John Candy

Acting · Born 1950-10-31 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.

Filmography

• Cool Runnings as Irv
• Spaceballs as Barf
• The Blues Brothers as Burton Mercer
• Home Alone as Gus Polinski
• JFK as Dean Andrews
• Canadian Bacon as Sheriff Bud B. Boomer
• Only the Lonely as Danny Muldoon
• Planes, Trains and Automobiles as Del Griffith
• The Great Outdoors as Chet Ripley
• Armed and Dangerous as Frank Dooley