John Franklin Candy was a Canadian comedy actor known mainly for his work in Hollywood films.Candy rose to fame as a member of the Toronto branch of the Second City and its related Second City Television series and through his appearances in such comedy films as Stripes,Splash,Cool Runnings,Summer Rental,The Great Outdoors,Space balls,and Uncle Buck,as well as more dramatic roles in Only the Lonely and JFK.
One of his most renowned onscreen performances was as Del Griffith,the loquacious,on-the-move shower-curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy Planes,Trains and Automobiles.
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