David Canary

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David Canary

Acting August 25, 1938

Elwood, Indiana, USA

David Hoyt Canary (August 25, 1938 – November 16, 2015) was an American actor. Canary is best known for his roles as ranch foreman "Candy" Canaday in the Bonanza beginning in its…

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Law & Order

Law & Order

7.3 1990 TV Show
Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm

8.0 2000 TV Show
Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

7.2 1994 TV Show
Bonanza

Bonanza

7.5 1959 TV Show
Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

7.2 1969 TV Show
All My Children

All My Children

6.4 1970 TV Show
American Playhouse

American Playhouse

6.6 1982 TV Show
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

6.7 1955 TV Show
The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

5.6 1965 TV Show
Hombre

Hombre

7.1 1967 Movie
The Rookies

The Rookies

6.9 1972 TV Show
Kung Fu

Kung Fu

7.7 1972 TV Show

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David Hoyt Canary (August 25, 1938 – November 16, 2015) was an American actor. Canary is best known for his roles as ranch foreman "Candy" Canaday in the Bonanza beginning in its ninth season, and as Adam Chandler in the television soap opera All My Children, for which he received 16 Daytime Emmy Award nominations and won five times. In his youth, Canary was a star football player and was drafted as a lineman in the inaugural 1960 AFL draft by the Denver Broncos. Instead, he opted to pursue acting. Early roles included Russ Gehring in the primetime soap opera Peyton Place and Lamar Dean in the 1967 Western film Hombre. Canary's most notable stage performance was on Broadway in the original production of Tennessee Williams's Clothes for a Summer Hotel, starring Geraldine Page. A baritone, he also appeared in musical stage roles in shows such as Kismet, Man Of La Mancha, The Fantasticks, Sweeney Todd and Carousel, along with dramatic performances in The Seagull, Macbeth, and Clarence Darrow.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2000
    Curb Your Enthusiasm

    TV show White Haired Man at Park

  2. 1996
    Remember WENN

    TV show Luke Langly

  3. 1994
    Touched by an Angel

    TV show Carter Winslow

  4. 1991
    Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love

    Movie Himself - Co-Host

  5. 1990
    Law & Order

    TV show Jeremy Orenstein

  6. 1989
    In a Pig's Eye

    Movie

  7. 1983
    Reading Rainbow

    TV show Self - Narrator (voice)

  8. 1982
    King of America

    Movie Bingham

  9. 1982
    American Playhouse

    TV show Bingham

  10. 1978
    The Dain Curse

    TV show Jack Santos

  11. 1975
    Johnny Firecloud

    Movie Jesse

  12. 1975
    Posse

    Movie Pensteman

  13. 1975
    Sharks' Treasure

    Movie Larry

  14. 1975
    Melvin Purvis G-Man

    Movie 'Gene' Eugene T. Farber

  15. 1975
    S.W.A.T.

    TV show

  16. 1973
    Police Story

    TV show

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  1. 1973
    Incident on a Dark Street

    Movie Peter Gallagher

  2. 1972
    Kung Fu

    TV show Frank Grogan

  3. 1972
    The Rookies

    TV show

  4. 1971
    Alias Smith and Jones

    TV show

  5. 1970
    All My Children

    TV show Adam Chandler

  6. 1969
    The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

    Movie Mr. Walski (uncredited)

  7. 1969
    Hawaii Five-O

    TV show George

  8. 1968
    One Life to Live

    TV show

  9. 1967
    Cimarron Strip

    TV show Tal St. James

  10. 1967
    Dundee and the Culhane

    TV show

  11. 1967
    The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    Movie Frank Gusenberg

  12. 1967
    Hombre

    Movie Lamar Dean

  13. 1965
    The F.B.I.

    TV show Eugene Bradshaw

  14. 1964
    Another World

    TV show Steve Frame

  15. 1959
    Bonanza

    TV show Candy Canaday

  16. 1955
    Gunsmoke

    TV show George McClaney

  17. 1951
    Search for Tomorrow

    TV show