Comedian Joe Flaherty, a founding member of the Canadian sketch series 'SCTV,' has died. He was 82.
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 4:53PMLive streaming newscasts, breaking news, weather & original, local programming.His daughter Gudrun said Tuesday that Flaherty died Monday following a brief illness.
Flaherty, who was born in Pittsburgh, spent seven years at The Second City in Chicago before moving north of the border to help establish the theater's Toronto outpost.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.
He won Emmys in 1982 and 1983 for his writing on "SCTV" and continued to work in TV and film for decades. He was introduced to later generations through memorable turns as a jeering heckler in the 1996 film "Happy Gilmore" and as an old-fashioned dad in the TV comedy "Freaks and Geeks," which ran from 1999 to 2000."Dad was an extraordinary man, known for his boundless heart and an unwavering passion for movies from the '40s and '50s," his daughter wrote in Tuesday's statement.
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