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John Candy

Highest Rated:
94% Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Lowest Rated:
0% Wagons East! (1994)
Birthday:
Oct 31, 1950
Birthplace:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bio:
Canadian comic actor John Candy was geared toward a performing career even while studying for a journalism degree in college. Candy's bulky frame and built-in likability enabled him to secure small roles in Canadian film and TV productions. In the early '70s, Candy joined Canada's Second City…

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 0% - 94%
Number of Movies: 53
Box Office Since 2001: --
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2008 Comic Relief: The Greatest...and The Latest
  • Actor
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1995 Tunnel Vision (Tunnelvision)
  • Agent Cooper
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1994 Hostage For A Day
  • Actor
  • Director
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1994 0% Wagons East!
  • James Harlow
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1994 14% Canadian Bacon
  • Sheriff Bud Boomer
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1994 11% North
  • Actor
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1993 74% Cool Runnings
  • Irv Blitzer
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1993 39% Rookie of the Year
  • Announcer (uncredited)
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1992 0% Once Upon a Crime
  • Augie Morosco
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1992 Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
  • Actor
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1992 Best of John Candy on SCTV
  • Actor
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1992 Rabbit Ears - Stormalong
  • Actor
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1991 40% Career Opportunities
  • C.D. Marsh (uncredited)
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1991 Boris and Natasha
  • Kallishak
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1991 84% JFK
  • Dean Andrews
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1991 62% Only the Lonely
  • Danny Muldoon
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1991 44% Delirious
  • Jack Gable
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1990 54% Home Alone
  • Gus Polinski
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1990 65% The Rescuers Down Under
  • Wilbur
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1990 Masters Of Menace
  • Special Appearance
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1989 30% Who's Harry Crumb?
  • Harry Crumb
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1989 The Rocket Boy
  • Actor
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1989 60% Uncle Buck
  • Uncle Buck Russell
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1988 40% The Great Outdoors
  • Chet Ripley
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1988 Speed Zone
  • Charlie Cronyn
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1988 HBO Young Comedians Special - John Candy
  • Actor
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1987 54% Spaceballs
  • Barf the Mawg Co-Pilot
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1987 Quote Alongs: Spaceballs
  • Actor
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1987 94% Planes, Trains and Automobiles
  • Del Griffith
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1986 89% Little Shop of Horrors
  • Wink Wilkinson
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1986 14% Armed and Dangerous
  • Frank Dooley
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1985 38% Brewster's Millions
  • Spike Nolan
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1985 15% Summer Rental
  • Jack Chester
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1985 50% Volunteers
  • Tom Tuttle from Tacoma
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1985 Big City Comedy
  • Actor
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1985 91% Sesame Street Presents - Follow that Bird
  • State Trooper
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1984 The Last Polka
  • Actor
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1984 92% Splash
  • Freddie Bauer
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1983 Going Berserk
  • John Bourgignon
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1983 94% National Lampoon's Vacation
  • Lasky
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1982 It Came From Hollywood
  • Actor
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1981 88% Stripes
  • Dewey "Ox" Oxberger
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1981 58% Heavy Metal
  • Desk Sergeant Dan Den Robot
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1981 Second City Insanity
  • Actor
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1980 Kavik the Wolf Dog
  • Pinky
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1980 85% The Blues Brothers
  • Burton Mercer
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1979 33% 1941
  • Foley
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1979 Lost and Found
  • Carpentier
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1978 The Silent Partner
  • Simonsen
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1976 The Clown Murders
  • Ollie
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1975 Find the Lady
  • Kopek
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1975 It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
  • Kopek
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1975 It Seemed Like a Good Idea
  • Actor
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Quotes from John Candy's Characters

    1. Freddie Bauer: You never seen a guy who slept with a fish before? What are you looking at? Get back to work.
    From Splash. Submitted by Sara B (5 months ago)
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