on his birthday, John Candy (Born: October 31, 1950; Died: March 4, 1994).

John Candy is known for movies like "The Blues Brothers (1980)", "National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)", "Splash (1984)", "Little Shop of Horrors (1986)", "The Great Outdoors (1988)", "JFK (1991)" and "Only the Lonely (1991)".

He played Spike Nolan in the movie "Brewster's Millions (1985)", Del Griffith in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)", Barf in "Spaceballs (1987)", Harry Crumb in "Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)", Buck Russell in "Uncle Buck (1989)", Gus Polinski (a.k.a. Polka King of the Midwest) in "Home Alone (1990)" and Irving "Irv" Blitzer in "Cool Runnings (1993)".

Other movies he appeared in are "It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1975)", "Tunnel Vision (1976)", "The Clown Murders (1976)", "Find the Lady (1976)", "The Silent Partner (1978)", "Lost and Found (1979)", "1941 (1979)", "The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog (1980)", "Double Negative (1980)", "Stripes (1981)", "Heavy Metal (1981)", "Going Berserk (1983)", "The Last Polka (1985)", "Follow That Bird (1985)", "Summer Rental (1985)", "Volunteers (1985)", "The Canadian Conspiracy (1985)", "Dave Thomas: The Incredible Time Travels of Henry Osgood (1986)", "Armed and Dangerous (1986)", "Really Weird Tales (1987)", "She's Having a Baby (1988)", "The Great Outdoors (1988)", "Cannonball Fever (1989)", "The Rocket Boy (1989)", "Masters of Menace (1990)", "Nothing But Trouble (1991)", "Career Opportunities (1991)", "Delirious (1991)", "Once Upon a Crime... (1992)", "Boris and Natasha (1992)", "Rookie of the Year (1993)","Wagons East (1994)" and "Canadian Bacon (1995)".

Some TV shows he appeared on are "Police Surgeon", "The David Steinberg Show", "King of Kensington", "SCTV", "Tales of the Klondike", "Saturday Night Live", "The New Show" and "Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories".