Hanks met Candy, who died in 1994 at age 43, on the set of his dad Tom's 1984 film "Splash." The filmmaker's favorite Candy role was in the 1990 holiday movie "Home Alone" as Gus Polinski, a good-hearted polka guy who assists stressed-out mom Kate (O'Hara).

Toronto International Film Festival kicked off with the movie 'John Candy: I Like Me,' a documentary produced by Ryan Reynolds.

It only makes sense that Tom Hanks would show up in a movie directed by his son, but that's obviously not the only reason. Hanks and Candy first co-starred in Ron Howard's smash hit 1984 comedy Splash, and then reteamed the next year for Nicholas Meyer's Volunteers.