once Upon a Crime

Score: 5.7

Delirious

Score: 5.6

Masters of Menace

Score: 5.6

Armed and Dangerous

Score: 5.6

The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood

Score: 5.5

Volunteers

Score: 5.5

Hot to Trot

Score: 5.3

Nothing but Trouble

Score: 5.3

The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog

Score: 5.2

It Came from Hollywood

Score: 5.2

Going Berserk

Score: 5.1

Rocket Boy

Score: 5.0

The Last Polka

Score: 5.0

Wagons East!

Score: 4.9

Tunnel Vision

Score: 4.8

Hostage for a Day

Score: 4.7

Making a 'Splash'

Score: 4.6

Speed Zone

Score: 4.5

Boris and Natasha

Score: 4.1

Double Negative

Score: 4.0

Find the Lady

Score: 3.8

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

Score: 3.3

The Clown Murders

Score: 3.0

Rabbit Ears - Stormalong

Score: 0.0

Godspell 2025

Score: 0.0

Who Shrunk Saturday Morning?

Score: 0.0

Christmas with SCTV

Score: 0.0

Seriously... Phil Collins

Score: 0.0

The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

Score: 10.0

Second City Television

Score: 7.4

SCTV Network 90

Score: 7.2

Saturday Night Live

Score: 6.9

Dinah!

Score: 6.7

The David Steinberg Show

Score: 6.5

Late Night with David Letterman

Score: 5.8

The New Show

Score: 5.0

Camp Candy

Score: 5.0

Cucumber

Score: 0.0

The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour

Score: 0.0

Big City Comedy

Score: 0.0

Young Comedians

Score: 0.0