John Candy
Birthday: 1950-10-30 | Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJohn 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
Known For
Acting
Role
as Self / Actor (archive footage)
as Himself
as Sheriff Bud B. Boomer
as James Harlow
as Irv
as Augie Morosco
as Kalishak
as Danny Muldoon
as Dean Andrews
as Dennis / Eldona
as Jack Gable
as Wilbur (voice)
as Buck Russell
as Harry Crumb
as Chet Ripley
as Barf
as Del Griffith
as Frank Dooley
as Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma")
as Wink Wilkinson
as Jack Chester
as Spike Nolan
as Tom Tuttle
as Freddie Bauer
as Himself
as Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice)
as Dewey "Ox" Oxberger
