David Canary

David Canary

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.

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2000

Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as White Haired Man at Park
TV - Released: 10/15/2000

1996

Remember WENN
Remember WENN
as Luke Langly
TV - Released: 1/13/1996

1994

Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel
as Carter Winslow
TV - Released: 9/21/1994

1991

Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love
Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love
as Himself - Co-Host
Movie - Released: 1/1/1991

1990

Law & Order
Law & Order
as Jeremy Orenstein
TV - Released: 9/13/1990

1983

Reading Rainbow
Reading Rainbow
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 6/6/1983

1982

King of America
King of America
as Bingham
Movie - Released: 1/19/1982

1978

The Dain Curse
The Dain Curse
as Jack Santos
TV - Released: 5/22/1978

1975

Posse
Posse
as Pensteman
Movie - Released: 6/4/1975
Johnny Firecloud
Johnny Firecloud
as Jesse
Movie - Released: 8/1/1975
Melvin Purvis G-Man
Melvin Purvis G-Man
as 'Gene' Eugene T. Farber
Movie - Released: 2/28/1975
Sharks' Treasure
Sharks' Treasure
as Larry
Movie - Released: 4/18/1975
S.W.A.T.
S.W.A.T.
TV - Released: 2/24/1975

1973

Incident on a Dark Street
Incident on a Dark Street
as Peter Gallagher
Movie - Released: 1/13/1973
Police Story
Police Story
TV - Released: 3/20/1973

1972

The Rookies
The Rookies
TV - Released: 9/11/1972
Kung Fu
Kung Fu
as Frank Grogan
TV - Released: 10/14/1972

1971

Alias Smith and Jones
Alias Smith and Jones
TV - Released: 1/5/1971

1970

All My Children
All My Children
as Adam Chandler
TV - Released: 1/5/1970

1969

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
as Mr. Walski (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 12/29/1969

1968

Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O
as George
TV - Released: 9/20/1968
One Life to Live
One Life to Live
TV - Released: 7/15/1968

1967

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Frank Gusenberg
Movie - Released: 6/30/1967
Hombre
Hombre
as Lamar Dean
Movie - Released: 3/21/1967
Cimarron Strip
Cimarron Strip
TV - Released: 9/7/1967
Dundee and the Culhane
Dundee and the Culhane
TV - Released: 9/6/1967

1965

The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
as Eugene Bradshaw
TV - Released: 9/19/1965

1964

Another World
Another World
as Steve Frame
TV - Released: 5/4/1964

1959

Bonanza
Bonanza
as Candy Canaday
TV - Released: 9/12/1959

1955

Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
as George McClaney
TV - Released: 9/10/1955

1951

Search for Tomorrow
Search for Tomorrow
TV - Released: 9/3/1951