Known for:	Home Alone, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Splash
Birth name:	John Franklin Candy
Birthday:	31 October 1950, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height:	6' 2" (1.88 m)
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The musical group Ween dedicated their 1994 LP, 'Chocolate And Cheese', to him. Interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, USA in the Mausoleum, Room 7, Block 1. He was a co-owner of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League He died while filming Wagons East in Mexico. He was part of the group Northern Lights who sang the song "Tears Are Not Enough" which was on the We Are The World album. He has a cameo in Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" music video. Father of Jennifer Candy and Christopher Candy. He attended Holy Cross Catholic School up to grade 8 which was the same school attended by actress Natalie Higashi, several years later. Graduated Neil McNeil Catholic Secondary School. He was born in East York (which is a suburb of Toronto) and he attended high school in Scarborough (another suburb of Toronto). Turned down repeated offers to join SNL 25, citing devotion to his fellow SCTV cast members. Has appeared in ten movies with SNL 25 alumni, more than any other non-SNL actor. He stayed in the notorious Whidden Hall residence during his years at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. His father, Sidney, died of a heart attack at age 35 in 1955 when John was only five years old. Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 87-88. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387 Weighed over 300 pounds for most of his life. Turned down the role of Louis Tully in Ghost Busters. The part went to Rick Moranis. According to Maureen O'Hara, just before going to Mexico, Candy talked to her on the phone and told her that he feared going to Mexico because he felt that "something bad is going to happen there". Has appeared in more John Hughes movies than any other actor. He's starred and cameoed (brief appearances) in a total of seven of Hughes' films. Starting with National Lampoon's Vacation, Planes, Trains & Automobiles costarring Steve Martin, The Great Outdoors costarring Dan Aykroyd; appears in a small cameo in She's Having a Baby. Stars in Uncle Buck, costarring a young Macaulay Culkin. Has a brief cameo in Career Opportunities and a bit part alongside SCTV alumni and best friend Catherine O'Hara in Home Alone, also starring Macaulay Culkin. Sat in the front row for Super Bowl XXIII (49ers vs. Bengals). Was supposed to host SNL 25 with Eugene Levy in 1985 (he, Levy and Billy Crystal did a promo for it on SNL the week before it was supposed to happen), but that episode never happened, due to a writer's strike shortly after the promo was aired. Pictured on one of four 51¢ Canadian commemorative postage stamps honoring "Canadians in Hollywood", issued 22 May 2006. Others honored in this set are Fay Wray, Lorne Greene, and Mary Pickford. Was a good friend of Wayne Gretzky and was co-owner of the Toronto Argonauts with him. Was considered by many to be one of the most genuinely nice people in Hollywood/Show Business.

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