The star of Spaceball's most renouwned onscreen performance was as Wagons East. He was in an American comedy film from 1987.
John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950  March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian known mainly for his work in Hollywood films. 
 One of his most renowned onscreen performances was as Del Griffith, the loquacious, on-the-move shower-curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy "Planes, Trains and Automobiles". 
Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a 1987 American comedy film written, produced and directed by John Hughes. 
 Starring Brooks, Bill Pullman, John Candy, and Rick Moranis, the film also features Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten, and the voice of Joan Rivers. 
