John Candy

Acting

John Candy

Born 1950-10-31 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 76 films

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 Jo…

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Filmography

76 films
Cool Runnings poster

When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonore…

Cool Runnings

★ 7.0 1993

JFK poster

Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans di…

JFK

★ 7.6 1991

Delirious poster

A soap opera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.

Delirious

★ 5.7 1991