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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.
Portrayed by: 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.
- (70)
- Western
- Herschel Daugherty
- 1970-01-18
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.
- (78)
- Western
- Leon Benson
- 1968-09-29
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.
- (85)
- Western
- William F. Claxton
- 1968-03-10
Bonanza is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, Bonanza is NBC's longest-running Western, the second-longest-running Western series on U.S. network television (behind CBS's Gunsmoke ), and one of the longest-running, live-action American series.
Candy Canaday’s departure from “Bonanza” left a lasting impact on television history, contributing to the show’s mythology and legacy in a significant way.
