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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
She's Having a Baby
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
The Blues Brothers
Rookie of the Year
Career Opportunities
1941
National Lampoon's Vacation
Home Alone
Little Shop of Horrors
JFK
SCTV Network 90
Stripes
Second City Television
The New Show
Cool Runnings
Splash
Nothing But Trouble
The Rescuers Down Under
It Came from Hollywood
The Great Outdoors
Spaceballs
Brewster's Millions
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Really Weird Tales
Hot to Trot
Heavy Metal
Camp Candy
Uncle Buck
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Canadian Bacon
Summer Rental
Who's Harry Crumb?
Production Credits
Camp Candy
SCTV Network 90
Who's Harry Crumb?
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