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David Canary
- The singer and actor David Canary played the role of “Candy” Canaday in the Bonanza. The actor (who died at the age of 77) was on the show from 1967 to 1970, then returning in the show’s final season.
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Canary is best known for his roles as ranch foreman Candy Canaday in the NBC Western drama Bonanza, 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.
David Canary. Candy Canaday is the Cartwright's foreman of the ranch. Canaday, a plucky and sassy Army brat turned cowboy (" Sense of Duty ", episode 271, September 24, 1967), who became the Cartwrights' confidant, ranch foreman, and timber vessel captain.Candy became very close to the Cartwrights, as close as family.
The Big Jackpot: Directed by Herschel Daugherty. With Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, David Canary. Candy quits his job at the Ponderosa after inheriting a fortune from an old Indian friend.
- (74)
- Western
- Herschel Daugherty
- 1970-01-18
Star Crossed: Directed by William F. Claxton. With Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Tisha Sterling. Candy falls in love with a new arrival but she is being pursued by a blackmailer. When the blackmail plot is revealed, Candy seeks help from the Cartwrights.
- (100)
- Western
- William F. Claxton
- 1968-03-10
Learn about the mysterious departure of David Canary, who played Candy Canaday on Bonanza, a popular Western drama series. Discover how his exit influenced the show's ratings, ratings, and legacy in the genre.
With Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Pat Conway. Candy relives his past when he and the Cartwrights help a Cavalry unit that is pinned down by bandits. In that Cavalry unit is Candy's ex-wife, who he still has feelings for. Her new husband is the Captain of the unit.
Candy Canaday. Bonanza. Season 9. 2 Sense of Duty. 4 Judgment at Olympus. 5 Night of Reckoning. 6 False Witness. 8 Desperate Passage. 10 Showdown at Tahoe. 12 Check Rein. 15 The Trackers. 16 A Girl Named George. 18 The Burning Sky. 19 The Price of Salt. 21 The Crime of Johnny Mule. 22 The Late Ben Cartwright. 23 Star Crossed. 24 Trouble Town.
