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John Franklin Candy was a Canadian actor and comedian known mainly for his work in Hollywood films. Candy rose to fame as a member of the Toronto branch of the Second City and its related Second City Television series, and through his appearances in such comedy films as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, Summer Rental, Home Alone, The Great Outdoors, Spaceballs, and Uncle Buck, as well as more dramatic roles in Only the Lonely and JFK. One of his most renowned onscreen performances was as Del Griffith, the talkative shower-curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles. In addition to his work as an actor, Candy was a co-owner of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League from 1991 until his death, and the team won the 1991 Grey Cup under his ownership.
Birth Name
John Franklin Candy
Born
Tuesday, 31 October 1950
Died
Friday, 04 March 1994
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Pepsi, Where's My Jet? | Self - Actor, Planes, Trains and Automobiles | 2022 |
Reunited Apart | Self | 2020 |
The Holiday Movies That Made Us | Self / Self - Actor 'Gus Polinski' | 2019 |
Love, Gilda | Self | 2018 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
Spielberg | Self - Segment "1941" | 2017 |
Daily Blast Live | Self | 2017 |
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead | Actor (archive footage) / Self / Actor / Himself | 2015 |
Quick Reviews with Maverick | Del Griffith | 2015 |
Draft Day | Self | 2014 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Pepsi, Where's My Jet? | Self - Actor, Planes, Trains and Automobiles | 2022 |
Reunited Apart | Self | 2020 |
The Holiday Movies That Made Us | Self / Self - Actor 'Gus Polinski' | 2019 |
Love, Gilda | Self | 2018 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
Spielberg | Self - Segment "1941" | 2017 |
Daily Blast Live | Self | 2017 |
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead | Actor (archive footage) / Self / Actor / Himself | 2015 |
Quick Reviews with Maverick | Del Griffith | 2015 |
Draft Day | Self | 2014 |
Autopsy: The Last Hours of | Self | 2014 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise | Self (archive footage) | 2013 |
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards | Buck Russell / Danny Muldoon / Del Griffith | 2010 |
30 for 30 | Self | 2009 |
Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews | Wilbur | 2008 |
Second City: First Family of Comedy | Self / (archive footage) | 2006 |
Spaceballs: The Documentary | Self | 2005 |
Hollywood Remembers | (archive footage) | 2000 |
The Making of '1941' | Self | 1996 |
E! True Hollywood Story | Himself | 1996 |
Canadian Bacon | Sheriff Bud Boomer / Sheriff Bud B. Boomer | 1995 |
Wagons East | James Harlow | 1994 |
All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1994 |
Hostage for a Day | Yuri Petrovich | 1994 |
The 66th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 1994 |
Cool Runnings | Irv | 1993 |
Rookie of the Year | Cliff Murdoch - Announcer | 1993 |
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories | Self - Narrator (segment "Blumpoe the Grumpoe Meets Arnold the Cat") | 1992 |
Boris and Natasha | Kalishak | 1992 |
Once Upon a Crime... | Augie Morosco | 1992 |
JFK | Dean Andrews | 1991 |
Delirious | Jack Gable | 1991 |
Only the Lonely | Danny Muldoon | 1991 |
Career Opportunities | C.D. Marsh | 1991 |
Nothing But Trouble | Eldona / Dennis | 1991 |
Home Alone | Gus Polinski | 1990 |
The Rescuers Down Under | Wilbur / Wilbur (voice) | 1990 |
Masters of Menace | Beer Truck Driver | 1990 |
The Dave Thomas Comedy Show | Self / Various Characters | 1990 |
Videosyncrasy | Self | 1990 |
The 62nd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1990 |
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! | Yosh Shmenge | 1990 |
Camp Candy | Self | 1989 |
Uncle Buck | Buck Russell | 1989 |
The Rocket Boy | The Hawk | 1989 |
Speed Zone | Charlie Cronan | 1989 |
Who's Harry Crumb? | Harry Crumb | 1989 |
Hot to Trot | Don / Don The Horse (Voice) | 1988 |
The Great Outdoors | Chet Ripley | 1988 |
The 60th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Presenter | 1988 |
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie | Yosh Shmenge (segment "Put Down the Duckie") / Self | 1988 |
She's Having a Baby | Chet from 'The Great Outdoors' | 1988 |
Planes, Trains & Automobiles | Del Griffith | 1987 |
Spaceballs | Barf / Barfolemew 'Barf' | 1987 |
Biography | Self | 1987 |
Really Weird Tales | Howard Jensen / Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed with Charisma") | 1987 |
Citizen Steve | Clip Maxwell | 1987 |
Little Shop of Horrors | Wink Wilkinson | 1986 |
Armed and Dangerous | Frank Dooley | 1986 |
Comic Relief | Stan Shmenge | 1986 |
Dave Thomas: The Incredible Time Travels of Henry Osgood | Wallace Osgood | 1986 |
Big City Comedy | Various | 1986 |
Tears Are Not Enough | Self / Himself | 1985 |
Volunteers | Tom Tuttle / Tom Tuttle from Tacoma | 1985 |
Summer Rental | Jack Chester | 1985 |
Follow That Bird | State Trooper | 1985 |
Brewster's Millions | Spike Nolan | 1985 |
The Last Polka | Yosh Shmenge / Pa Shmenge | 1985 |
The Canadian Conspiracy | Various | 1985 |
Splash | Freddie Bauer | 1984 |
The New Show | Various / Luciano Pavarotti / Orson Welles / Self / Chris Serling | 1984 |
SCTV Channel | Various | 1983 |
Going Berserk | John Bourgignon | 1983 |
National Lampoon's Vacation | Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld | 1983 |
It Came from Hollywood | Himself / Self | 1982 |
Late Night with David Letterman | Self | 1982 |
The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour | Self | 1982 |
Heavy Metal | Desk Sergeant (segment "Harry Canyon") / Dan (segment "Den") / Den (segment "Den") / Robot (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") / Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice) | 1981 |
Stripes | Ox / Dewey 'Ox' Oxberger | 1981 |
Tales of the Klondike | Hans Nelson | 1981 |
SCTV Network | Various / Zontar / Johnny LaRue | 1981 |
The Blues Brothers | Burton Mercer | 1980 |
Double Negative | John | 1980 |
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog | Pinky | 1980 |
1941 | Pvt. Foley | 1979 |
Lost and Found | Carpentier | 1979 |
The Silent Partner | Simonsen | 1978 |
Find the Lady | Kopek | 1976 |
SCTV | Various / Johnny LaRue | 1976 |
The Clown Murders | Ollie | 1976 |
Tunnel Vision | Cooper | 1976 |
Saturday Night Live | Various / Self - Host / Self / Juan Gavino | 1975 |
King of Kensington | Bandit | 1975 |
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time | Kopek | 1975 |
Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
Class of '44 | Paule | 1973 |
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | 2nd Son | 1972 |
The David Steinberg Show | Spider Reichman | 1972 |
Sesame Street | Self | 1969 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself / Himself - Guest | 1962 |
The Magical World of Disney | Himself | 1954 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Hostage for a Day | 1994 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Hostage for a Day | 1994 |
Camp Candy | 1989 |
Who's Harry Crumb? | 1989 |
The Last Polka | 1985 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1983 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program | Won |
1983 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program | Nominated |
1983 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program | Nominated |
1983 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program | Nominated |
1983 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program | Nominated |
1982 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program | Won |
1982 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program | Nominated |
1982 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program | Nominated |
1982 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program | Nominated |