John Candy
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.
Movie Appearances
Cool Runnings
as Irv
1993
Spaceballs
as Barf
1987
The Blues Brothers
as Burton Mercer
1980
Home Alone
as Gus Polinski
1990
JFK
as Dean Andrews
1991
Canadian Bacon
as Sheriff Bud B. Boomer
1995
Uncle Buck
as Buck Russell
1989
The Great Outdoors
as Chet Ripley
1988
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
as Del Griffith
1987
Only the Lonely
as Danny Muldoon
1991
Armed and Dangerous
as Frank Dooley
1986
Splash
as Freddie Bauer
1984
Jackie Gleason: The Great One
as Host
1988
Stripes
as Dewey "Ox" Oxberger
1981
Little Shop of Horrors
as Wink Wilkinson
1986
Wagons East!
as James Harlow
1994
The Rescuers Down Under
as Wilbur (voice)
1990
National Lampoon's Vacation
as Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld
1983
It Came from Hollywood
as Self
1982
Brewster's Millions
as Spike Nolan
1985
TV Appearances
Second City Television
as Self - Various Characters
1976
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self
1982
Camp Candy
as (voice)
1989
The New Show
1984
The David Steinberg Show
1972
The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour
as Himself
1982
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
Cucumber
as Weatherman
1974
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
as Narrator (voice)
1992
Dinah!
as Self
1974
SCTV Network 90
as Various
1981
Saturday Night Live
as Juan Gavino (uncredited)
1975