{"id":126023,"date":"2024-04-02T20:56:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T20:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/02\/joe-flaherty-beloved-sctv-and-freaks-and-geeks-star-dead-at-82\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T20:56:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T20:56:25","slug":"joe-flaherty-beloved-sctv-and-freaks-and-geeks-star-lifeless-at-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/02\/joe-flaherty-beloved-sctv-and-freaks-and-geeks-star-lifeless-at-82\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Flaherty, beloved \u2018SCTV\u2019 and \u2018Freaks and Geeks\u2019 star, lifeless at 82"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Comedian Joe Flaherty<\/a>, a founding member of the Canadian sketch collection SCTV<\/a><\/em>, has died on the age of 82.<\/p>\n

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His daughter confirmed to the Canadian Press he died Monday following a short sickness.<\/p>\n

Flaherty first made his mark on the comedy scene whereas at SCTV<\/em>, enjoying characters like Count Floyd, information anchor Floyd Robertson and the long-lasting character of SCTV station supervisor, Guy Caballero.<\/p>\n

A local of Pittsburgh, PA, Flaherty served within the United States Air Force for a number of years earlier than making the pivot to performing. He moved to Chicago and joined the Second City Theatre troupe.<\/p>\n

Later, he moved to Toronto and helped set up the Toronto Second City theatre troupe, which led to a starring function on SCTV<\/em> as one of many authentic performers and writers.<\/p>\n

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He was a staple in tv comedies within the Nineteen Nineties, together with an everyday function on the sitcom Maniac Mansion<\/em>. He additionally spent a yr enjoying Cmdt. Stuart Hefilfinger within the short-lived Police Academy<\/em> tv reboot.<\/p>\n

In 1999 he took on what grew to become maybe his most memorable function, starring as Harold Weir within the now-cult favorite NBC comedy Freaks and Geeks<\/em>. The present solely lasted one season, however Flaherty made his mark because the extremely irritable however loving dad to Lindsay (Linda Cardellini) and Sam Weir (John Francis Daly.)<\/p>\n

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He additionally made his foray into the world of cinema, together with the function of a sabotaging golf fan who yelled \u201cJackass!\u201d each time Adam Sandler stepped as much as the tee in Happy Gilmore<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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