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John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian. He came to wide public awareness as a member of the Second City comedy troup, and its TV series, ''[[SCTV]]''. He appeared in such comedies as ''[[Stripes]]'', ''[[Splash]]'', ''[[Cool Runnings]]'', ''The Great Outdoors'', ''[[Spaceballs (Film)|Spaceballs]]'', ''[[Uncle Buck]]'', and ''[[Planes, Trains and Automobiles]]''.

Candy was born in Newmarket, Ontario, the child of a working-class Roman Catholic family. His first big acting gig was the short-lived, late-night 1976 television talk show ''Ninety Minutes Live'' (where he was partnered with future co-star [[Rick Moranis]]). That same year he joined the cast of ''[[SCTV]]''. In 1980, he moved from the small-screen to the movies. His first film appearance was as a supporting player in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Nineteen Forty One|1941]]'', and from there he appeared as Joliet Jake's parole officer in ''[[The Blues Brothers]]'' in the same year.

Unusually, many film critics believe that his best performance isn't any of his comedies, but rather is his cold-blooded, hostile performance as Dean Andrews Jr., a [[Simple Country Lawyer|shady Southern lawyer]] in Oliver Stone's ''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]''.

[[Category:TropeCanada's Walk of Fame inductee]]