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Joe Flaherty

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Also known as Joseph Flaherty

American actor, writer, and comedian (1941–2024)

OverviewAI-generated

Joe Flaherty was a United States-based author whose professional career began in 1976. He was born on June 21, 1941, and passed away on April 1, 2024. The name Joe Flaherty is listed as a pseudonym for this individual.

His published works include *Managing Mailer*, *Chez Joey*, *Fogarty & Co*, and *Tin wife*. Records indicate he has five associated works.

Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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
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
Commons category
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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