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John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 –
March 4, 1994) was a Canada|Canadian comedian and
actor. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Candy was
a member of Toronto's The Second City comedy
troupe and gained widespread North American
popularity when, in 1976, he became a cast member
on the influential Toronto-based TV comedy-variety
show Second City Television (SCTV).

From there he went on to star in such Hollywood
movies as Splash, Planes, Trains & Automobiles,
Spaceballs, Brewster's Millions and Uncle Buck. He
typically played characters who, while they lived
somewhat seedy lives, often had their hearts in
the right place. Candy was lauded by some as a
true comic genius and this lay in his ability to
portray an "everyman" that the audience could
identify with. Candy was also a dramatic actor and
appeared in films like JFK (movie)|JFK and The
Silent Partner.

In the 1980s Candy also appeared in an Home Box
Office|HBO spoof documentary titled Canadian
Conspiracy|The Canadian Conspiracy about the
supposed subversion of the United States by
Canadian-born media personalities.

In the early 1990s, Candy recorded a voice for the
TV movie The Magic 7. However, this movie stayed
in production for a very long time, due to
animation difficulties and production delays. It
was shelved for quite some time, but is now due to
be released in 2005, more than ten years after the
actor's death.

John Candy died at the young age of 43 of a
myocardial infarction|heart attack while filming
on location in Durango (state)|Durango, Mexico,
for the movie Wagons East. He had been warned
several times by his doctors to cut his weight due
to his genetic predisposition to heart disease
from which his father had died but he refused,
stating that his portly frame was what gave him
his film roles.

His funeral, held at St. Michael's Cathedral, was
broadcast live on television across Canada. He is
interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City,
California.

He is an inductee of Canada's Walk of Fame.

==Filmography==
*Class of '44 (1973)
*It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1975)
*Tunnel Vision (1976)|Tunnel Vision (1976)
*The Clown Murders (1976)
*Find the Lady (movie)|Find the Lady (1976)
*The Silent Partner (1978)
*Lost and Found (movie)|Lost and Found (1979)
*1941 (film)|1941 (1979)
*Double Negative (1980)
*The Blues Brothers (1980)
*Stripes (1981)
*Heavy Metal (movie)|Heavy Metal (1981) (voice)
*It Came from Hollywood (1982) (documentary)
*National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
*Going Berserk (1983)
*Splash (1984)
*Brewster's Millions (1985)
*Follow That Bird (1985)
*Summer Rental (1985)
*Volunteers (film)|Volunteers (1985)
*Tears Are Not Enough (1985) (documentary)
*Armed and Dangerous (1986)
*Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
*Spaceballs (1987)
*Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
*She's Having a Baby (1988) (Cameo)
*The Great Outdoors (1988)
*Hot to Trot (1988) (voice only)
*Who's Harry Crumb? (1989) (also executive
producer)
*Speed Zone! (1989)
*Uncle Buck (1989)
*Masters of Menace (1990) (Cameo)
*Home Alone (1990) 
*The Rescuers Down Under (1990) (voice)
*Nothing But Trouble (1991)
*Career Opportunities (1991) 
*Only the Lonely (1991)
*Delirious (movie)|Delirious (1991)
*JFK (1991)
*Once Upon a Crime... (1992)
*Boris and Natasha (1992)
*Rookie of the Year (1993) 
*Cool Runnings (1993)
*Wagons East (1994)
*Canadian Bacon (1995)

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0001006|name=John Candy
*http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=B106
08 All Movie Guide entry for John Candy