John Candy's children and director Colin Hanks celebrate the comic actor's life with the documentary John Candy: I Like Me.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Candy: I Like Me is a new documentary film exploring the life of the late comedy actor. (Prime Video/Alamy) Just over 30 ...

John Candy has been remembered for his kindness and generosity since his death. Hanks opened up to PEOPLE in September 2024 about the documentary and what made Candy “special.” “He just really made ...

John Candy’s son, Chris, wasn’t sure if the new documentary about his dad’s life, John Candy: I Like Me, was on the right path. That is, until he got a “cosmic greeting” from the late actor. Chris, 40 ...

For many fans, the death of John Candy represented childhood’s end. The actor was not especially childish or childlike, but he projected an indefatigable, unthreatening jolliness in movies such as ...

Early in director Colin Hanks’ profile of actor/comedian John Candy, interview subject Bill Murray worries that the movie won’t be interesting enough, because Candy was such a good guy that there aren ...

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, ...

"What comes across onscreen is a good-natured humor about himself, which I think is a very Canadian trait," Reynolds tells PEOPLE about Candy Lizzie Hyman is a Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE, where she ...