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Birth Name: John Franklin Candy
Born: 31 October 1950 Died: 4 March 1994
Country of origin: 
Canada
Height: 6' 2"
Partner: Rosemary Margaret Hobor
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Premature Deaths (Actors and Actresses)
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Actors who died before seeing their final movie
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Published 13 years, 3 months ago
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Gone, but not forgotten
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Best One-Scene-Only Performances
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Published 13 years, 8 months ago
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Who's Listal's Role Model?
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Published 10 years, 11 months ago
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Canadian comic actor John Candy was geared toward a performing career even while studying for a journalism degree in college. Candy's bulky frame and built-in likability enabled him to secure small roles in Canadian film and TV productions. In the early '70s, Candy joined Canada's Second City Troupe, sharing the spotlight with such potent talent (and subsequent close friends) as Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, Andrea Martin, and Catherine O'Hara. Second City TV, popularly known as SCTV, entered the Canadian TV airwaves in 1975 and was syndicated to the United States two years later. Candy scored an instant hit with such
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1. Home Alone
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3. Spaceballs (1987)
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4. Splash
| Rating: | 1260 Watched |
5. JFK (1991)
| Rating: | 1092 Watched |
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| Rating: | 1146 Watched |
2. Sesame Street (1969)
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4. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
| Rating: | 87 Watched |
5. Biography
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1. Camp Candy
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2. SCTV Network
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3. SCTV
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Monsters vs. Aliens (1980's)
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Birdman (1994)