# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-candy
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:48:27.687Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-candy"
name: "John Candy"
slug: "john-candy"
description: "John Franklin Candy was a Canadian actor and comedian best known for his work in Hollywood comedy films."
tagline: "Canadian actor (1950–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Candy_%22SCTV_Network%22_(1982_NBC_press_photo).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1950-10-31"
deathDate: "1994-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             17.2881288526546
  historical:           29.14074266666667
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0001006"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johncandy.com/"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Candy"
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    title: "John Candy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Candy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Candy"
    title: "John Candy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Candy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Candy"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Candy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Candy"
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    title: "John Candy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Candy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%99_(%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A7%D7%9F)"
    title: "ג'ון קנדי (שחקן)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Candy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Candy"
    title: "John Candy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q218532"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "John Candy"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump