How old was John Candy in the movie The Great Outdoors?
John Candy was 36 in The Great Outdoors when he played the character 'Chet Ripley'.
That was over 36 years ago in 1988.
In 1994 he died aged just 43, starring in 63 films in his career, 30 of those after The Great Outdoors was first released. If he were alive today he would be 73.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In The Great Outdoors, I think John Candy looks:
Did you know?
- Director Howard Deutch 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
- The Great Outdoors scores 6.5 out of 10 on TMDB.
