How old was John Candy in the movie Heavy Metal?
John Candy was 29 in Heavy Metal when he played the character 'Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice)'.
That was over 43 years ago in 1981.
In 1994 he died aged just 43, starring in 63 films in his career, 50 of those after Heavy Metal was first released. If he were alive today he would be 73.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In Heavy Metal, I think John Candy looks:
Did you know?
- Director Gerald Potterton has worked with John Candy just once in his career.
- John Candy's first movie was as 'Paule' in Class of '44, released in 1973 when he was 21
- Heavy Metal scores 6.47 out of 10 on TMDB.
