---
name: "David Canary"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-canary"
fi1m_id: "david-canary"
imdb_id: "nm0133597"
tmdb_id: 160899
wikidata_id: "Q1856563"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 August 1938"
died: "16 November 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:35:27.698578+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Canary

## Identity

David Canary

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-canary
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-canary
- **IMDb ID:** nm0133597
- **TMDB ID:** 160899
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1856563
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Canary, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1856563, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0133597/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/160899

Actor. Born 25 August 1938 in Elwood, Indiana, USA. Died 16 November 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 August 1938, Elwood, Indiana, USA
- **Died:** 16 November 2015
- **Active:** 1959–1967
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Canary, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1856563, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0133597/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/160899

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Hombre*](https://film.one/film/hombre.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Canary was an American actor. He appeared as Lamar Dean in the 1967 Western film *Hombre* and as ranch hand Candy Canaday in the television series *Bonanza* from 1967 to 1970 and 1972 to 1973.

Canary was born David Hoyt Canary on 25 August 1938 in Elwood, Indiana, and grew up in Massillon, Ohio. He attended the University of Cincinnati on a football scholarship and studied voice before pursuing acting. Early television roles included Dr Russ Gehring in the soap opera *Peyton Place*. He performed on Broadway and in other stage productions, including musicals.

He was best known for playing the twins Adam and Stuart Chandler on the daytime soap opera *All My Children* from 1983, receiving 16 Daytime Emmy Award nominations and winning five times for outstanding lead actor.

*Sources: nytimes.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hombre* (1967), Fi1m 77, as Lamar Dean — [page](https://film.one/film/hombre.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as White Haired Man at Park — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *Remember WENN* (1996), series, as Luke Langly
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Carter Winslow
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Jeremy Orenstein — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *In a Pig's Eye* (1989), Actor
- *King of America* (1982), as Bingham
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Bingham
- *The Dain Curse* (1978), series, as Jack Santos
- *Johnny Firecloud* (1975), as Jesse
- *Posse* (1975), as Pensteman
- *Sharks' Treasure* (1975), as Larry
- *Melvin Purvis G-Man* (1975), as 'Gene' Eugene T. Farber
- *S.W.A.T.* (1975), series, Actor
- *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor
- *Incident on a Dark Street* (1973), as Peter Gallagher
- *Kung Fu* (1972), series, as Frank Grogan
- *The Rookies* (1972), series, Actor
- *Alias Smith and Jones* (1971), series, Actor
- *All My Children* (1970), series, as Adam Chandler
- *The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes* (1969), as Mr. Walski (uncredited)
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as George
- *One Life to Live* (1968), series, Actor
- *Cimarron Strip* (1967), series, as Tal St. James
- *Dundee and the Culhane* (1967), series, Actor
- *The St. Valentine's Day Massacre* (1967), as Frank Gusenberg
- *Hombre* (1967), as Lamar Dean — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/hombre.md)
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Eugene Bradshaw
- *Another World* (1964), series, as Steve Frame
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Candy Canaday
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as George McClaney
- *Search for Tomorrow* (1951), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![David Canary](https://film.one/media/person/3727690/gallery-194af569a62d.jpg) David Canary — 20th Century Fox, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/David_Canary_1967.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![David Canary](https://film.one/media/person/3727690/gallery-d7713d7b79a0.jpg) David Canary — Image via TMDB
- ![David Canary](https://film.one/media/person/3727690/gallery-1368ab14b1b5.jpg) David Canary — Image via TMDB

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