John Candy

Career timeline

1. 1950 · Born

   Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2. 1972 · Screen debut

   The David Steinberg Show (TV)

3. 1975 · Breakthrough

   Saturday Night Live (TV)

4. 1976 · Writing debut

   Second City Television (TV)

5. 1987 · Directing debut

   Citizen Steve (Movie)

6. 1989 · First production

   Camp Candy (TV)

7. 1994 · Died

   March 4, 1994

8. 2006 · Latest release

   Christmas with SCTV (Movie)

Career in numbers

12 1970s

34 1980s

18 1990s

1 2000s

• Comedy56
• Adventure11
• Family9
• Tv Movie9
• Drama8
• Action8

Highest-rated title The Blues Brothers 1980 7.7 Most popular title Home Alone 1990 7.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside John Candy in our catalogue.

Joe Flaherty

10 titles together

Eugene Levy

9 titles together

Dave Thomas

4 titles together

Martin Short

3 titles together

Rick Moranis

3 titles together

Catherine O'Hara

3 titles together

John Williams

3 titles together

Rip Torn

2 titles together

Brian Doyle-Murray

2 titles together

Andrea Martin

2 titles together

1. 2006 Christmas with SCTV Movie
2. 1995 Canadian Bacon as Sheriff Bud B. Boomer 5.7 Movie
3. 1994 Wagons East! as James Harlow 4.9 Movie
4. 1994 Hostage for a Day as Yuri Petrovich (uncredited) Movie
5. 1993 Cool Runnings as Irv 7.0 Movie
6. 1993 Rookie of the Year as Cliff Murdoch - Announcer (uncredited) 6.2 Movie
7. 1992 Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories as Narrator (voice) TV
8. 1992 Boris and Natasha as Kalishak 4.5 Movie
9. 1992 Once Upon a Crime as Augie Morosco 5.7 Movie
10. 1991 JFK as Dean Andrews 7.6 Movie
11. 1991 Delirious as Jack Gable 5.7 Movie
12. 1991 Only the Lonely as Danny Muldoon 6.2 Movie
13. 1991 Career Opportunities as C.D. Marsh (uncredited) 6.9 Movie
14. 1991 Nothing but Trouble as Dennis / Eldona 5.3 Movie
15. 1990 Home Alone as Gus Polinski 7.5 Movie
16. 1990 The Rescuers Down Under as Wilbur (voice) 6.6 Movie
17. 1990 Masters of Menace as Beer Truck Driver Movie
18. 1990 Rabbit Ears - Stormalong as Narrator (voice) Movie
19. 1990 Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! as Yosh Shmenge (archive footage) Movie
20. 1989 Camp Candy as (voice) TV
21. 1989 Uncle Buck as Buck Russell 6.8 Movie
22. 1989 The Rocket Boy as The Hawk Movie
23. 1989 Speed Zone as Charlie 4.5 Movie
24. 1989 Who's Harry Crumb? as Harry Crumb 6.0 Movie
25. 1988 The Best of SCTV Movie
26. 1988 Hot to Trot as Don The Horse (Voice) 5.2 Movie
27. 1988 The Great Outdoors as Chet Ripley 6.5 Movie
28. 1988 She's Having a Baby as Chet (uncredited) 6.0 Movie
29. 1987 Planes, Trains and Automobiles as Del Griffith 7.3 Movie
30. 1987 Spaceballs as Barf 6.9 Movie
31. 1987 Citizen Steve as Clip Maxwell Movie
32. 1986 Little Shop of Horrors as Wink Wilkinson 7.0 Movie
33. 1986 Really Weird Tales as Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma") Movie
34. 1986 Armed and Dangerous as Frank Dooley 5.6 Movie
35. 1986 The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood as Wallace Osgood Movie
36. 1985 Volunteers as Tom Tuttle 5.5 Movie
37. 1985 Summer Rental as Jack Chester 6.1 Movie
38. 1985 Follow That Bird as State Trooper 6.4 Movie
39. 1985 Brewster's Millions as Spike Nolan 6.6 Movie
40. 1985 The Last Polka as Yosh Shmenge Movie
41. 1985 Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas as Marcel Movie
42. 1984 Splash as Freddie Bauer 6.3 Movie
43. 1984 The New Show TV
44. 1983 The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show Movie
45. 1983 Going Berserk as John Bourgignon 5.1 Movie
46. 1983 National Lampoon's Vacation as Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld 7.1 Movie
47. 1981 Heavy Metal as Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice) 6.5 Movie
48. 1981 Stripes as Dewey "Ox" Oxberger 6.6 Movie
49. 1981 SCTV Network 90 as Various TV
50. 1980 The Blues Brothers as Burton Mercer 7.7 Movie
51. 1980 Double Negative as John Movie
52. 1980 The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog as Pinky Movie
53. 1979 1941 as Pvt. Foley 5.8 Movie
54. 1979 Lost and Found as Carpentier Movie
55. 1978 The Silent Partner as Simonsen 7.0 Movie
56. 1976 Find the Lady as Kopek Movie
57. 1976 Second City Television as Self - Various Characters 7.8 TV
58. 1976 The Clown Murders as Ollie Movie
59. 1976 Tunnel Vision as Cooper Movie
60. 1975 Saturday Night Live as Juan Gavino (uncredited) 6.9 TV
61. 1975 It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time as Kopek Movie
62. 1974 Cucumber as Weatherman TV
63. 1973 Class of '44 as Paule (uncredited) Movie
64. 1972 The David Steinberg Show TV

1. 1988 The Best of SCTV Movie
2. 1985 The Last Polka Movie
3. 1982 Rome, Italian Style Movie
4. 1981 SCTV Network 90 TV
5. 1976 Second City Television 7.8 TV

1. 1989 Who's Harry Crumb? 6.0 Movie

1. 1994 Hostage for a Day Movie
2. 1987 Citizen Steve Movie

1. 1989 Camp Candy TV

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