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Joe Flaherty
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American actor, writer, and comedian (1941–2024)
Film & TV
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Joe Flaherty (June 21, 1941 – April 1, 2024) was an American-Canadian actor and comedian. He was best known for his work on the Canadian sketch comedy SCTV, from 1976 to 1984, and as Harold Weir on Freaks and Geeks.
Known for
- Marty, Life Is Short — Self (archive footage)2026
- This Is the Tom Green Documentary — Self (archive footage)2025
- John Candy: I Like Me — Self - Actor, SCTV (archive footage)2025
- Belushi — Self (archive footage)2020
- Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary — Self2018
- Cultureshock — Self2018
- Who Is the Real Martin Short?2017
- I, Martin Short, Goes Home — Atticus Finch2012
- Call Me Fitz — Mayor Andrews2010
- Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side — Western Union Man (voice)2009
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Key facts
- Born
- Joseph O'Flaherty , ( 1941-06-21 ) June 21, 1941, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , U.S
- Died
- April 1, 2024 (2024-04-01) (aged 82)
- Occupations
- Actor writer comedian
- Years active
- 1969–2018
- Spouse
- Judith Dagley ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1974 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1996 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Second City Television
- Given name
- Joseph
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh
- Place of death
- Toronto
- Occupation
- humorist
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1941-06-21
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- Joe Flaherty
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- date of death
- 2024-04-01
- pseudonym
- Joe Flaherty
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Encyclopedic overview
Joseph Flaherty (né O'Flaherty; June 21, 1941 – April 1, 2024) was an American actor, writer, and comedian. In television, Flaherty starred on the Canadian sketch comedy SCTV from 1976 to 1984 (on which he also served as a writer, winning two Primetime Emmy Awards) and as Harold Weir on Freaks and Geeks (1999). His film roles include the heckler in Happy Gilmore (1996).
Early life and career
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