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David Canary
Actor

David Canary

25 Aug 1938Born
16 Nov 2015Died
77Age at death
31Credits

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.

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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.

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Filmography

  1. 2000Curb Your EnthusiasmSeries: White Haired Man at Park (1 episode)
  2. 1996Remember WENNSeries: Luke Langly (1 episode)
  3. 1994Touched by an AngelSeries: Carter Winslow (2 episodes)
  4. 1990Law & OrderSeries: Jeremy Orenstein (1 episode)
  5. 1989In a Pig's EyeFilm
  6. 1982King of AmericaFilm: Bingham
  7. 1982American PlayhouseSeries: Bingham (1 episode)
  8. 1978The Dain CurseSeries: Jack Santos (3 episodes)
  9. 1975Johnny FirecloudFilm: Jesse
  10. 1975PosseFilm: Pensteman
  11. 1975Sharks' TreasureFilm: Larry
  12. 1975Melvin Purvis G-ManFilm: 'Gene' Eugene T. Farber
  13. 1975S.W.A.T.Series (1 episode)
  14. 1973Police StorySeries (1 episode)
  15. 1973Incident on a Dark StreetFilm: Peter Gallagher
  16. 1972Kung FuSeries: Frank Grogan (1 episode)
  17. 1972The RookiesSeries (2 episodes)
  18. 1971Alias Smith and JonesSeries (2 episodes)
  19. 1970All My ChildrenSeries: Adam Chandler (2338 episodes)
  20. 1969The Computer Wore Tennis ShoesFilm: Mr. Walski (uncredited)
  21. 1969Hawaii Five-OSeries: George (1 episode)
  22. 1968One Life to LiveSeries (1 episode)
  23. 1967Cimarron StripSeries: Tal St. James (1 episode)
  24. 1967Dundee and the CulhaneSeries (1 episode)
  25. 1967The St. Valentine's Day MassacreFilm: Frank Gusenberg
  26. 1967HombreFilm: Lamar Dean
  27. 1965The F.B.I.Series: Eugene Bradshaw (1 episode)
  28. 1964Another WorldSeries: Steve Frame (1547 episodes)
  29. 1959BonanzaSeries: Candy Canaday (56 episodes)
  30. 1955GunsmokeSeries: George McClaney (2 episodes)
  31. 1951Search for TomorrowSeries (1 episode)

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