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John Franklin Candy was born in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, on October 31, 1950, was a Canadian actor. Young John Candy first started performing in community college. He made his big screen debut in coming of age comedy drama film Class of '44 (1973) in role as Paule. He got his television debut in show Cucumber (1972) in role as Weatherman. John breakthrough performance came as Freddie Bauer in fantasy romantic comedy film Splash (1984). He landed his directorial debut with Canadian television comedy film Hostage for a Day (1994), also starred as Yuri Petrovich.

Height Weight Body Measurements

John Candy height was 6' 1½" іn fееt аnd іnсhеѕ or 187 іn cеntіmеtrеѕ, his weight was 300 іn pоunds or 136 іn kіlоgrаmѕ. His shoe size was 13 US.

John Candy

Photo: Mike F. Campbell / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.5

Birth Date:

October 31, 1950

Died:

March 4, 1994

Nationality:

Canada

Sun Sign:

Scorpio

Natural hair color:

Light Brown

Eye Color:

Drak Brown

Height:

6 ft 1½ in | 187 cm

Weight:

136 kg | 300 lbs

Shoe Size:

13 US | 46 EU

Best Movies

He was nominated for the CableACE Award for Performance in a Comedy Special for his role as Yosh Shmenge / Pa Shmenge in comedy television film The Last Polka (1985).

He was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Freddie Bauer in fantasy romantic comedy movie Splash (1984).

He was nominated for the American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role) for his role as Del Griffith in comedy film Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987).

The Blues Brothers (1980) - Parole Officer Burton Mercer

Spaceballs (1987) - Barf

Stripes (1981) - Dewey "Ox" Oxberger

National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) - Russ Lasky

Uncle Buck (1989) - Buck Russell

Cool Runnings (1993) - Irving "Irv" Blitzer

The Great Outdoors (1988) - Chester "Chet" Ripley

Brewster's Millions (1985) - Spike Nolan

The Silent Partner (1978) - Simonsen

Armed and Dangerous (1986) - Frank Dooley

Home Alone (1990) - Gus Polinski – Polka King of the Midwest

Only the Lonely (1991) - Danny Muldoon

JFK (1991) - Dean Andrews Jr.

He voiced Den / Dan / Desk Sergeant / Robot in Heavy Metal (1981), Don in Hot to Trot (1988) and Wilbur in The Rescuers Down Under (1990).

Best TV Shows

He was a member of Toronto's branch of The Second City (1976–1979) and SCTV Network 90 (1981–1983), for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 1981 and 1982.

He hosted Saturday Night Live (1983), in episode "John Candy / Men at Work".

He starred as animated version of himself in animated television series Camp Candy (1989).

Facts

Graduated from Shaker Heights High School in Ohio (1943).

Attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.

Graduated from Neil McNeil Catholic Secondary School in Toronto.

Studied journalism at Centennial College.

Studied at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Had Ukrainian and Polish ancestry.

He was part of the group Northern Lights.

He was good friends with Macaulay Culkin, Wayne Gretzky, Eugene Levy and Steve Martin.

He was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 1998.

Featured in music videos for:

Ray Parker Jr. "Ghostbusters" (1984)

The Traveling Wilburys "Wilbury Twist" (1991)

Had production company "Frostbacks Productions".

He won the Banff Television Festival Sir Peter Ustinov Award in 1992.

He won the Gemini Earle Grey Award in 1995.

He was a co-owner of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

John died on March 4, 1994, Durango, Mexico, at the age of 43.

Spouse

He was married to Rosemary Margaret Hobor (1979-1994) they had a son, Christopher Michael and a daughter, Jennifer Anne.

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