John CandyFilmography

Canadian Bacon

Actors: Alan Alda, John Candy, Rhea Perlman, Kevin Pollak, Rip Torn

Synopsis: In Michael Moore's political satire, the U.S. president (Alan Alda) decides to wage a cold war against Canada in an attempt to reverse his slipping popularity, and, as a result, he drives a small group of incensed Canadians to take matters into their own hands. Alda is the first president in years Read More

North

Actors: Elijah Wood, Bruce Willis, Jon Lovitz, Matthew McCurley, Richard Belzer, Alan Arkin

Synopsis: A boy divorces his parents in this comic fantasy for the family. North (Elijah Wood) is the sort of kid most parents dream of -- he's bright, well-behaved, a good student, and a great baseball player. But North's Mom and Dad (Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jason Alexander) are so busy with their lives Read More

Hostage for a Day

Crew: Director

Actors: George Wendt, Robin Duke, Christopher Templeton, John Candy, Peter Torokvei

Synopsis: The late comedian John Candy directed this made-for-television black comedy. George Wendt stars as Warren Kooey, a poor slob with a vicious wife and a nasty boss. Wooey wants to escape his miserable existence, so he decides to stage his own kidnapping to get away from his tormentors and find some Read More

Wagons East!

Actors: John Candy, Richard Lewis, John C. McGinley, Ellen Greene, Robert Picardo

Synopsis: Comedian John Candy, who died during the making of this poorly received comic western, plays James Harlow, a 19th century wagon master who is heading back east with a wagon train full of oddball characters who have had their fill of Western life. They include ex-doctor Phil Taylor (Richard Lewis) Read More

Cool Runnings

Actors: Leon, Doug E. Doug, Malik Yoba, Rawle D. Lewis, John Candy

Synopsis: Cool Runnings fictionalizes the true story of a bobsledding team from Jamaica making it to the Olympics. The tale begins when Derice Bannock (Leon), realizing that due to an accident his chances of qualifying for Jamaica's 1988 Olympic track team are dashed, scrounges around looking for another Read More

Rookie of the Year

Actors: Gary Busey, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Albert Hall, Amy Morton, Dan Hedaya, Bruce Altman

Synopsis: Rookie of the Year is a light-hearted comedy about a 12-year-old baseball fan who, despite his love for the sport, can't play the game at all. During one Little League contest, he breaks his arm. After it heals, it miraculously becomes a super-human arm that can out-pitch any player in the major Read More

Once Upon a Crime

Actors: John Candy, Cybill Shepherd, James Belushi, Giancarlo Giannini, Sean Young, Richard Lewis

Synopsis: The murder of a millionaire has unexpectedly humorous results in this farcical comedy. When Phoebe (Sean Young) and Julian (Richard Lewis), two Americans on a tour of Europe, discover a lost dachshund, they learn that a $5,000 reward has been posted for the dog's return. Phoebe and Julian head to Read More

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories, Vol. 6: Blumpoe the Grumpoe Meets Arnold the Cat

Synopsis: In this made-for-cable TV feature, the stories Blumpoe the Grumpoe Meets Arnold the Cat, by Jean Davies Okimoto, and Millions of Cats, by Wanday Ga'g, are included in this children's program. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

The Best of John Candy on SCTV

Synopsis: For many years, comedian John Candy was a staple of the prestigious Second City comedy troupe where he was known for creating such unforgettable characters as Johnny La Rue and Dr. Tongue. He was also a noted impressionist who had audiences rolling in the aisles with his take on such figures as Read More

JFK

Actors: Kevin Costner, Sissy Spacek, Joe Pesci, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman

Synopsis: The November 22, 1963, assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy shocked the nation and the world. The brisk investigation of that murder conducted under the guidance of Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren distressed many observers, even though subsequent careful investigations have been Read More

Delirious

Actors: John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, Emma Samms, Raymond Burr, Dylan Baker, Robert Wagner

Synopsis: John Candy plays Jack Gable, a soap-opera writer who finds himself trapped inside his own television program with a magic typewriter in this toothless comedy. Jack finds himself embroiled in protecting his beloved Laura (Emma Samms), an actress who plays Rachel Hedison in Jack's show -- "Beyond Read More

Only the Lonely

Actors: John Candy, Maureen O'Hara, Ally Sheedy, Kevin Dunn, Milo O'Shea

Synopsis: Writer-director Chris Columbus mines Paddy Chaveysky's Marty for this bittersweet comedy about a lonely 38-year old Chicago cop dominated by his harridan mother. Danny Muldoon (John Candy), in spite of being well known and well liked in his neighborhood, still lives at home with his mother Rose (Maureen O'Hara Read More

Career Opportunities

Actors: Frank Whaley, Jennifer Connelly, Dermot Mulroney, Kieran Mulroney, John M. Jackson, Barry Corbin

Synopsis: John Hughes strip-mines familiar terrain -- in this case his own past successes -- in this comedy that Hughes produced and scripted, directed by Bryan Gordon. Frank Whaley stars as Jim Dodge, a 21-year-old con-man who goes from job to job but likes to put on a facade of success. As Career Read More

Nothing But Trouble

Actors: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Demi Moore, John Candy, Valri Bromfield, Taylor Negron

Synopsis: Actor Dan Aykroyd made his directorial debut with this bizarre comic fantasy. Financier Chris Thorne (Chevy Chase) hopes to impress beautiful Diane Lightson (Demi Moore), so he invites her along for a trip to Atlantic City, with a pair of wealthy Brazilians, Fausto (Taylor Negron) and Renalda (Bertila Damas Read More

Boris and Natasha

Synopsis: A live-action rendering of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, this time we follow the exploits of the two Cold War "no-goodniks", Boris and Natasha. Sent from their beloved Pottsylvania by their "Fearless Leader", their job is to try to capture a missing time-reversing microchip. Espionage films being Read More

Home Alone

Actors: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara, John Heard

Synopsis: Home Alone is the highly successful and beloved family comedy about a young boy named Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) who is accidentally left behind when his family takes off for a vacation in France over the holiday season. Once he realizes they've left him "home alone," he learns to fend for himself Read More

The Rescuers Down Under

Actors: Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, John Candy, Tristan Rogers, Adam Ryen

Synopsis: Bernard (voice of Bob Newhart) and Miss Bianca (voice of Eva Gabor), the intrepid mouse squad from the International Rescue Society of The Rescuers, return to help a little boy from the Australian outback named Cody ({voice of Adam Ryen), who has been kidnapped by an evil poacher named McLeach Read More

Masters of Menace

Actors: James Belushi, David Rasche, Catherine Bach, Lance Kinsey, Teri Copley, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, George Wendt

Synopsis: The Second City comedy ensemble reunites for this camp story of a motorcycle gang trying to take home the body of a dead member (James Belushi). Problem is, they must also outrun a pesky lawyer (Ray Baker) who is trying to bring the group to justice for breaking their probation. John Candy, Dan Aykroyd Read More

Uncle Buck

Actors: John Candy, Amy Madigan, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann, Macaulay Culkin

Synopsis: In this cheerful, lightweight comedy, excruciatingly clumsy, disorganized, and messy Uncle Buck Russell (John Candy) becomes the screens most unlikely babysitter since Clifton Webb in Sitting Pretty. While their parents are away, eight-year old Miles (Macaulay Culkin), six-year old Maizy (Gaby Read More

Speed Zone

Actors: John Candy, Peter Boyle, Donna Dixon, Matt Frewer, Melody Anderson, Eugene Levy, Tim Matheson

Synopsis: A sheriff struggles vainly to keep the annual Cannonball Run cross-country race from taking place in this comedy. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Who's Harry Crumb?

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: John Candy, Jeffrey Jones, Annie Potts, Tim Thomerson, Barry Corbin

Synopsis: John Candy's popularity from his appearances on the Canadian television series Second City TV did not translate into film success until he made the John Hughes comedy Uncle Buck. Who's Harry Crumb? was released just before the more well-known film, and some SCTV regulars make cameo appearances. In Read More

Hot to Trot!

Actors: Bobcat Goldthwait, Dabney Coleman, John Candy, Virginia Madsen, Jim Metzler

Synopsis: After his mother's death, Fred P. Cheney (Bob Goldthwaith) must share the family financial business with his scheming stepfather Walter Sawyer (Dabney Coleman) in this misfired comedy. Fred also inherits Don, a talking horse who provides him with hot tips on the stock market. Don's voice is Read More

The Great Outdoors

Actors: Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy, Annette Bening, Chris Young

Synopsis: In the John Hughes-scripted The Great Outdoors, John Candy stars as Chet Ripley, an oafish paterfamilias who takes his family on a vacation at a lakeside resort. Their enjoyment is seriously compromised when brother-in-law Roman Craig (Dan Aykroyd) shows up with his wife and kiddies. The rest of Read More

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Actors: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, William Windom, Michael McKean, Kevin Bacon

Synopsis: Were it not for its profanity-laden opening scenes, John Hughes' Planes, Trains and Automobiles might have been suitable family entertainment: certainly it's heaps less violent and mean-spirited than Hughes' Home Alone. En route to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with his family, easily annoyed Read More

Spaceballs

Actors: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga

Synopsis: A space bum helps rescue a princess from an evil overlord with the help of a benevolent elder in this Star Wars send-up written and directed by Mel Brooks. Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and his half-man, half-dog co-pilot, Barf the Mawg (John Candy), are content to scour the galaxy living the easy Read More

Rocket Boy

Actors: Rick Moranis, John Candy, Dave Thomas, Robert Donner

Synopsis: In this sci-fi comedy a gentle video store clerk has a secret double life as an intergalactic crimefighter who must stop an evil alien from stealing the hair off human heads. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Little Shop of Horrors

Actors: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, Levi Stubbs

Synopsis: It started as a 1960 Roger Corman horror comedy, filmed in two days; it then inspired a lavish 1982 Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman. Finally in 1986, Little Shop of Horrors (1960) graduated into a multimillion-dollar, all-star film musical. Rick Moranis Read More

Armed and Dangerous

Actors: John Candy, Eugene Levy, Robert Loggia, Kenneth McMillan, Meg Ryan

Synopsis: In Armed and Dangerous, John Candy plays a cop who has been kicked off the force on a trumped up charge. Eugene Levy costars as a disbarred lawyer. The two outcasts take low-paying jobs as security officers at a company controlled by mob boss Robert Loggia. In their own stumblebum fashion, Candy Read More

Comedy Music Videos

The Best of Comic Relief

Really Weird Tales

Synopsis: Originally telecast October 4, 1986, Really Weird Tales was meant to be a satirical spin on the old Twilight Zone series. SCTV regulars John Candy, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara and Joe Flaherty head the cast of this 90-minute comedy anthology. The tenor of the project can be gauged by the first Read More

Summer Rental

Actors: John Candy, Rip Torn, Richard Crenna, Karen Austin, Kerri Green, Aubrey Jene, Joey Lawrence

Synopsis: This routine comedy is about a series of misadventures during a family vacation at the beach and stars John Candy (who died of a heart attack while filming in Mexico in 1994) as John Chester and Karen Austin as his long-suffering wife Sandy. When the family leave for what turns out to be a pretty Read More

Volunteers

Actors: Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson, Tim Thomerson, Gedde Watanabe

Synopsis: Tom Hanks and John Candy were reunited for the first time since Splash in this period comedy about Peace Corps worker during the optimistic period of the Kennedy presidency. Lawrence Bourne III (Tom Hanks) is an upper-class heel who has to flee the country to escape his gambling debts and so Read More

Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird

Actors: Carroll Spinney, Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Paul Bartel, Sandra Bernhard

Synopsis: The first film to be adapted from the popular children's television series Sesame Street, Follow That Bird follows the story of Big Bird after a social worker (Sally Kellerman) takes him away from Sesame Street to live with a family of birds in Illinois. Unhappy in his new surroundings, Big Bird Read More

Big City Comedy

Synopsis: Big City Comedy originated in 1980 as a syndicated TV series, hosed by John Candy. The chucklesome Candy was aided and abetted by such guest pals as Billy Crystal, Tim Kazurinsky and Martin Mull. Unfortunately, the sketches and routines weren't quite worthy of the talent involved, so assembling a Read More

Brewster's Millions

Actors: Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins, Jerry Orbach

Synopsis: The seventh cinema adaptation of the venerable stage farce Brewster's Millions stars Richard Pryor as Montgomery Brewster, a third-rate baseball player. Much to his amazement, Brewster discovers that he is related to deceased millionaire Rupert Horn (Hume Cronyn, who appears only in a videotaped Read More

Splash

Actors: Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Dody Goodman

Synopsis: "I'm in love with a mermaid!" read the opening line of Leonard Maltin's original review for Splash. And with the delightful Darryl Hannah in the lead, who could fault Maltin for his public declaration of ardor? The story begins in 1959, when a young boy is rescued from a watery grave by an Read More

The Last Polka

Synopsis: This HBO comedy special is a send-up of Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz. Scorsese's film, it will be recalled, recorded the final concert of the rock group The Band. Polka deals with the rise and fall of that fabulous Lutonian twosome, the Schmenge Brothers. John Candy is Yosh Schmenge, and Eugene Levy Read More

Going Berserk

Actors: John Candy, Eugene Levy, Alley Mills, Pat Hingle, Elizabeth Kerr

Synopsis: In this comedy, a stuffy congressman is dismayed when he discovers that his beloved daughter intends to marry limousine driver John Bourgignon (John Candy). While intending to put on a good show for his father-in-law to be, John is captured by some political opponents of the congressman. His Read More

National Lampoon's Vacation

Actors: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid

Synopsis: The first film in the Vacation comedy franchise stars Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold, an ad exec who becomes consumed with taking his family cross-country to Wally World, a California amusement park. Less a vacation than a descent into a peculiarly American kind of hell, the Griswolds suffer Read More

Saturday Night Live: John Candy

Actors: John Candy, Men at Work

Synopsis: This 1983 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by John Candy and features musical guest Men at Work. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

The Best of SCTV [3]

Actors: John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis

Synopsis: This is the last of three 90-minute NBC specials offering prized vignettes from SCTV's three seasons and the first season of SCTV: Network 90. Highlights include Gregory Peck and Woody Allen's versions of Taxi Driver; the 2-minute adaptation of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf; Doug and Bob Read More

The Best of SCTV [2]

Actors: John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis

Synopsis: This is the second of three 90-minute NBC specials offering prized vignettes from SCTV's three seasons and the first season of SCTV: Network 90. Highlights include the hilariously irritating Canadian game show "High Q"; Funnyman Bobby Bittman's remake of "On the Waterfront"; "The Irwin Allen Read More

It Came from Hollywood

Actors: Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner

Synopsis: Latter-day comedy stars like Dan Aykroyd and John Candy host this compilation of clips from Hollywood's most famed bad movies, including Plan 9 From Outer Space, Untamed Women and Robot Monster. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

The Best of SCTV [1]

Actors: John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis

Synopsis: This is the first of three 90-minute NBC specials offering prized vignettes from SCTV's three seasons and the first season of SCTV: Network 90. Highlights include "What's My Shoe Size?," "Play It Again, Bob," "Perry Como: Still Alive," "The Merv Griffith Show From Mayberry," "Leave It to Beaver Read More

SCTV Network: Season 02

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Martin Short

Synopsis: The second and final season of NBC's 90-minute comedy-variety series SCTV Network finds the show's familiar acting troupe short of three members: Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis, and Catherine O'Hara. Fortunately, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty, and Andrea Martin are still on hand, as is relative Read More

Second City Insanity

Synopsis: This hour-long special features the Second City improvisational troupe as they present their off-the-cuff comedy. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

SCTV Network 90: Season 01

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis

Synopsis: Expanding from 30 to 90 minutes per week in the process of "graduating" from Canada's Global Television Network to America's NBC, the popular sketch comedy series SCTV also boasts an expanded title -- SCTV: Network 90 -- as it launches its first NBC season. The "new" series' format is primarily Read More

Stripes

Actors: Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P.J. Soles, Sean Young, John Candy

Synopsis: Bill Murray decides to be all that he can be -- and it ain't pretty -- in this hit comedy. John Winger (Murray) is a quick-witted but unambitious loser who comes home after getting fired to discover that his car has been repossessed and his girlfriend is leaving him. With no idea of what to do Read More

Heavy Metal

Actors: Rodger Bumpass, Jackie Burroughs, John Candy, Don Francks, Eugene Levy, Harold Ramis, Richard Romanus

Synopsis: Inspired by stories from the fantasy graphics magazine Heavy Metal, this five-part animated feature combines the talents of hundreds of artists and animators from 17 different countries. A glowing green orb called Loc-Nar that contains the sum total of all evil in the universe travels Read More

Tales of the Klondike: The Unexpected

Synopsis: In this exciting adventure, five Alaskan prospectors strike it rich and end up paying a terrible price for their avarice. The tale is taken from a story by Jack London. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

SCTV: Season 02

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Joe Flaherty, Andrea Martin, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara

Synopsis: Although season two of SCTV appears to be higher-budgeted than season one, the series' strong suit is not its production polish but instead the brilliant ensemble work of John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Catherine O'Hara, and Dave Thomas (Harold Ramis is largely absent this Read More

Kavik the Wolf Dog

Synopsis: This made-for-TV adventure is an account of a sled dog's 2,000-mile trek through Alaska to find the boy he loves. Also known as Kavik and The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

The Blues Brothers

Actors: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, James Brown, John Candy, Ray Charles, Carrie Fisher

Synopsis: Expanding on their Saturday Night Live characters, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd star as Jake and Elwood Blues, two white boys with black soul. Sporting cool shades and look-alike suits, Jake and Elwood are dispatched on a "mission from God" by their former teacher, Sister Mary Stigmata (Kathleen Freeman Read More

Double Negative

Actors: Michael Sarrazin, Susan Clark, Anthony Perkins, Howard Duff, Kate Reid

Synopsis: An exceedingly complex plot with a few gaps in logic characterizes this uneven thriller by George Bloomfield. Photographer Michael (Michael Sarrazin) is now in a mental institution because after he got back from a dangerous assignment in the Middle East he found his wife raped and murdered. His Read More

1941

Actors: Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Toshiro Mifune, Christopher Lee, Nancy Allen

Synopsis: It's December of 1941, and the people of California are in varying states of unease, ranging from a sincere desire to defend the country to virtual blind panic in the wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Thus begin several story threads that comprise the "plot" of this strange period Read More

Lost and Found

Actors: George Segal, Glenda Jackson, Maureen Stapleton, Hollis McLaren, John Cunningham

Synopsis: Adam (George Segal) is an English instructor at a U.S. college who hopes to win a professorship and tenure. Tricia (Glenda Jackson) is an English divorcee. They both wind up on a French ski slope at exactly the wrong time, and in the resulting collision, break one another's legs. While they are Read More

The Second City Comedy Special

Synopsis: This video is a compilation of comedy vignettes parodying popular television shows from the Second City Comedy Troupe. Of all the talent within the troupe, John Candy, before he became a big star, shines the brightest. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Silent Partner

Actors: Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, Celine Lomez

Synopsis: The Canadian "sleeper" The Silent Partner stars Elliott Gould as a teller, Miles Cullen, who figures out psycho Harry Reikle's (Christopher Plummer) scheme to rob his bank, several days ahead of time. Cullen providently squirrels away 50,000 dollars in a safety-deposit box before Reikle strikes. Read More

SCTV [TV Series]

Actors: Joe Flaherty, Andrea Martin, Harold Ramis, John Candy, Eugene Levy

Synopsis: An outgrowth of Chicago's Second City comedy troupe, which was created in 1959, the Toronto branch of Second City invaded Canada's CBC in the fall of 1976 with a weekly, half-hour sketch comedy series, making up in talent and energy what it lacked in budget and production polish. Taped in Read More

Tunnel Vision

Actors: Philip Proctor, Howard Hesseman, Ernest Anderson, Edwina Anderson

Synopsis: This futuristic parody on television is made up of various sketches, and features some early performances of later well-known comics. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Clown Murders

Actors: Stephen Young, Susan Keller, Lawrence Z. Dane, John Candy, Gary Reineke

Synopsis: In this thriller, a group of young professionals decides to play a practical joke on one of their ex-girlfriends who married a rich man who is about to close a major real estate deal. They will kidnap her and mess up the deal. Unfortunately, the joke becomes deadly serious when someone gets Read More

SCTV: Season 01

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Joe Flaherty, Andrea Martin, Harold Ramis, John Candy, Eugene Levy

Synopsis: The Canadian-based sketch comedy series SCTV wastes no time in setting its devastatingly satirical tone as it enters its first season. The opening episode begins with Dave Thomas' sidesplitting commercial for the "Laser-Matic Camera," then segues into the first session of "Johnny LaRue Exercise," Read More

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

Actors: Anthony Newley, Isaac Hayes, Lloyd Bochner, Yvonne De Carlo

Synopsis: In this Canadian comedy, a husband sleeps with his ex-wife on a weekly basis. The busy woman also has time to get involved with an aspiring politician whose career is on the rise. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Coming Up Rosie

Find the Lady

Actors: John Candy

Synopsis: A pre-stardom John Candy first teamed with John Dane in the wacky Canadian comedy-melodrama It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time. Playing the same characters--a pair of incompetent cops--Candy and Dane reunited for Find the Lady. Alas, even Candy's considerable comic gifts couldn't save this Read More

Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins

The David Steinberg Show [TV Series]

Actors: John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Andrea Martin, Martin Short, David Steinberg, Dave Thomas, Bill Saluga