David Canary

Birthplace: Elwood, Indiana
Birthday: August 25, 1938

Silver-haired soap star David Canary began his career on the Broadway stage, debuting in Jose Quintero's 1962 production of "Great Day in the Morning", starring Colleen Dewhurst. The former college football player resumed his theatrical career after military service and soon found his way into TV and film, playing Dr. Russ Gehring on ABC's "Peyton Place" and acting in "Hombre" (his film debut) and "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre" (both 1967) before landing a regular role on NBC's "Bonanza" as Candy, the ranch hand who practically became a mem…more

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Actor

Incident on a Dark Street
Pete Gallagher
Guiding Light: The Primetime Special
The 14th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards
King of America
Bingham
Intimate Portrait: Kelly Ripa
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1997
Made guest appearance on the AMC series "Remember WENN"
1994
Acted in Matthew Huffman's award-winning student short, "Secret Santa", portraying an unconscious Santa Claus stumbled upon by a seven-year old
1989
Starred with Marian Seldes in independently produced comedy film, "In a Pig's Eye"
1983 to 0000
Played the powerful and mercurial Adam Chandler and his shy, mentally-impaired twin Stuart on the ABC daytime drama "All My Children"
1980
Returned to Broadway in Tennessee Williams' "Clothes for a Summer Hotel", opposite Geraldine Page and Kenneth Haigh as Zelad and F Scott Fitzgerald; production directed by Quintero