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John Candy

John Franklin Candy 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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1950-10-30

Died: 1994-03-04

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1973	Class of '44	Paule (uncredited)	59
2	1975	It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time	Kopek	33
3	1976	Tunnel Vision	Cooper	45
4	1976	The Clown Murders	Ollie	30
5	1976	Find the Lady	Kopek	38
6	1978	The Silent Partner	Simonsen	70
7	1979	Lost and Found	Carpentier	64
8	1979	1941	Pvt. Foley	58
9	1980	The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog	Pinky	52
10	1980	Double Negative	John	33
11	1980	The Blues Brothers	Burton Mercer	77
12	1981	Stripes	Dewey "Ox" Oxberger	66
13	1981	Heavy Metal	Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice)	65
14	1982	It Came from Hollywood	Himself	52
15	1983	National Lampoon's Vacation	Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld	71
16	1983	Going Berserk	John Bourgignon	50
17	1983	The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show		0
18	1984	Splash	Freddie Bauer	63
19	1985	Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas	Marcel	90
20	1985	The Last Polka	Yosh Shmenge	30
21	1985	Brewster's Millions	Spike Nolan	66
22	1985	Follow That Bird	State Trooper	63
23	1985	Summer Rental	Jack Chester	61
24	1985	Volunteers	Tom Tuttle	55
25	1985	Tears Are Not Enough	Self	60
26	1986	The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood	Wallace Osgood	55
27	1986	The Canadian Conspiracy	Self	60
28	1986	Armed and Dangerous	Frank Dooley	57
29	1986	Really Weird Tales	Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma")	40
30	1986	Little Shop of Horrors	Wink Wilkinson	70
31	1987	Citizen Steve	Clip Maxwell	59
32	1987	Spaceballs	Barf	69
33	1987	Planes, Trains and Automobiles	Del Griffith	72
34	1988	She's Having a Baby	Chet (uncredited)	59
35	1988	The Great Outdoors	Chet Ripley	65
36	1988	Hot to Trot	Don The Horse (Voice)	52
37	1988	The Best of SCTV		60
38	1988	Jackie Gleason: The Great One	Host	80
39	1988	Sesame Street \| Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special	Self	60
40	1989	Who's Harry Crumb?	Harry Crumb	60
41	1989	Speed Zone	Charlie	45
42	1989	The Rocket Boy	The Hawk	37
43	1989	Uncle Buck	Buck Russell	68
44	1989	Who Shrunk Saturday Morning?	Himself	0
45	1990	Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!	Yosh Shmenge	60
46	1990	Rabbit Ears - Stormalong	Narrator (voice)	0
47	1990	Masters of Menace	Beer Truck Driver	56
48	1990	Seriously... Phil Collins	Self	0
49	1990	Home Alone	Gus Polinski	74
50	1990	The Rescuers Down Under	Wilbur (voice)	66
51	1991	Nothing but Trouble	Dennis / Eldona	52
52	1991	Career Opportunities	C.D. Marsh (uncredited)	69
53	1991	Only the Lonely	Danny Muldoon	60
54	1991	Delirious	Jack Gable	56
55	1991	JFK	Dean Andrews	76
56	1992	Once Upon a Crime	Augie Morosco	57
57	1992	Boris and Natasha	Kalishak	39
58	1993	Rookie of the Year	Cliff Murdoch - Announcer (uncredited)	62
59	1993	Cool Runnings	Irv	70
60	1994	Hostage for a Day	Yuri Petrovich (uncredited)	42
61	1994	Sesame Street \| All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!	Self (archive footage)	70
62	1994	Wagons East!	James Harlow	49
63	1995	Canadian Bacon	Sheriff Bud B. Boomer	57
64	2004	Making a 'Splash'	Self (archive footage)	46
65	2005	John Candy: Comic Spirit	Self (archive footage)	60
66	2006	Christmas with SCTV		0
67	2013	Mel Brooks: Make a Noise	Self (archive footage)	82
68	2015	Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead	Self - Actor (archive footage)	66
69	2021	Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	100
70	2025	John Candy: I Like Me	Self (archive footage)	0
71	2025	You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...	(archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	The David Steinberg Show		65
2	1974	Cucumber	Weatherman	0
3	1974	Dinah!	Self	67
4	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
5	1976	Second City Television	Self - Various Characters	76
6	1982	The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour	Himself	0
7	1982	Late Night with David Letterman	Self	58
8	1984	The New Show		50
9	1989	Camp Candy	(voice)	50
10	1992	Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories	Narrator (Voice)	100