How old was John Candy in the movie JFK?

John Candy was 40 in JFK when he played the character 'Dean Andrews'.

That was over 32 years ago in 1991.

In 1994 he died aged just 43, starring in 63 films in his career, 14 of those after JFK was first released. If he were alive today he would be 73.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In JFK, I think John Candy looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Oliver Stone 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
  • JFK scores 7.65 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of JFK

John Candy's other movies