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David Canary

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
33

Gender
Male

Birthday
August 25, 1938 (87 years old)

Place of Birth
Elwood, Indiana, USA

David Canary

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

Acting

2000Curb Your Enthusiasmas White Haired Man at Park
1996Remember WENNas Luke Langly
1994Touched by an Angelas Carter Winslow
1991Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Loveas Himself - Co-Host
1990Law & Orderas Jeremy Orenstein
1989In a Pig's Eyeas
1983Reading Rainbowas Self - Narrator (voice)
1982King of Americaas Bingham
1982American Playhouseas Bingham
1978The Dain Curseas Jack Santos
1975Johnny Firecloudas Jesse
1975Posseas Pensteman
1975Sharks' Treasureas Larry
1975Melvin Purvis G-Manas 'Gene' Eugene T. Farber
1975S.W.A.T.as
1973Police Storyas
1973Incident on a Dark Streetas Peter Gallagher
1972Kung Fuas Frank Grogan
1972The Rookiesas
1971Alias Smith and Jonesas
1970All My Childrenas Adam Chandler
1969The Computer Wore Tennis Shoesas Mr. Walski (uncredited)
1968Hawaii Five-Oas George
1968One Life to Liveas
1967Cimarron Stripas Tal St. James
1967Dundee and the Culhaneas
1967The St. Valentine's Day Massacreas Frank Gusenberg
1967Hombreas Lamar Dean
1965The F.B.I.as Eugene Bradshaw
1964Another Worldas Steve Frame
1959Bonanzaas Candy Canaday
1955Gunsmokeas George McClaney
1951Search for Tomorrowas

Production