John Candy

John sweeten is one of Canadas greatest, and funniest, character actors. His well-known billet as the big hearted buffoon earned him classics in Uncle Buck (1989) and Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987). His career has handed him some dry spells, but Candy always rebounded. Born in Toronto, Ontario, in the year 1950, Candy found his passion for drama while attending a community college. He found a number of go parts in Canadian television shows, and also in such small rents as Tunnel Vision (1976) and Find the Lady (1976).However, his big success came at the age of twenty-seven, when he became part of the comedy group consequence City in Toronto. Alongside such soon-to-be Canadian stars as Catherine OHara (one of Candys lifelong friends), Eugene Levy, wind Moranis, and Harold Ramis, Candy was also part of the television show the group inspired. Second City TV (1976) earned Candy a reputation for his quirky humour, and his preternatural imitations of others. After the television series, Candy appeared alongside fellow Canadian Dan Aykroyd in the Steven Spielberg flop 1941 (1979).However, other jobs followed, and Candy set down a purpose, once again with Aykroyd, the productive classic The Blues Brothers (1980). Candy played a police officer who is part of the chase after Jake and Elwood Blues. The film was a hit, and Candy followed up accordingly. Candy acted in the smash hit Stripes (1981) where he played a dopey, overweight recruit affectionately nicknamed Ox. After the success of Stripes (1981), Candy returned to the Second City with the other former stars, in the television series SCTV Network 90 (1981).Candy also hosted Saturday Night Live before landing himself a role in the Ron Howard film Splash (1984), a romantic comedy about a mermaid who washes ashore and learns to live like a human. Candy played a sleazy womanizing brother to the character played by Tom Hanks. The film was a bigger success than even Stripes (1981), and a number of mickle ha ve said that Splash (1984) was his breakout role. Candy took a second billing in the comedic film Brewsters Millions (1985) where a man must spend cardinal million in order to inherit three hundred million from his deceased relative.Candy played the mans best friend, who accidentally gets in the way as oftentimes as helping out. Candy continued making films tirelessly, including the film Armed and Dangerous (1986) where he and Eugene Levy play characters who become security guards. 1987 was an especially broad(a) year to Candy, giving him two classic roles Barf the Mawg in the Mel Brooks comedy Spaceballs (1987) and the bumbling salesman Del Griffith alongside Steve Martins uptight character in the John Hughes film Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987). The latter film is a golden classic, and is one of Candys greatest films.He followed up immediately with The Great Outdoors (1988), once again alongside Dan Aykroyd. Candy landed another classic role in the film Uncle Buck (1989) wh ich was about a bumbling uncle who must look after his brothers three children. Although he was in the smash hit Home Alone (1990), Candys career fell into a slump, turning out unsuccessful films in the early nineties. This caused him to change his strategy by taking more serious roles. The first of these serious roles was the corrupt lawyer Dean Andrews in the Oliver Stone film JFK (1991).The film was a big success, and Candy go on from this victory to make the film Cool Runnings (1993) about the first Jamaican bobsled team. Candy was well known for his size, usually at sextette feet two, and weighing around 300 pounds. However, he was very sensitive about the subject, and in the nineties tried to lose weight and quit smoking. He was advised that heart attacks were in his family both his father and his grandfather died of heart attacks, and Candy wanted to prevent that happening to him as best he could.In the mid-nineties, Candy shoot the Michael Moore comedy Canadian Bacon (19 95), and went to Mexico to film the western spoof Wagons East (1994). It was in Mexico that Candy had a heart attack, and passed away in March 1994. Canadian Bacon was released a year after his death, and is his last film to date. Candy was loved by thousands of people who had loved his classic antics in Splash (1984) and The Great Outdoors (1988). He was well-known for his roles in Stripes (1981) and Uncle Buck (1989), and he himself never forgot his Canadian background. John Candy was a hard act to follow, and his legacy will stay on with us for many more years.