John Candy

Biography

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

Home Alone

as Gus Polinski

The Blues Brothers

as Burton Mercer

Spaceballs

as Barf

JFK

as Dean Andrews

Cool Runnings

as Irv

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

as Del Griffith

National Lampoon's Vacation

as Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld

Little Shop of Horrors

as Wink Wilkinson

Splash

as Freddie Bauer

The Rescuers Down Under

as Wilbur (voice)