Happy Birthday: John Candy (1950–1994)

John Candy (1950–1994)

Born: October 31, 1950 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died: March 4, 1994 (age 43) in Durango, Mexico

I think I may have become an actor to hide from myself. You can escape into a character.

[on Ghostbusters (1984)] Harold [Ramis] had called and things just didn’t go well with the negotiations on it. We didn’t see eye to eye on certain things and the rest is history. But Rick [Moranis] did a great job with it.

[on Who’s Harry Crumb? (1989)] It offered me a lot of different characters to play and it was a lot of fun.

JFK 1996 dir. Oliver Stone Starring Kevin Costner Tommy Lee Jones VOLUNTEERS 1985 dir. Nicholas Meyer Stars: Tom Hanks John Candy Stripes 1981 dir. Ivan Reitman starring Bill Murray Harold Ramis BREWSTER’S MILLIONS 1985 dir. Walter Hill Stars: Richard Pryor John Candy SPLASH! 1984 dir. Ron Howard Stars: Tom…