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David Canary
Deceased

How Did David Canary Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 77
GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn25/08/1938Born inElwood, Indiana, USADied16/11/2015 (aged 77)Died inWiltonCauseAlzheimer's diseaseWikidataQ1856563 ↗TMDb#160899 ↗

David Hoyt Canary was an American actor. Canary is best known for his roles as ranch foreman Candy Canaday in the NBC Western drama Bonanza, 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.

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Filmography30 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2000Curb Your EnthusiasmSeriesWhite Haired Man at Park62
1996Remember WENNSeriesLuke Langly58
1994Touched by an AngelSeriesCarter Winslow56
1990Law & OrderSeriesJeremy Orenstein52
1989In a Pig's EyeMovie—51
1983Reading RainbowSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)45
1982American PlayhouseSeriesBingham44
1978The Dain CurseSeriesJack Santos40
1975Johnny FirecloudMovieJesse37
1975S.W.A.T.Series—37
1975PosseMoviePensteman37
1975Sharks' TreasureMovieLarry37
1973Police StorySeries—35
1973Incident on a Dark StreetMoviePeter Gallagher35
1972The RookiesSeries—34
1972Kung FuSeriesFrank Grogan34
1971Alias Smith and JonesSeries—33
1970All My ChildrenSeriesAdam Chandler32
1969The Computer Wore Tennis ShoesMovieMr. Walski (uncredited)31
1968Hawaii Five-OSeriesGeorge30
1968One Life to LiveSeries—30
1967The St. Valentine's Day MassacreMovieFrank Gusenberg29
1967Cimarron StripSeriesTal St. James29
1967HombreMovieLamar Dean29
1967Dundee and the CulhaneSeries—29
1965The F.B.I.SeriesEugene Bradshaw27
1964Another WorldSeriesSteve Frame26
1959BonanzaSeriesCandy Canaday21
1955GunsmokeSeriesGeorge McClaney17
1951Search for TomorrowSeries—13