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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).

  2. Apr 3, 2024 · Flaherty’s role in this 1996 Adam Sandler comedy was brief but memorable. He played a heckler who went after Sandler’s character on the golf course.

  3. Apr 2, 2024 · Though he was best known for the multitude of characters he embodied on “SCTV,” Joe Flaherty had a long and varied career in film and television. Flaherty died Monday at age 82.

  4. Apr 3, 2024 · Forty years after he invented them, Joe Flaherty’s characters can still raise a smirk, and often more, from Canadians of a certain age. “Rest in peace to one of the great comedy minds of my...

  5. Apr 2, 2024 · Five “SCTV” cast members — from left, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis - as the beyond-cornball retro group 5 Neat Guys.

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  6. Apr 2, 2024 · Joe Flaherty, the comedian and writer known for his roles on shows like Freaks and Geeks and SCTV, has died. He was 82.

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  8. Oct 27, 2010 · His best-known characters were Guy Caballero, the unscrupulous station owner who rode around in a wheelchair to get “respect,” and Count Floyd. Flaherty and the SCTV cast won an Emmy Award in 1982 and another in 1983, as well as the Earle Grey Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 1995 Gemini Awards.