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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Del Griffith – John Candy 1
John Franklin Candy 1

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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 ⓘ

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John Candy → birthName → John Candy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Franklin Candy
this entity surface form: Del Griffith – John Candy
subject surface form: Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City)
Brewster's Millions → leadActor → John Candy ⓘ
subject surface form: Brewster's Millions (1985 film)
John Candy → name → John Candy self-link ⓘ
Brewster's Millions → starring → John Candy ⓘ
subject surface form: Brewster's Millions (1985 film)
Splash → starring → John Candy ⓘ
Stripes → starring → John Candy ⓘ