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John Candy
Birthday: October 31, 1950

Birth Place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height: 6' 2"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for John Candy. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

 

Biography

Canadian comic actor John Candy was geared toward a performing career even while studying for a journalism degree in college. Candy's bulky frame and built-in likability enabled him to secure small roles in Canadian film and TV productions. In the early '70s, Candy joined Canada's Second City Troupe, sharing the spotlight with such potent talent (and subsequent close friends) as Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, Andrea Martin, and Catherine O'Hara. Second City TV, popularly known as SCTV, entered the Canadian TV airwaves in 1975 and was syndicated to the United States two years later. Candy scored an instant hit with such characters as porcine poseur Johnny LaRue, overly unctuous talk show sidekick William B., and ever-grinning "Lutonian" musician Yosh Shmenge. So popular did Candy become that suddenly many of his obscurer pre-starring Canadian films (It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, The Clown Murders) became hot properties on the video rental circuit. Candy stayed with the various SCTV syndicated and network programs until 1983, earning two Emmys in the process. One of the few genuine nice guys in the realm of comedy, Candy was beloved by both co-workers and fans — even when this lovability was stretched to the breaking point in substandard films. He scored in supporting roles (Splash [1984], Brewster's Millions [1985]), but such thinnish starring features as Summer Rental (1985) and Who's Harry Crumb (1989) seemed to suggest that Candy couldn't carry a film by himself. Then he starred in Uncle Buck (1989), a disarming comedy about a ne'er-do-well with hidden nobility. Receiving relatively little promotion, Uncle Buck was a surprise hit, and stands today as perhaps Candy's best-ever vehicle after Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Unfortunately, most of his follow-up films were on a par with the disastrous Nothing but Trouble (1990) and Delirious (1992). At the same time, Candy's leading role in Only the Lonely (1991) and his supporting performance in JFK (1992) proved that a major talent was being squandered by the film industry. Candy was as frustrated as his fans, manifesting this frustration in excessive eating, drinking, and smoking. The actor's superlative seriocomic turn as a disgraced Olympic star in Cool Runnings (1993), which Candy also co-produced, seemed to point toward a career upswing. But while filming Wagons East in Mexico, 43-year-old John Candy suffered a heart attack and died in his sleep. Wagons East was released in the summer of 1994, utilizing Candy's existing footage as well as possible; it proved, sadly, an inadequate epitaph for one of film comedy's funniest and most ingratiating stars.

Movie Credits
The Magic 7 (2006)
[ Michael J. Fox ][ Jeremy Irons ][ James Earl Jones ][ Ted Danson ]
Canadian Bacon (1995)
[ Dan Aykroyd ][ Michael Moore ][ Alan Alda ][ James Belushi ][ Rip Torn ]
Wagons East (1994)
[ John C. McGinley ][ Lochlyn Munro ][ Abraham Benrubi ][ Robert Picardo ][ William Sanderson ]
Hostage for a Day (1994)
[ John Vernon ][ George Wendt ]
Cool Runnings (1993)
[ Hans Zimmer ][ Peter Outerbridge ][ Bob Marley ]
Rookie of the Year (1993)
[ Gary Busey ][ Thomas Ian Nicholas ][ Daniel Stern ][ Dan Hedaya ][ Neil Flynn ]
Boris and Natasha (1992)
[ Thomas F. Wilson ][ Sid Haig ][ Charles Martin Smith ][ Dave Thomas ][ Alex Rocco ]
Once Upon a Crime... (1992)
[ Eugene Levy ][ James Belushi ][ Frank Welker ][ George Hamilton ][ Giancarlo Giannini ]
JFK (1991)
[ Gary Oldman ][ Kevin Costner ][ Kevin Bacon ][ Vincent D'Onofrio ][ Tommy Lee Jones ]
Delirious (1991)
[ Robert Wagner ][ Jerry Orbach ][ Richard Donner ][ Dylan Baker ][ Raymond Burr ]
Only the Lonely (1991)
[ Macaulay Culkin ][ Kieran Culkin ][ James Belushi ][ Anthony Quinn ][ Maureen O'Hara ]
Career Opportunities (1991)
[ Dermot Mulroney ][ John Hughes ][ Frank Whaley ][ Barry Corbin ][ Noble Willingham ]
Nothing But Trouble (1991)
[ Dan Aykroyd ][ Chevy Chase ][ Daniel Baldwin ][ Brian Doyle-Murray ][ Ray Charles ]
Masters of Menace (1990)
[ Dan Aykroyd ][ James Belushi ][ George Wendt ][ David Rasche ]
The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
[ George C Scott ][ George C. Scott ][ Frank Welker ][ Bob Newhart ][ Billy Barty ]
Home Alone (1990)
[ Macaulay Culkin ][ Joe Pesci ][ Kieran Culkin ][ John Hughes ][ John Williams ]
Uncle Buck (1989)
[ Macaulay Culkin ][ John Hughes ][ Mike Starr ][ Jay Underwood ]
Speed Zone! (1989)
[ Eugene Levy ][ Tim Matheson ][ John Schneider ][ Peter Boyle ][ Lee Van Cleef ]
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
[ James Belushi ][ Jeffrey Jones ][ Barry Corbin ][ Joe Flaherty ][ Ken Kirzinger ]
The Rocket Boy (1989)
[ Rick Moranis ][ Dave Thomas ]
Hot to Trot (1988)
[ Danny Elfman ][ Bob Goldthwait ][ Burgess Meredith ][ Dabney Coleman ][ Gilbert Gottfried ]
The Great Outdoors (1988)
[ Dan Aykroyd ][ John Hughes ][ Lewis Arquette ]
She's Having a Baby (1988)
[ Kevin Bacon ][ Matthew Broderick ][ Alec Baldwin ][ Dan Aykroyd ][ John Hughes ]
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
[ Kevin Bacon ][ Steve Martin ][ Matthew Lawrence ][ John Hughes ][ Michael McKean ]
Spaceballs (1987)
[ Mel Brooks ][ John Hurt ][ Bill Pullman ][ Rick Moranis ][ Dom DeLuise ]
Really Weird Tales (1987)
[ Martin Short ][ Joe Flaherty ]
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
[ Bill Murray ][ Steve Martin ][ Christopher Guest ][ James Belushi ][ Rick Moranis ]
Armed and Dangerous (1986)
[ Eugene Levy ][ Robert Loggia ][ Tommy 'Tiny' Lister ][ Brion James ][ James Tolkan ]
Brewster's Millions (1985)
[ Richard Pryor ][ Rick Moranis ][ Jerry Orbach ][ Stephen Collins ][ Hume Cronyn ]
The Last Polka (1985)
[ Eugene Levy ][ Rick Moranis ][ Dave Thomas ]
Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas (1985)
[ Christopher Guest ][ Eugene Levy ][ Dave Thomas ][ Joe Flaherty ]
The Canadian Conspiracy (1985)
[ Eugene Levy ][ Joe Flaherty ]
Volunteers (1985)
[ Tom Hanks ][ Xander Berkeley ][ Gedde Watanabe ]
Summer Rental (1985)
[ Joey Lawrence ][ Joseph Lawrence ][ Rip Torn ][ Richard Crenna ][ John Larroquette ]
Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird (1985)
[ Chevy Chase ][ Frank Oz ][ Jim Henson ][ Dave Thomas ][ Joe Flaherty ]
Splash (1984)
[ Tom Hanks ][ Eugene Levy ][ Clint Howard ]
Going Berserk (1983)
[ Eugene Levy ][ Kurtwood Smith ][ Ernie Hudson ][ Paul Dooley ][ Pat Hingle ]
Vacation (1983)
[ Anthony Michael Hall ][ Michael C. Hall ][ Chevy Chase ][ Randy Quaid ][ Eugene Levy ]
Episode #7.3 (1981)
Heavy Metal (1981)
[ Eugene Levy ][ Ivan Reitman ][ John Vernon ][ Joe Flaherty ]
Stripes (1981)
[ Bill Murray ][ Bill Paxton ][ Judge Reinhold ][ John Larroquette ][ Ivan Reitman ]
The Blues Brothers (1980)
[ Dan Aykroyd ][ Frank Oz ][ Paul Reubens ][ John Belushi ][ John Landis ]
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog (1980)
Double Negative (1980)
[ Eugene Levy ][ Michael Ironside ][ Anthony Perkins ][ Dave Thomas ][ Joe Flaherty ]
1941 (1979)
[ Christopher Lee ][ Mickey Rourke ][ Dan Aykroyd ][ James Caan ][ John Belushi ]
Lost and Found (1979)
[ Martin Short ][ Paul Sorvino ][ George Segal ]
The Silent Partner (1978)
[ Christopher Plummer ][ Elliott Gould ]
Find the Lady (1976)
[ Mickey Rooney ][ Delroy Lindo ]
The Clown Murders (1976)
Tunnel Vision (1976)
[ Ron Silver ][ Howard Hesseman ][ Joe Flaherty ]
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1975)
[ Isaac Hayes ]
Last Bride of Salem (1974)
Class of '44 (1973)
[ William Atherton ][ Sam Bottoms ]
Hercules in New York (1970)
[ Arnold Schwarzenegger ]

Trivia

  • The musical group Ween dedicated their 1994 LP, 'Chocolate And Cheese', to him.
  • Interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, USA in the Mausoleum, Room 7, Block 1.
  • He was a co-owner of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League
  • He died while filming Wagons East (1994) in Mexico.
  • He was part of the group Northern Lights who sang the song "Tears Are Not Enough" which was on the We Are The World album.
  • He has a cameo in Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" music video.
  • Father of Jennifer Candy and Christopher Candy.
  • He attended Holy Cross Catholic School up to grade 8 which was the same school attended by actress Natalie Higashi, several years later.
  • Graduated Neil McNeil Catholic Secondary School.
  • He was born in East York (which is a suburb of Toronto) and he attended high school in Scarborough (another suburb of Toronto).
  • Turned down repeated offers to join "Saturday Night Live," citing devotion to his fellow SCTV castmembers.
  • Has appeared in 10 movies with SNL Alumni, more than any other non-SNL actor.
  • He stayed in the notorious Whidden Hall residence during his years at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
  • His father, Sidney, died of a heart attack at age 35 in 1955 when John was only five years old.
  • Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 87-88. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
  • Weighed over 300 pounds for most of his life.
  • Turned down the role of Louis Tully in _Ghostbusters_(1984) . The part went to Rick Moranis instead.
  • According to actress Maureen O'Hara, just before going to Mexico, John talked to her on the phone and told her that he fears going to Mexico because he feels that "Something bad is going to happen there".
  • Has appeared in more John Hughes movies than any other actor. He's starred and cameoed (brief appearances) in a total of seven of Hughes' films. Starting with National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) costarring Steve Martin, The Great Outdoors (1988), costarring Dan Aykroyd; appears in a small cameo in She's Having a Baby (1988). Stars in Uncle Buck (1989), costarring a young Macaulay Culkin. Has a brief cameo in Career Opportunities (1990)_ , and a bit part alongside 'SCTV' alumni and best friend - Catherine O'Hara in Home Alone (1990), also starring Macaulay Culkin.
  • Sat in the front row for Super Bowl XXIII (49ers vs. Bengals).
  • Was supposed to host "Saturday Night Live" (1975) with Eugene Levy in 1985 (he, Levy and Billy Crystal did a promo for it on SNL the week before it was supposed to happen), but that episode never happened, due to a writer's strike shortly after the promo was aired.
  • Pictured on one of four 51¢ Canadian commemorative postage stamps honoring "Canadians in Hollywood", issued 22 May 2006. Others honored in this set are Fay Wray, Lorne Greene, and Mary Pickford.
  • Was a good friend of Wayne Gretzky and was co-owner of the Toronto Argonauts with him.

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