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David Canary

David Canary

Acting

August 25, 1938 – November 16, 2015 (died at 77)
Elwood, Indiana, USA
Male
11 Movies
21 TV Shows

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.

Bonanza
Bonanza

Bonanza

1959 7.5

as Candy Canaday

Age 21 (now 77)
56 eps
All My Children
All My Children

All My Children

1970 6.4

as Adam Chandler

Age 31 (now 77)
2338 eps
Posse
Posse

Posse

1975 6.1

as Pensteman

Age 36 (now 77)
Hombre
Hombre

Hombre

1967 7.1

as Lamar Dean

Age 28 (now 77)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967 6.3

as Frank Gusenberg

Age 28 (now 77)
Another World
Another World

Another World

1964 5.5

as Steve Frame

Age 25 (now 77)
1547 eps
Sharks' Treasure
Sharks' Treasure

Sharks' Treasure

1975 5.3

as Larry

Age 36 (now 77)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

1969 6.0

as Mr. Walski (uncredited)

Age 31 (now 77)
Johnny Firecloud
Johnny Firecloud

Johnny Firecloud

1975 5.1

as Jesse

Age 36 (now 77)
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

1994 7.2

as Carter Winslow

Age 56 (now 77)
2 eps
Incident on a Dark Street
Incident on a Dark Street

Incident on a Dark Street

1973 6.0

as Peter Gallagher

Age 34 (now 77)
Melvin Purvis G-Man
Melvin Purvis G-Man

Melvin Purvis G-Man

1975 6.3

as 'Gene' Eugene T. Farber

Age 36 (now 77)
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

1955 6.7

as George McClaney

Age 17 (now 77)
2 eps
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000 8.0

as White Haired Man at Park

Age 62 (now 77)
1 ep
Law & Order
Law & Order

Law & Order

1990 7.3

as Jeremy Orenstein

Age 52 (now 77)
1 ep
Kung Fu
Kung Fu

Kung Fu

1972 7.7

as Frank Grogan

Age 34 (now 77)
1 ep