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