John Candy

He is an inductee of Canada's Walk of Fame. His son Jacon was born in 1998. He is interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California. He married Linda Stokes in 1996. Michael's Cathedral, was broadcast live on television across Canada. His first, in 1976, to Sheila Ryan, was short lived, and they divorced the next year. His funeral, held at St. Caan has been married twice.

He had been warned several times by his doctors to cut his weight due to his genetic predisposition to heart disease from which his father had died but he refused, stating that his portly frame was what gave him his film roles. He continues to act on screen and on television. John Candy died at the age of only 43 of a heart attack while filming on location in Durango, Mexico, for the movie Wagons East. Amiable, down to earth and not afraid to tell it like it is, James Caan is a true gentleman, a tough guy with a heart of gold and a Hollywood survivor in every sense of the word. It was shelved for quite some time, but is now due to be released in 2005, more than ten years after the actor's death. In 1999, Caan joined the ranks of Humphrey Bogart, Robert Mitchum and Powers Boothe when he portrayed Phillip Marlowe in the HBO film Poodle Springs. However, this movie stayed in production for a very long time, due to animation difficulties and production delays. He co-starred with Sarah Jessica Parker and Nicolas Cage and hilariously spoofed his "Sonny Corleone" character from The Godfather.

In the early 1990's, Candy recorded a voice for the movie The Magic 7. Caan made one of the most delightful films of his career in 1992 with the hit Honeymoon In Vegas. In the 1980s, Candy also appeared in an HBO spoof documentary titled The Canadian Conspiracy about the supposed subversion of the United States by Canadian-born media personalities. In 1988 and 1990, Caan starred in the popular films Alien Nation and Misery (co-star Kathy Bates won a Best Actress Oscar). Candy was also a dramatic actor and appeared in films like JFK and The Silent Partner. He made a stirring return to film in 1987 when his old friend Francis Ford Coppola cast him as an Army Sergeant in Gardens Of Stone, a film that dealt with the effect of the Vietnam War on the homefront. Candy was lauded by some as a true comic genius and this lay in his ability to portray an "everyman" that the audience could identify with. From 1982 to 1987, Caan did not act in any films. He was suffering from depression over his sister's death, a growing problem with cocaine, and what he described as Hollywood burnout.

He typically played characters who, while they lived somewhat seedy lives, often had their hearts in the right place. This film is today regarded as a film noir classic and Caan has often said it is the role he is proudest of next to The Godfather. From there he went on to star in such Hollywood movies as Splash, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Spaceballs, Brewster's Millions and Uncle Buck. The following year, Caan appeared in Thief, directed by Michael Mann, where he played a professional safe cracker. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Candy was a member of Toronto's The Second City comedy troupe and gained widespread North American popularity when, in 1977, he became a cast member on the influential Toronto-based TV comedy-variety show, SCTV (Second City Television). Despite critical praise, the film was not a hit. John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 - March 4, 1994) was a Canadian comedian and actor. Caan was a devoted family man all his life and said this film was a powerful one about family love and values.

The Magic 7 (voice, recorded in the 1990's) (projected for 2005). In 1980, Caan directed Hide In Plain Sight a film about a father searching for his children lost in the Witness Protection Program. Canadian Bacon (1995). His many films include Cinderella Liberty, Freebie and The Bean, The Gambler, The Killer Elite, Rollerball, Harry And Walter Go To New York, A Bridge Too Far, Comes A Horseman and Chapter Two (a play screenplay conversion by Neil Simon). Wagons East (1994). He played a wide variety of roles and refused to be typecast as a mobster. Hostage for a Day (TV) (1994). From 1973 to 1982, Caan appeared in many Hollywood films.

Cool Runnings (1993). For his role Caan was nominated for an Academy Award. Rookie of the Year (1993). The following year Coppola cast Caan as mobster Sonny Corleone in The Godfather, which also helped launch Al Pacino's career. Boris and Natasha (1992). In 1971, Caan won even greater acclaim as dying football player Brian Piccolo in the television movie Brian's Song. Once Upon a Crime (1992). Caan first won praise for his role as a brain-damaged football player in The Rain People (1969), directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

JFK (1991). In 1967, Caan appeared in El Dorado with John Wayne. Delirious (1991). Caan's first substantial film role was as a menacing villain in the 1964 thriller Lady In A Cage. Only The Lonely (1991). Caan began acting in television in such series as The Untouchables. Career Opportunities (1991). James Caan (born March 26, 1939, Bronx, New York) is an American actor.

Nothing But Trouble (1991). Masters of Menace (1990). The Rescuers Down Under (voice) (1990). Home Alone (1990).

The Rocket Boy (TV) (1989). Uncle Buck (1989). Speed Zone! (aka Cannonball Fever/Cannonball Run 3) (1989). Who's Harry Crumb? (1989).

Hot To Trot (voice) (1988). The Great Outdoors (1988). She's Having a Baby (cameo) (1988). Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987).

Spaceballs (1987). Really Weird Tales (TV) (1987). Little Shop of Horrors (1986). Armed and Dangerous (1986).

The Canadian Conspiracy (TV) (1985). Volunteers (1985). Summer Rental (1985). Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird (1985).

Brewster's Millions (1985). The Last Polka (TV) (1984). Splash (1984). Going Berserk (1983).

National Lampoon's Vacation (aka Vacation) (1983). Heavy Metal (1981). Stripes (1981). Tales Of The Klondike (TV series) (1981).

SCTV Network 90 (TV series) (1981). Double Negative (1980). The Blues Brothers (1980). The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog (TV) (1980).

1941 (1979). Lost and Found (1979). The Silent Partner (1978). Second City TV (TV series) (1976).

Find The Lady (1976). The Clown Murders (1976). Tunnel Vision (1976). Coming Up Rosie (TV series) (1975).

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1975). Zonk and the Zunkins (TV series) (1974). Dr. Last Bride of Salem (TV) (1974).