David Canary
Acting
Born: August 25, 1938 · Elwood, Indiana, USA
Died: November 16, 2015 (aged 77)
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Law & Order
1990
Bonanza
1959
Hombre
1967
Kung Fu
1972
Touched by an Angel
1994
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969
Hawaii Five-O
1968
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
Gunsmoke
1955
Posse
1975
S.W.A.T.
1975
Photos (5)
Movies (9)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Mr. Walski (uncredited)
Hombre
Lamar Dean
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Frank Gusenberg
Posse
Pensteman
Incident on a Dark Street
Peter Gallagher
Sharks' Treasure
Larry
Melvin Purvis G-Man
'Gene' Eugene T. Farber
King of America
Bingham
Johnny Firecloud
Jesse
TV Shows (21)
Law & Order
Jeremy Orenstein · 1 eps
Curb Your Enthusiasm
White Haired Man at Park · 1 eps
Bonanza
Candy Canaday · 56 eps
All My Children
Adam Chandler · 2338 eps
Touched by an Angel
Carter Winslow · 2 eps
Hawaii Five-O
George · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Bingham · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Eugene Bradshaw · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
George McClaney · 2 eps
The Rookies
2 eps
Police Story
1 eps
Alias Smith and Jones
2 eps
Another World
Steve Frame · 1547 eps
Cimarron Strip
Tal St. James · 1 eps
Remember WENN
Luke Langly · 1 eps
One Life to Live
1 eps
S.W.A.T.
1 eps
Dundee and the Culhane
1 eps
The Dain Curse
Jack Santos · 3 eps
Search for Tomorrow
1 eps
Kung Fu
Frank Grogan · 1 eps
