David Canary
Born
August 25, 1938
Died
November 16, 2015 (77 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Elwood, Indiana, USA
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.

Curb Your Enthusiasm
White Haired Man at Park · (1 episode)
2000

Remember WENN
Luke Langly · (1 episode)
1996

Touched by an Angel
Carter Winslow · (2 episodes)
1994

Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love
Himself - Co-Host
1991

Law & Order
Jeremy Orenstein · (1 episode)
1990

Reading Rainbow
Himself - Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1983

King of America
Bingham
1982

The Dain Curse
Jack Santos · (3 episodes)
1978

Johnny Firecloud
Jesse
1975

Posse
Pensteman
1975

Sharks' Treasure
Larry
1975

Melvin Purvis G-Man
'Gene' Eugene T. Farber
1975

S.W.A.T.
(1 episode)
1975

Police Story
(1 episode)
1973

Incident on a Dark Street
Peter Gallagher
1973

Kung Fu
Frank Grogan · (1 episode)
1972

The Rookies
(2 episodes)
1972

Alias Smith and Jones
(2 episodes)
1971

All My Children
Adam Chandler · (2338 episodes)
1970

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Mr. Walski (uncredited)
1969

Hawaii Five-O
George · (1 episode)
1968

One Life to Live
(1 episode)
1968

Cimarron Strip
(1 episode)
1967

Dundee and the Culhane
(1 episode)
1967

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Frank Gusenberg
1967

Hombre
Lamar Dean
1967

The F.B.I.
Eugene Bradshaw · (1 episode)
1965

Another World
Steve Frame · (1547 episodes)
1964

Bonanza
Candy Canaday · (56 episodes)
1959

Gunsmoke
George McClaney · (2 episodes)
1955

Search for Tomorrow
(1 episode)
1951