John Candy
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| 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) |
| Available Photos |
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Trivia

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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