How old was John Candy in the movie Spaceballs?
John Candy was 35 in Spaceballs when he played the character 'Barfolemew 'Barf''.
That was over 37 years ago in 1987.
In 1994 he died aged just 43, starring in 63 films in his career, 33 of those after Spaceballs was first released. If he were alive today he would be 73.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In Spaceballs, I think John Candy looks:
Did you know?
- Director Mel Brooks 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
- Spaceballs scores 6.84 out of 10 on TMDB.
