Moriarty took a lot of inspiration from Candy and the film, and he drew from Pete’s own personality as well. Not only did it ...

Candy died in 1994 at age 43. Now, a new Amazon Prime documentary does a fine job of profiling a gifted entertainer who was also, by all accounts, a very sweet human being.

TORONTO (AP) — “I wish I had more bad things to say about him,” Bill Murray says in the opening moments of the documentary “John Candy: I Like Me.” It has always been hard to find a negative word ...

I Like Me" (available with a Prime Video subscription) is clearly a labor of love for director Colin Hanks and producer Ryan ...

If there’s a scene that best encapsulates the tragically abbreviated career of John Candy, it’s not necessarily from his time on the sketch-comedy series “SCTV” or from movies like “Stripes” or “Uncle ...

In Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Steve Martin got so scared that he saw the devil. The movie studio, meanwhile, was more terrified of the film’s production schedule and budget. The film, featuring ...

A member of that endangered species known as “The Everyman,” Candy's life sometimes read like unsubtle literature.

An interview with Bill Murray opens “John Candy: I Like Me,” director Colin Hanks’ formulaic but richly enjoyable documentary about the late, great Canadian comedic actor. Murray apologizes for having ...

Many of Candy’s most popular and famous characters have a charm that makes the viewer feel like he’s your own father. “I think he kind of was recreating the relationship that he might not have had ...

Jim Lieberman's brother captured film of legendary comedian while traveling with The Second City theatre troupe.

This is FRESH AIR. John Candy, the comic actor who rose to fame in the sketch comedy series "SCTV" and such films as "Stripes," "Splash" and "Spaceballs," died at age 43 in 1994. Now, 31 years later, ...