Favorite John Candy movies

[Butterfly wings]

Planes, Trains & Automobiles (such a funny movie!)
The Great Outdoors
Uncle Buck

 

[aun_existe_amor]

I can't stand the Uncle Buck film. Sitting all the way through that is like pure torture to me. I do think he is/was a very tallented actor though. Did he die ?

 

[Michael514]

The four favorites of mine are:
"Planes,Trains, and Automoblies"
"The Great Outdoors"
"Armed and Dangerous"
also the role he played in "The Blues Brothers"

 

[giantfan121262]

Did he die ?

Yes. He had a heart attack around 1989. I think he was like 38 when he passed.

I personally always viewed him as a goof ball. Most of the roles I have seen him play, he always plays one type of charactar; A kind of guy that seems like a misfit and who gets ridiculed by other people.

I remember he was in the Blues Brothers and he played the sargeant of the two cops who initially started chasing "that shitbox Dodge".

 

[german]

He was heaps funny; the great outdoors, uncle buck and cool runnings were my favs but pretty much if I was flicking and he was in something I would watch it and most of the time get a laugh.

Kust

 

[drew70]

Uncle Buck, by far.

Best line: "Here's a quarter. How about you take a bus downtown, and find a rat to gnaw that thing off your face!"

 

[amk714]

Yes. He had a heart attack around 1989. I think he was like 38 when he passed.

He did die of a heart attack, but it was on March 4, 1994. It happened on location in Durango, Mexico. He was filming Wagons East at the time of his death, and he was only 43 years old. 🙁

I haven't seen too many of John Candy's movies, so in addition to the ones already mentioned, I'll add Who's Harry Crumb?, in which he plays a bumbling detective to the hilt, and Brewster's Millions, in which he portrayed Richard Pryor's best friend, baseball catcher Spike Nolan. A very funny man whose life came to an end all too soon (and that goes for Mr. Pryor also).

 

[giantfan121262]

Thanks for the info AMK. I was way off as you can see. I don't want anyone to think I didn't like him. I found him entertaining and funny. It just seemed to me that he played one type of charactar.

 

[dskodj]

For movies "Plains Trains & Automobiles" & "The Great Outdoors"...but in general, my true fave John Candy stuff was all the different charactors he was in SCTV...from the sleazy Johnny Larue to the spoof/cheese 3D horror film actor Dr Tounge lol

RIP to the great man

 

[toyou444]

I did a quickie search:

Actor - filmography
(2000s) (1990s) (1980s) (1970s)

The Magic 7 (2005) (TV) (voice) .... Smokestack Sam


Canadian Bacon (1995) .... Sheriff Bud B. Boomer
Wagons East (1994) .... James H. Harlow
Hostage for a Day (1994) (TV) (uncredited) .... Yuri Petrovich
Cool Runnings (1993) .... Irving 'Irv' Blitzer
Rookie of the Year (1993) (uncredited) .... Announcer
Boris and Natasha (1992) .... Kallishak
Once Upon a Crime... (1992) .... Augie Morosco
JFK (1991) .... Dean Andrews
... aka JFK (France)
Delirious (1991) .... Jack Gable
Only the Lonely (1991) .... Danny Muldoon
Career Opportunities (1991) (uncredited) .... C.D. Marsh
... aka One Wild Night
Nothing But Trouble (1991) .... Dennis & Eldona
The Rescuers Down Under (1990) (voice) .... Wilbur
Home Alone (1990) .... Gus Polinski, the Polka Band Shuttle Chief
Masters of Menace (1990) .... Beer Truck Driver


Uncle Buck (1989) .... Buck Russell
Speed Zone! (1989) .... Charlie Cronan
... aka Cannonball Fever
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989) .... Harry Crumb
The Rocket Boy (1989) (TV) .... The Hawk
Hot to Trot (1988) (voice) .... Don
The Great Outdoors (1988) .... Chet Ripley
She's Having a Baby (1988) (uncredited) .... Chet from 'The Great Outdoors'
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) .... Del Griffith
Spaceballs (1987) .... Barfolemew 'Barf'
Really Weird Tales (1987) (TV) .... Howard Jensen ('Cursed with Charisma')
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) .... Wink Wilkinson
Armed and Dangerous (1986) .... Frank Dooley
Volunteers (1985) .... Tom Tuttle
Summer Rental (1985) .... Jack Chester
Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird (1985) .... State Trooper
... aka Follow That Bird
Brewster's Millions (1985) .... Spike Nolan
The Last Polka (1985) (TV) .... Yosh Shmenge/Pa Shmenge
The Canadian Conspiracy (1985) (TV) .... Various
Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas (1985) (TV) .... Marcel
Splash (1984) .... Freddie Bauer
Going Berserk (1983) .... John Bourgignon
Vacation (1983) .... Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld
... aka American Vacation (Europe: English title: video title)
... aka National Lampoon's Vacation (USA: complete title)
Heavy Metal (1981) (voice) .... Desk Sergeant/Dan/Den/Robot
Stripes (1981) .... Dewey 'Ox' Oxberger
"Tales of the Klondike" (1981) (mini) TV Series
... aka Jack London's Klondike Tales
... aka Jack London's Tales of the Klondike (Canada: English title: complete title)
"SCTV Network 90" (1981) TV Series .... Johnny LaRue/Dr. Tongue/Billy Sol Hurok/Mayor Tommy Shanks/William B. Williams/Gil Fisher/Stan Shmenge/Dr. William Wainwright/Various
... aka SCTV Comedy Network (USA: new title)
... aka SCTV Network (USA: new title)
The Blues Brothers (1980) .... Burton Mercer
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog (1980) (TV) .... Pinky
... aka Kavik, the Wolf Dog
Double Negative (1980) .... John
... aka Deadly Companion


1941 (1979) .... Pvt. Foley
Lost and Found (1979) .... Carpentier
The Silent Partner (1978) .... Simonsen
... aka Argent de la banque, L' (Canada: French title)
"Coming Up Rosie" (1975) TV Series .... Wally Wypyzypychwk (1976-77)
"Second City TV" (1976) TV Series .... Johnny LaRue/Billy Sol Hurok/Mayor Tommy Shanks/William B.Williams/Dr. Tongue/Paul Fistinyourface/Orson Welles/Curly Howard/Various (1976-1979)
... aka SCTV (Canada: English title: new title) (USA)
Find the Lady (1976) .... Kopek
... aka Call the Cops!
... aka Kopek and Broom
The Clown Murders (1976) .... Ollie
Tunnel Vision (1976) .... Cooper
... aka Tunnelvision
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1975) .... Kopek
... aka Good Idea
"Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins" (1974) TV Series
Last Bride of Salem (1974) (TV) .... 2nd Son
Class of '44 (1973) (uncredited) .... Paule
... aka Tre kompisar
"The David Steinberg Show" (1972) TV Series .... Spider Reichman
"Cucumber" (1972) TV Series .... Weatherman
Hercules in New York (1970) (uncredited) .... Possible Extra
... aka Hercules - The Movie
... aka Hercules Goes Bananas

I had no idea his work was so extensive. I did love "Unlce Buck" and "Plaines, Trains and Automobiles". Overlooked was his small part in "Home Alone"

Oh and "Stripes" with the mud wrestling scene! LOL

And Space Balls! "What is your name?" "Barf" "Your full name!" "Barfolomew"

Of course I also cut my teeth on SCTV on late night here in the states.

He's missed by this here fat guy.

~ toyou