John Candy

John Franklin Candy was a Canadian actor, voice actor, and comedian. For Disney, he voiced Wilbur in the 1990 Disney animated feature film The Rescuers Down Under. He also portrayed Freddie Bauer in the 1984 Touchstone Pictures film Splash and Irving Blitzer in Cool Runnings.
Born in Toronto, Candy grew up in Newmarket, Ontario. He was brought up in a working-class Catholic family. His childhood home was at 217 Woodville Ave in East York, Ontario. His mother was of Polish descent. His father died of complications of heart disease at age 35 in 1955, when Candy was five years old. He attended Neil McNeil Catholic High School, where he played offensive tackle on the school's football team and participated in drama club. Long before considering acting, Candy aspired to become a professional football player, but a knee injury during his high school football career prevented him from fulfilling his dream. He later enrolled in Centennial College to study journalism, and then went to McMaster University. He started acting while at college.
In 1972, Candy became a member of the Toronto branch of and its related sketch comedy series. By the 1980s, he had become a prominent figure in Hollywood thanks films, such as (a parody of Star Wars), as well as starring in many other comedy films, such as , , , , , and .
Candy died in his sleep from a heart attack on March 4, 1994, in Durango City, Mexico, while filming Wagons East.
==Roles==
Freddie Bauer.jpg|Freddie Bauer(Splash)
Wilbur (The Rescuers).png|Wilbur(The Rescuers Down Under)
Irving Blitzer.png|Irving Blitzer(Cool Runnings)
Redfeather 5.PNG|Redfeather(Pocahontas; deleted)
==Gallery==
John Candy 1988 Oscars.jpg|John Candy speaks at the 60th annual Academy Awards in February 1988.
Disney Adventures Magazine cover March 11 1991 John Candy.jpg|John Candy with Baloo on the cover of Disney Adventures (March 11, 1991).
==Trivia==
*Candy was, at one point, offered the role of Wayne Szalinski in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, but he declined. However, he suggested to Joe Johnston that his friend Rick Moranis would be a good choice for the role.
*He was considered to voice Genie in Aladdin, along with several other actors, but the role was ultimately given to Robin Williams.
*He was also initially set to voice a turkey named Redfeather, a deleted character in Pocahontas, but his role was later removed after his death, and after the animators decided to have the film's animal characters be mute.
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