Personal Info
David Canary
Acting
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 th…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love
as Himself - Co-Host
In a Pig's Eye
King of America
as Bingham
Posse
as Pensteman
Melvin Purvis G-Man
as 'Gene' Eugene T. Farber
Sharks' Treasure
as Larry
Johnny Firecloud
as Jesse
Incident on a Dark Street
as Peter Gallagher
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
as Mr. Walski (uncredited)
Hombre
as Lamar Dean
TV Shows
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as White Haired Man at Park · 1 ep.
Remember WENN
as Luke Langly · 1 ep.
Touched by an Angel
as Carter Winslow · 2 ep.
Law & Order
as Jeremy Orenstein · 1 ep.
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep.
The Dain Curse
as Jack Santos · 3 ep.
S.W.A.T.
1 ep.
Police Story
1 ep.
The Rookies
2 ep.
Kung Fu
as Frank Grogan · 1 ep.