How old was John Candy in the movie Home Alone?
John Candy was 39 in Home Alone when he played the character 'Gus Polinski'.
That was over 33 years ago in 1990.
In 1994 he died aged just 43, starring in 63 films in his career, 19 of those after Home Alone was first released. If he were alive today he would be 73.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In Home Alone, I think John Candy looks:
Did you know?
- Director Chris Columbus has worked with John Candy a total of 2 times in his career.
- John Candy's first movie was as 'Paule' in Class of '44, released in 1973 when he was 21
- Home Alone scores 7.38 out of 10 on TMDB.
