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John Candy
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John Franklin Candy (October 31, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Candy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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John Franklin Candy (October 31, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Candy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Saturday Night Live
Late Night with David Letterman
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Young Comedians
She's Having a Baby
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Rookie of the Year
The Blues Brothers
Career Opportunities
1941
National Lampoon's Vacation
Home Alone
Little Shop of Horrors
JFK
Stripes
Second City Television
The New Show
Cool Runnings
Splash
SCTV Network 90
Nothing but Trouble
The Rescuers Down Under
Really Weird Tales
It Came from Hollywood
Heavy Metal
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Spaceballs
The Great Outdoors
Brewster's Millions
Hot to Trot
Who's Harry Crumb?
Summer Rental
Canadian Bacon
Uncle Buck
Camp Candy
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Production Credits
SCTV Network 90
Camp Candy
Who's Harry Crumb?
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