John Candy

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Canadian person comedian film actor human television actor voice actor

John Candy was a beloved Canadian comedian and actor known for his warm, larger-than-life presence and memorable roles in films like "Planes, Trains and Automobiles," "Uncle Buck," and "Spaceballs."

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Label Occurrences
John Candy canonical 40
Del Griffith – John Candy 1
Frank Dooley – John Candy 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian person ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
voice actor ⓘ
birthName John Candy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: John Franklin Candy
burialPlace Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath myocardial infarction ⓘ
child Christopher Candy ⓘ
Jennifer Candy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1950-10-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1994-03-04 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Canadian of Polish descent ⓘ
Canadian of Scottish descent ⓘ
familyName Candy ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf The Second City ⓘ
surface form: Second City Television

The Second City ⓘ
name John Candy self-link ⓘ
notableWork Armed and Dangerous ⓘ
Canadian Bacon ⓘ
Cool Runnings ⓘ
Home Alone (1990 film) ⓘ
surface form: Home Alone

John F. Kennedy ⓘ
surface form: JFK

Little Shop of Horrors ⓘ
Only the Lonely ⓘ
Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
Spaceballs ⓘ
Splash ⓘ
Stripes ⓘ
Summer Rental ⓘ
The Blues Brothers ⓘ
The Great Outdoors ⓘ
Uncle Buck ⓘ
Wagons East ⓘ
numberOfChildren 2 ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Newmarket, Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
placeOfDeath Durango, Mexico ⓘ
portrayedCharacter Spaceballs ⓘ
surface form: Barf in Spaceballs

Del Griffith in Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
Gus Polinski in Home Alone ⓘ
Irv Blitzer in Cool Runnings ⓘ
Uncle Buck Russell in Uncle Buck ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Rosemary Margaret Hobor ⓘ
yearsActive 1970–1994 ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Splash → starring → John Candy ⓘ
Brewster's Millions → starring → John Candy ⓘ
subject surface form: Brewster's Millions (1985 film)
Brewster's Millions → leadActor → John Candy ⓘ
subject surface form: Brewster's Millions (1985 film)
The Rescuers Down Under → voiceActor → John Candy ⓘ
Planes, Trains and Automobiles → starring → John Candy ⓘ
Planes, Trains and Automobiles → castMember → John Candy ⓘ
Planes, Trains and Automobiles → characterPortrayedBy → John Candy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Del Griffith – John Candy
John Candy → name → John Candy self-link ⓘ
John Candy → birthName → John Candy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Franklin Candy
Stripes → starring → John Candy ⓘ
Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, United States → hasNotableBurial → John Candy ⓘ
subject surface form: Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City)
Home Alone (1990 film) → castMember → John Candy ⓘ
Summer Rental (film score) → associatedWithPerson → John Candy ⓘ
Cool Runnings → stars → John Candy ⓘ
Tears Are Not Enough → performedBy → John Candy ⓘ
National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983 film) → starring → John Candy ⓘ
subject surface form: National Lampoon’s Vacation
Nancy Allen → coStarredWith → John Candy ⓘ
Spaceballs → stars → John Candy ⓘ
San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, United States → hasNotableBurial → John Candy ⓘ
subject surface form: San Fernando Mission Cemetery
Volunteers → starring → John Candy ⓘ
SCTV → featuredActor → John Candy ⓘ
Donna Dixon → coStarredWith → John Candy ⓘ
Candy → hasNotableBearer → John Candy ⓘ
Uncle Buck → portrayedBy → John Candy ⓘ
Uncle Buck → castMember → John Candy ⓘ
The Great Outdoors → starring → John Candy ⓘ
Only the Lonely → starring → John Candy ⓘ
Summer Rental → starring → John Candy ⓘ
Armed and Dangerous → starring → John Candy ⓘ
Armed and Dangerous → portrayedBy → John Candy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frank Dooley – John Candy
Canadian Bacon → hasCastMember → John Candy ⓘ
Wagons East → starring → John Candy ⓘ
Wagons East → hasCastMember → John Candy ⓘ
Jennifer Candy → childOf → John Candy ⓘ
Del Griffith in Planes, Trains and Automobiles → portrayedBy → John Candy ⓘ
subject surface form: Del Griffith
Gus Polinski in Home Alone → portrayedBy → John Candy ⓘ
subject surface form: Gus Polinski
John → hasNameInEnglish → John Candy ⓘ
subject surface form: John Candy
Christopher Candy → father → John Candy ⓘ
Christopher Candy → notableRelative → John Candy ⓘ
Rosemary Margaret Hobor → spouse → John Candy ⓘ
Del Griffith → portrayedBy → John Candy ⓘ
Freddie Bauer → portrayedBy → John Candy ⓘ
JFK (1991 film) → castMember → John Candy ⓘ