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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 30, 1950
Died
March 4, 1994
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
John Candy
4.0 Popularity
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.
Known For
0.0
Self (archive footage)
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
2025
7.8
Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
10.0
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine
2021
6.6
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
8.2
Self (archive footage)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
0.0
Christmas with SCTV
2006
6.0
Self (archive footage)
John Candy: Comic Spirit
2005
4.6
Self (archive footage)
Making a 'Splash'
2004
5.7
Sheriff Bud B. Boomer
Canadian Bacon
1995
4.9
James Harlow
Wagons East!
1994
Credits
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
as Self (archive footage)
2025
0.0
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self (archive footage)
2025
7.8
Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
10.0
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2015
6.6
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
2013
8.2
Christmas with SCTV
2006
0.0
John Candy: Comic Spirit
as Self (archive footage)
2005
6.0
Making a 'Splash'
as Self (archive footage)
2004
4.6
Canadian Bacon
as Sheriff Bud B. Boomer
1995
5.7
Wagons East!
as James Harlow
1994
4.9
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
1994
7.0
Hostage for a Day
as Yuri Petrovich (uncredited)
1994
4.2
🎬
Friends of Gilda
as Himself
1993
0.0
Cool Runnings
as Irv
1993
7.0
Rookie of the Year
as Cliff Murdoch - Announcer (uncredited)
1993
6.2
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
as Narrator (voice)
1992
10.0
Boris and Natasha
as Kalishak
1992
4.0
Once Upon a Crime
as Augie Morosco
1992
5.7
JFK
as Dean Andrews
1991
7.6
Delirious
as Jack Gable
1991
5.6
Only the Lonely
as Danny Muldoon
1991
6.0
Career Opportunities
as C.D. Marsh (uncredited)
1991
6.9
Nothing But Trouble
as Dennis / Eldona
1991
5.2
Home Alone
as Gus Polinski
1990
7.5
The Rescuers Down Under
as Wilbur (voice)
1990
6.6
Seriously... Phil Collins
as Self
1990
8.0
Masters of Menace
as Beer Truck Driver
1990
5.6
🎬
Rabbit Ears - Stormalong
as Narrator (voice)
1990
0.0
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
as Yosh Shmenge (archive footage)
1990
6.0
Who Shrunk Saturday Morning?
as Himself
1989
0.0
Camp Candy
as (voice)
1989
5.0
Uncle Buck
as Buck Russell
1989
6.8
The Rocket Boy
as The Hawk
1989
3.7
Speed Zone
as Charlie
1989
4.5
Who's Harry Crumb?
as Harry Crumb
1989
5.9
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
as Self
1988
6.0
🎬
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
as Host
1988
8.0
The Best of SCTV
1988
6.0
Hot to Trot
as Don The Horse (Voice)
1988
5.2
The Great Outdoors
as Chet Ripley
1988
6.5
She's Having a Baby
as Chet (uncredited)
1988
5.9
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
as Del Griffith
1987
7.3
Spaceballs
as Barf
1987
6.9
Citizen Steve
as Clip Maxwell
1987
5.9
Little Shop of Horrors
as Wink Wilkinson
1986
7.0
Really Weird Tales
as Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma")
1986
4.0
Armed and Dangerous
as Frank Dooley
1986
5.7
Donald, the Star-Struck Duck
as Himself
1986
5.0
The Canadian Conspiracy
as Self
1986
5.0
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
as Wallace Osgood
1986
5.5
Tears Are Not Enough
as Self
1985
6.0
Volunteers
as Tom Tuttle
1985
5.5
Summer Rental
as Jack Chester
1985
6.1
Follow That Bird
as State Trooper
1985
6.4
Brewster's Millions
as Spike Nolan
1985
6.6
The Last Polka
as Yosh Shmenge
1985
3.0
Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas
as Marcel
1985
9.0
David Steinberg in Concert With John Candy
as Self
1984
0.0
Splash
as Freddie Bauer
1984
6.3
The New Show
1984
4.4
The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show
1983
0.0
Going Berserk
as John Bourgignon
1983
5.0
National Lampoon's Vacation
as Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld
1983
7.1
It Came from Hollywood
as Self
1982
5.2
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self
1982
5.9
🎬
The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour
as Himself
1982
0.0
Heavy Metal
as Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice)
1981
6.5
Stripes
as Dewey "Ox" Oxberger
1981
6.6
SCTV Network 90
as Various
1981
8.0
The Blues Brothers
as Burton Mercer
1980
7.7
Double Negative
as John
1980
2.8
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog
as Pinky
1980
5.2
1941
as Pvt. Foley
1979
5.8
Lost and Found
as Carpentier
1979
5.8
The Silent Partner
as Simonsen
1978
7.0
Find the Lady
as Kopek
1976
3.4
Second City Television
as Self - Various Characters
1976
7.6
The Clown Murders
as Ollie
1976
3.0
Tunnel Vision
as Cooper
1976
4.5
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Juan Gavino (uncredited)
1975
7.0
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
as Kopek
1975
3.0
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Cucumber
as Weatherman
1974
0.0
Class of '44
as Paule (uncredited)
1973
5.9
🎬
The David Steinberg Show
1972
6.5