John Candy
Actor, Film actor
1950 – 1994
Who was John Candy?
John Franklin Candy was a Canadian actor and comedian.
Candy rose to fame as a member of the Toronto branch of The Second City and its related Second City Television series, and through his appearances in comedy films such as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, Summer Rental, The Great Outdoors, Spaceballs, and Uncle Buck. One of his most renowned onscreen performances was as Del Griffith, the loquacious, on-the-move shower-curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
While filming the Western parody Wagons East!, Candy died of a heart attack in his sleep in Durango, Mexico, at the age of 43. His final two films, Wagons East! and Canadian Bacon, are dedicated to his memory.
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- Born
- Oct 31, 1950
Newmarket - Also known as
- John Franklin Candy
- Parents
- Spouses
- Rosemary Margaret Hobor
(1979/04/28 - 1994/03/04)
- Rosemary Margaret Hobor
- Children
- Religion
- Roman Catholic
- Ethnicity
- Canadian
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- Neil McNeil High School
- McMaster University
- Centennial College
- Lived in
- Toronto
- Died
- Mar 4, 1994
Durango - Resting place
- Holy Cross Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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