About
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,...
Known for
Law & OrderSeries • 1990
One Life to LiveSeries • 1968
Curb Your EnthusiasmSeries • 2000
BonanzaSeries • 1959
All My ChildrenSeries • 1970
Hawaii Five-OSeries • 1969
American PlayhouseSeries • 1982
Touched by an AngelSeries • 1994
The F.B.I.Series • 1965
The RookiesSeries • 1972
GunsmokeSeries • 1955
Police StorySeries • 1973
Alias Smith and JonesSeries • 1971
Remember WENNSeries • 1996
Another WorldSeries • 1964
Cimarron StripSeries • 1967
S.W.A.T.Series • 1975
HombreMovie • 1967
The Computer Wore Tennis ShoesMovie • 1969
PosseMovie • 1975
The St. Valentine's Day MassacreMovie • 1967
Kung FuSeries • 1972