
John Candy
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1950-10-31 – 1994-03-04
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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.
Known for

Cool Runnings
1993Irv
Spaceballs
1987Barf
The Blues Brothers
1980Burton Mercer
Home Alone
1990Gus Polinski
JFK
1991Dean Andrews
Canadian Bacon
1995Sheriff Bud B. Boomer
Only the Lonely
1991Danny Muldoon
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987Del Griffith
The Great Outdoors
1988Chet Ripley
Armed and Dangerous
1986Frank Dooley
Uncle Buck
1989Buck Russell
Splash
1984Freddie BauerJackie Gleason: The Great One
1988Host
Stripes
1981Dewey "Ox" Oxberger
Little Shop of Horrors
1986Wink Wilkinson
Wagons East!
1994James Harlow
The Rescuers Down Under
1990Wilbur (voice)
It Came from Hollywood
1982Self
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld