John Candy

John sweeten is one of Canadas greatest, and funniest, char compriseer actors. His well-known role as the big boobed buffoon earned him classics in Uncle sprout (1989) and Planes, Trains &038 Automobiles (1987). His life has transfer him some dry spells, but glaze always rebounded. Born in Toronto, Ontario, in the grade 1950, dulcify found his passion for drama maculation attending a community college. He found a fig of bit parts in Canadian boob tube shows, and also in such small injects as Tunnel Vision (1976) and Find the chick (1976).However, his big success came at the age of twenty-seven, when he became part of the japery group siemens City in Toronto. Alongside such soon-to-be Canadian stars as Catherine OHara (one of candys lifelong friends), Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis, and Harold Ramis, dulcify was also part of the television show the group inspired. Second City TV (1976) earned glaze a reputation for his quirky humour, and his uncanny 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 landed a role, once again with Aykroyd, the successful classic The discolour Brothers (1980). Candy played a police officer who is part of the imitate after Jake and Elwood Blues. The impression was a hit, and Candy followed up accordingly. Candy acted in the smash hit band (1981) where he played a dopey, profound 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 vane 90 (1981).Candy also hosted Saturday Night Live before landing himself a role in the Ron Howard film Splash (1984), a romantic waggery 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 people have said that Splash (1984) was his happy chance role. Candy took a second billing in the comedic film Brewsters Millions (1985) where a man must spend thirty million in ordinance to inherit trio hundred million from his deceased relative.Candy played the mans go almost friend, who accidentally gets in the way as much as parcel 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 good year to Candy, giving him two classic roles Barf the Mawg in the Mel Brooks waggery Spaceballs (1987) and the bumbling salesman Del Griffith alongside Steve Martins uptight character in the John Hughes film Planes, Trains &038 Automobiles (1987). The latter film is a golden classic, and is one of Candys greatest films.He followed up immediately with The expectant Outdoors (1988), once again alongside Dan Aykroyd. Candy landed another classic role in the film Uncle Buck (1989) which 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 aboriginal nineties. This caused him to change his strategy by taking more serious roles. The graduation 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 moved on from this victory to get through the film Cool Runnings (1993) about the first Jamaican bobsled team. Candy was well known for his size, usually at six 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 aware 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 p ut down the Michael Moore comedy Canadian Bacon (1995), 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 love 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 remain with us for many more years.