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Joseph Flaherty (born Joseph O'Flaherty, June 21, 1941 – April 1, 2024) was an American actor, writer, and comedian.He is best known for his work on the Canadian sketch comedy SCTV from 1976 to 1984 (on which he also served as a writer), his role as Harold Weir on Freaks and Geeks (1999), and as the heckler in Happy Gilmore (1996).
Joe Flaherty, the actor, writer and comedian known for his roles on the Canadian sketch comedy series “Second City Television” and “Freaks and Geeks,” died on Monday. He was 82.
Joe Flaherty, best known to TV audiences for his work on the Canadian sketch comedy series SCTV and the NBC cult classic Freaks and Geeks, has died. He was 82 years old. Flaherty’s death was ...
Renowned comedian and writer Joe Flaherty, celebrated for his comedic genius on the groundbreaking Canadian sketch comedy series SCTV, died Monday at 82. His daughter, Gudrun Flaherty, confirmed ...
He went on to star alongside John Candy and Catherine O’Hara in "SCTV,″ about a fictional TV station known as Second City Television that was stacked with buffoons in front of and behind the cameras. Flaherty’s characters included network boss Guy Caballero and the vampiric TV host Count Floyd.
Second City Television, commonly shortened to SCTV and later known as SCTV Network and SCTV Channel, is a Canadian television sketch comedy show that ran intermittently between 1976 and 1984. It was created as an offshoot from Toronto 's Second City troupe.
Joe Flaherty Paul Natkin/WireImage/Getty Images Joe Flaherty, best known for his work on Freaks and Geeks and SCTV, has died at 82. Flaherty’s death was announced Monday, April 1, by his One ...
This was the only SCTV related audio recording apart from the Bob and Doug McKenzie discography. In 1987, Flaherty reprised his role as Count Floyd as an in-studio host for a free weekend preview of Cinemax (where SCTV had aired its final season in 1983-84).