Acting credits
82
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
John Candy
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.1
Moderate attention
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Movies: 74Series: 10Crew credits: 11
TMDB ID: 7180
IMDb ID: nm0001006
Known for: Acting
Born: October 31, 1950
Died: March 4, 1994
Age: 43
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2026
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.37
Wikidata: Q218532
Other jobs
Writer (5)Director (2)Executive Producer (1)Producer (1)Production Assistant (1)Thanks (1)
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with John Candy.
SCTV: The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of
as Self (Archival Footage)
2026 Movie
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
as Self (archive footage)
2026 Movie
Marty, Life Is Short
as Self (archive footage)
2026 Movie
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self (archive footage)
2025 Movie
Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021 Movie
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2015 Movie
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
2013 Movie
Christmas with SCTV
2006 Movie
Making a 'Splash'
as Self (archive footage)
2004 Movie
Canadian Bacon
as Sheriff Bud B. Boomer
1995 Movie
Wagons East!
as James Harlow
1994 Movie
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
1994 Movie
Hostage for a Day
as Yuri Petrovich (uncredited)
1994 Movie
Cool Runnings
as Irv
1993 Movie
Rookie of the Year
as Cliff Murdoch - Announcer (uncredited)
1993 Movie
Boris and Natasha
as Kalishak
1992 Movie
Once Upon a Crime
as Augie Morosco
1992 Movie
JFK
as Dean Andrews
1991 Movie
Delirious
as Jack Gable
1991 Movie
Only the Lonely
as Danny Muldoon
1991 Movie
Career Opportunities
as C.D. Marsh (uncredited)
1991 Movie
Nothing but Trouble
as Dennis / Eldona
1991 Movie
Home Alone
as Gus Polinski
1990 Movie
The Rescuers Down Under
as Wilbur (voice)
1990 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with John Candy.
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
1992 Series
Camp Candy
as (voice) • 58 eps
1989 Series
The New Show
10 eps
1984 Series
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self • 2 eps
1982 Series
SCTV Network 90
as Various • 25 eps
1981 Series
Second City Television
as Self - Various Characters • 92 eps
1976 Series
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host • 1 eps
1975 Series
Dinah!
as Self • 1 eps
1974 Series
Cucumber
as Weatherman • 1 eps
1974 Series
The Oscars
as Self • 1 eps
1953 Series